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It’s a rather sad fact that you only come to appreciate a town several years after you have left it. At the age of 19 I was sent to live and work in Stafford between 1964 and 1979, before ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by nimrod01

We always refered to the pleasure boat as the 'Coker Boat'. Was this the name of the owner? I am not sure of the spelling, it was only a verbal reference and we were only young!

A memory of Dymchurch by richard

in the harbour at Porthcawl there were some times moored two fast patrole boats owned by the Royal Air Force and they were painted in the colours of the R.A.F. Occasionally they would go off on patrol manned by R.A.F crew I have seen them ...Read more

A memory of Porthcawl by Brian Neale

My family including myself lived in the coastguard houses from 1949-1956, we, myself and my friends spent many hours on this beach and surrounding areas I attended tynemouth primary school and then linkskill sec modern my father bought a ...Read more

A memory of Tynemouth by brianinch7

Father worked at the Harbour for several years before moving back to London. He was a great rugby player and instigated the building of a Changing Hut on the Rugby Pitch from reclaimed materials and it was christened The Harry Rees ...Read more

A memory of Larne

In the 1950's I used to go here with my brothers. We tried sailing paper boats. The swans were quite aggressive if you got too close to their cygnets. One time I got too adventurous and stepped down the slope, slid on the algae ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by dimsim33

This is a very rare photo which is taken from a grass slope below a small coppice in a valley known as the "Moors" from the bottom of what is now called Orchard Lane. This unusual photo looks up the lane, ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe by Philip Baker

This photo is taken off a knowle in Knapp Hill Lane, above the Factories, of Critchlies, (now demolished0, who made hair grips and knitting needles in the 1960s and Olympic Varnish, who in made working canal boats in ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe by Philip Baker

My family, surname Ligema, were friends of Jim Highmoor who ran the scout group at Newbiggin during the 1950s and 60s. Mr Highmoor kindly let us stay for our holidays in the Scout Hut which was situated below the old ...Read more

A memory of Newbiggin by janeligema

Sold the most marvelous pasties. Boat shaped and therefore crimped across the top. We took them down onto Oddicombe beach and enjoyed them for our lunch. Delicious and filling.

A memory of Babbacombe by Alan Prickard