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My name is Louise Brown and I live in Australia. I went to England in 2007, had a wonderful time. I spent some time in Padstow because I lived in Padstow in Sydney Australia. I had heard so much about Padstow in England, especially Rick ...Read more

A memory of Padstow in 2007 by Louise Brown

Annual Outing to Walton on the Naze from Upshire in Essex. In the early days we travelled by train from Waltham Cross, one train picking children up from stations along the line and taking us all out ...Read more

A memory of Walton-On-The-Naze in 1955 by Christine Brooker

It was indeed interesting reading Roger Barden's account of Lamberhurst, but feel he has left out a few salient points. Of course Curtis the newsagents and Avards the bakers with the ever inquisitive Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Lamberhurst in 1960 by Mike G. Beech

I was in a band at this time - The Lonely Ones. The High Street remains a strong memory - in particular The Acropolis (Archie) - we did gigs there - upstairs, on a Saturday night. I also remember the El Torero - further down - Mick ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone in 1965 by Ian Taylor

We moved to Thistleboon, Mumbles from the East End of London in 1968 when I was 7 years old and I fell in love with the sea. A fond memory of those far off summers is my friends and I jumping from the Donkey Rock at ...Read more

A memory of Mumbles, The in 1972 by Jeff Horton

I was looking after two elderly residents and well known personage locally when alive, Mr Bert Munday and a "young" lady Mrs Hargreaves chatting away about their holidays when they used to ...Read more

A memory of Bognor Regis in 1930 by Jean Hitchcock

Is the pile of sand the remains or the beginning of the Toc-H altar we used to, as children, help build on the beach for sunday service with Toc-H? When the beach huts blew down and we skipped school to help clear up, ...Read more

A memory of Perranporth in 1955

I spent a few weeks at the now long gone St Mary's Children's Convalescent Home overlooking the sea in Broadstairs, Kent. In the summer of 1956, when I was nine years old and my name was David Welsh, I ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1956 by David Rayner

Like Adam in the post before this, Talace holds very dear memories for me. Mum and Dad bought a caravan in 1960, after we had stayed in an assortment of bungalows in Tyn-y-Morfa on the Warren during the 1950s ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by Sue Farley

I always go to the beach and I did when I was little and I remember a type of building on the beach opposite from the beach terrace cafe. I always thought it was castle ruins, it was made of big stones and it looked like it had ...Read more

A memory of Lytham St Anne's in 2005 by Eleanor Wood