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I was born in Mitcham in 1947. We lived at the Gun Site which was situated next to Mitcham Station. There were still some soldiers there when I was born, they were separated by a wire fence. They were the days of freedom when children ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1947 by Isabella Jarrett

In the early 1960s Cudworth was a great place to live. Myself along with a group of kids used to go swimming at Cudworth baths, most of us lived on Park Avenue or on Beech Avenue, all exept John Darcy, e lived down ...Read more

A memory of Cudworth in 1960 by Jacqueline Whincup Terzian

I moved to Ormskirk in the 1960s from St Helens. My name was then Whitehead - one not to be forgotten! I remember Mr Henderson, he was a gentle man. I loved my class teacher Mrs Sykes, she read lovely stories at the end of ...Read more

A memory of Ormskirk in 1965 by Kathryn Brady

I have very fond memories of the school and Mr and Mrs Cooper, and I was one of the privileged children to move to Parkstone in Dorset when the Coopers moved there. I was in Miss Stoddart's class and I can still ...Read more

A memory of Almondsbury in 1960 by Robert Broughton

We came to live in Failsworth in l956 when I was 8, we lived in Firs Avenue where the school clinic was held at what used to be Firs Hall, where I believe the owner or manager of the local mill lived. There was an air raid shelter ...Read more

A memory of Failsworth in 1956 by Jaques Alston

The Llandoger Trow - It is rumoured that Daniel DeFoe had met Alexander Selkirk ( shipwrekced sailor who had been rescued by a Bristol ship) in the Llandoger, on whose story he based his book 'Robinson Crusoe'. The ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Bristol's great heritage started from humble beginnings. An Anglo-Saxon settlement by the name of Brigstowe steadily grew into a thriving port. After the Norman invasion of 1066, a castle was built in what is now ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

The vicar for many years was the Rev Jack Thickett. As well as his cleric duties he was a part-time farmer, he had a field in Sipton where he kept pigs and as two of his sons had a butchers shop in Peasenhall, he kept them supplied with ...Read more

A memory of Peasenhall in 1968 by Robin Smith

I was at the school 77 I think possibly 78. I remember trying to run away a couple of times & also being mortified at having to stand naked in a queue while we were ‘bathed’ 2 at a time in a small room, & ...Read more

A memory of Fornethy Residential School by Deborah Wade

Hi everybody, only just found this site and so interesting to read the comments. I was at Tiffield in the old Victorian "fridge" they called the main building from early 1957 to approx middle 1959. Mr Turner was head (nice chap) ...Read more

A memory of Tiffield by Robert Day