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We moved to Prestatyn in 1948. I loved the Mobo horses that the little ones could ride at the Bastion Road beach. My little school was Pendre, up the hill Fforddlas I think. Also going to St Chad's School annual fair and sale. Always ...Read more

A memory of Prestatyn in 1950 by Mo Edwards

I remember Tony Bros ice cream parlour off Acton High Street. On some Sundays my father would take me for a treat for a cornet or wafer scooped out of the big drum on the counter, it was always after giving our dog ...Read more

A memory of South Harefield by Frank Morrison

My father, William J Smith (Bill) had a newsagent at 47 Priory Road between 1962 and 1988 which was opposite Ports the Bakers. I remember seeing queues of people coming out of the Bakers on a Saturday morning to get ...Read more

A memory of South Park in 1970 by Julia Boxall

Like many young folks of the 1960s who grew up in Cheshunt churchgate area, when the time came to marry you almost always chose St Mary's as the place to have your wedding. It is a lovely old church. I ...Read more

A memory of Cheshunt in 1965 by Dave Spooner

I came to work in Sulgrave in the 1980s. I worked for Major George Coombs who lives at Stonecourt on the Hedom Road. My first thoughts of the village were that it was very quiet and that the people were all ...Read more

A memory of Sulgrave in 1981 by Linda Fearis

I remember in the 1960s going to Heathfield with Mum on the bus (we lived at Corner Farm, Swife Lane). We would go shopping and often would go into the Bluebird. Seeing that name in this picture brought ...Read more

A memory of Heathfield in 1965 by Sally Semple

My gt-uncle, Thomas Higgs was a Footman here in 1911, although how the heck he got here from Spratton, Northants, where he was born is anybody's guess! I'd love to know.

A memory of Scawby in 1910 by Ronnie Johnson

I have lived the past 43 years in Arizona, USA. Seeing the photo of St John's Church brings back many memories of my childhood in the Leytonstone area. During the blitz on London, going down the unfinished ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1940 by Pete Dolder

I spent many a summer at this caravan site. My Gran used to own a caravan there. I have so many found memories of the pace and even though last time I was there would have been about 25 years ago, I can ...Read more

A memory of Bridlington in 1870 by Andy Newbould

My mother Mary Henley worked here, and later in 1957 we stayed here after moving back from Canada, I was 4. Mrs Bullock was the proprietor. I wonder where her son and daughter are today.

A memory of King's Somborne in 1940 by Bonnie Delaney