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I was a pupil at Ystrad Hall and would just like to say that in my time there I have some of the best memories of this lovely little town. I often wonder what became of Ystrad and many of my friends and of course staff members, many ...Read more

A memory of Llangollen in 1981 by Billy Crawford

Fond memories of Parham makes me write this, remembering the peacefulness. Surfing the Web, here I  am posting a question all the way from he USA. It was early summer 1954 and I was a Dutch farm exchange student ...Read more

A memory of Parham in 1954 by mntnbouv1

St, Ives born and bred, my family had lived in a couple of houses upalong before moving to 22 The Digey ( the middle door ) sometime in 1967. I remember having my 6th birthday there.  At the time there was a credit squeeze ...Read more

A memory of St Ives in 1967 by Carolyn Abbott

Tommy's chippy in Manchester Old Road had the best fish and chips in the country. Tommy and Joan always had a smile and a nice word for  everybody, and the staff were the best.

A memory of Middleton in 1950 by F Wilkinson

In 1959, my father, Cecil Archibald, was employed for the summer season as attendant at the swimming pool at Spaldrick, Port Erin. You could enter the swimming pool by paying a fee, for a day; for a week; for two weeks; for a month; ...Read more

A memory of Port Erin in 1959 by Anthony Archibald

As a small boy in the 1950s I would be taken to see the aircraft at Blackbushe, then London's second airport. Blackbushe was London Heathrow's main fog diversion as it always has been one of the most ...Read more

A memory of Blackbushe Airport by Peter Brown

The Eastman Family lived in Gt. Bedwyn from 1735. My Grandad lived in Brook Street then later at Railway Terrace, until his death in 1934. My Grandad had died several years before I was born, but I have vivid memories of my ...Read more

A memory of Great Bedwyn by Heather Trayhorne

Carrick Castle WAS my childhood. we lived in Glasgow and most weekends my dad would either drive us up - I was usually car sick on the windy twisty bumpy roads - or we'd sail up in the boat from ...Read more

A memory of Carrick Castle by First Name Last Name

I was born in Kelvin Grove which is the road coming out on the left of this picture.  My grandparents lived on the corner of Kelvin Grove & Rockingham Road, their names were Andrew and Elsie Robertson.  My ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1951 by Anita Becker

I have fond memories of growing up in Leverson St, not far from Mitcham Lane where our local shops were. I went to Eardley Rd School & then on to Dunraven Secondary School. Spent a lot of my teenage yrs at the Locarno, ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1965 by Diane Cotterill