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Hill of Beath was a great place to stay when I was young, running round streets playing cowboys with Brayan Snedon, Ross Mickey, playing football and training with the Haws, going to the little shop on Main Street and ...Read more

A memory of Hill of Beath in 1990 by Alistair Wilson

I had lots of friends to play with up on the green and also the woods where we used to ride our push bikes or swing on the big rope swing over the sandy bank. I even fell off and broke my arm. I also broke my jaw falling ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1975

I lived with my parents John and Rhoda Mcgonigle and my elder brother Joe at 1, Alexander Drive and remember the sweet shop. We used to live next door to Mr and Mrs Dale who had a daughter Pearl. My parents ...Read more

A memory of Wishaw in 1960 by Christine Greathead

In 1953 I used to visit my in-laws who lived at 19 Rumbold Road, Fulham. I remember when we walked along Kings Road towards the football ground there was an antique shop that had an unusual armchair in the window. It was carved ...Read more

A memory of Chelsea by Vera Otto

Does anyone remember the name of the coffee shop in Duke Street opposite the Golden Fleece, you could smell the coffee from miles away!

A memory of Chelmsford in 1969

I went to this school in 1977-80. I started in Hawthorn House and Mr Holland's class, he was a good teacher. Then moved next door to Beech House and Mrs Bowcock's classs. I know I wasn't abused there or ...Read more

A memory of Styal in 1977 by Sharon Harrop

My recollections are from the mid 1950s to early 1960s. These were happy days wandering the Longdendale Valley and the Torside Reservoir, usually with guitar slung over my shoulder in the company of Olwen Brown, a local 'Tinsel' ...Read more

A memory of Tintwistle in 1956 by Malcolm Povah

Gus (not his real name, just a nickname) was a great big guy with a great heart who used to have a chippy over the bridge, his chips were proper chips, you know proper ones. He moved shop to where Foxon's is now. I used to go out ...Read more

A memory of Dyserth in 1963 by Dennis Roberts

My grandparents moved to Frinton-On-Sea in 1959 and for the whole of my childhood I spent a week or so of every school summer holiday with them in their bungalow. I clearly remember ...Read more

A memory of Frinton-On-Sea by Margaret Drinkwater

My aunt and uncle were Gladys and Ted King who had a little sweet shop on Market Hill in the 1950's & early 1960's. I spent many happy hours helping in the shop and remember the large ...Read more

A memory of Framlingham by Lynn Reeve