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Doesn't anyone there remember the Park Lane Ballroom, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights (if you could afford it!. I often wonder what happened to some of the lovely girls that went there and taught me to jive, where are you Noreen, ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by frank.aylard

This is about Christmas Day 57 years ago, and how things have changed. Even though we had nowt it was still a very exciting time, as it is now, but money was tight and we could only have the presents that each family could afford. What I ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1952 by Jimmy Burrows

I was born in 1946 at 66 Marlborough Road in the front parlour of my gran's house. We lived at that time at 7 Harrietta Street, Higher Broughton, Salford 8 which was then know as Hightown. The chip shop on ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Jean Allcock

My friends and I loved Rye Lane, it had more shoe shops than Oxford Street. On Saturdays we would meet in Manzes Pie and Mash in Peckham Hill Street, then make our way up one side of Rye Lane, shopping if we could afford to, window ...Read more

A memory of Peckham in 1959 by Jeannette Perry

I grew up in Hoxton in the 40/50’s. I went to Whitmore School in Gopsall Street, leaving in 1953. I remember busy Hoxton market with all the stalls and shops, funny how some remain more in your memory, the pie and mash shop, ...Read more

A memory of Hoxton by Maureen Halliday

I started work at 15 when I worked at the quilt factory, I later went to work at Tizer pop factory. I had smashing mates there my own age but we all got on with the older women as well. Friday night was the best night of the ...Read more

A memory of Byker by D Olly

I was born in Arlesey in 1940 in the large house next to St Peter's church, it was a lovely old place. My mother took my brother Ted and sister Marion to Arlesey when things started to get bad in ...Read more

A memory of Arlesey in 1940 by Michael Smith

My parents decided to move to Bramhall and the estate just off Bramhall Lane was brand new and we moved into Lucerne Road. I was in Heaven even as a child I loved history there was the Park, Bramhall hall the woods I could sit for hours ...Read more

A memory of Bramhall by bossiney2003

The church was the view from my bedroom window. I lived in the Old Smithy for a few years, renting the property from a very posh estate agents from Shrewsbury. It was cheap. But had no heating, & electrics ...Read more

A memory of Wrockwardine by bru.enzer

As a student at Aber 1944-48 I used the Bing Kee (spelling as I remember it) laundry when I could afford it. Bing Kee and his wife seemed to be very old but there were two daughters (or possibly ...Read more

A memory of Aberystwyth by anthonywaterson