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As a young child mother would always take me to Barnsley where she'd do most of the shopping. Barnsley may have been something of a rundown town but one could always have a bargain. There in the old market was Oatfields caravan ...Read more

A memory of Barnsley in 1957 by Roland Mitchell

I was born in 1949 in Northcote Road just across the road from the Gloucester. My uncle, Eddie Clements, lived there up until January 2012. He has just recently passed away. I have fond memories of the area. I went to ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Keith Gooderson

I was taken to the home by a lady in uniform from Hystfield, near Berkeley, Glos. I had no idea where I was going and how long I was going to be there. The reason I taken there was that my mum was ill and in hospital and the ...Read more

A memory of Stroud in 1956 by Alf Beard

My dad once made me what us Royston lads would call a Cadjie! It was a go-cart made from bits of waste wood and two sets of wheels from off an old pram or pushchair. One would control it by its front wheels which were attached ...Read more

A memory of Royston in 1959 by Roland Mitchell

Dear Burrow HIll lads, I don't know why some of the lads have not got in touch with me lately, I have got 4 books of Burrow Hill School waiting to be sold, anybody that would like one please let me know. It took me a year ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green by Eric Morris

I lived at Bowyers in Steep Marsh for five years and ran Country Riding Stables with my parents. We had 20 horses and ponies and I taught so many children to ride. They were really happy days and even now I regret giving it all up and ...Read more

A memory of Steep Marsh in 1970 by Rita Haylock

Does anybody have memories of the Parakeet Cafe, in Northdown Road. We all used to hang out there in the early 1960s. There are lots of memories of those days. So many names come back. Buzz, Anthea Prentice, David Gradus, Terry Gold, ...Read more

A memory of Cliftonville in 1963 by Robin Lovell

As a small child I remember going to Wilkies fish shop in Western Road and from the counter you could see into their living room at the back. They had a huge fish tank filled with bright coloured fish and I felt very priviledged ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Trudy Simpson

The formative years of my early childhood were spent at No. 39 Bondgate, Pontefract, which was one of a block of four small two-up, two-down houses situated immediately adjacent to the ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract in 1930 by Graham Atkinson

Somebody just described the River Ching by the Hatch exactly as I remember it as a child. The sandy path running along up to the football club where I remember getting Jimmy Tarbuck's autograph at a charity event held there. The ...Read more

A memory of Chingford in 1960 by Wendy Worby