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Sretton was wonderful place to grow up in during the 50's and 60's. My parents, Winn and Mont Dowson arrived in the village in 1948 when Dad got a job at Coventry Tech, and they bought the row ...Read more

A memory of Stretton under Fosse in 1958 by Jane Bates

I was born in Selsdon in 1947 at 1 Farley Road and lived in same house for almost 30 years.  I attended Selsdon Primary and Secondary School from 1952 - 1960.  Classmates included Linda Smith, Christine Lucas, Sally Hughes , ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by Christine Jacks

I have very fond memories of Pilgrim Wood from 1980. The children would make rope swings in the woods, pets were smuggled in on occasion. Not such a nice walk all the way up Sandy Lane, and children had to share ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1980 by Jane Finbow

from Jeff Hubble Born in Church Path no 8 St Johns Place 1943 went to Star school thence Western Road Secondary till 1959 Remember Leo`s at the Cricket Green, the Fair at Three Kings, Saturday morning Pics cost either ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Jeff Hubble

Does anyone remember The Star Hotel at Broad Green and the Jazz club in the back room run by Frank Getgood and Nobby? I started going there every Friday night from 1959. They were great times and many great bands played there in the ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by anthonyabel10

I went to Basildon Infant School in 1961. My first teacher was Mrs. Southgate, who left shortly after I started. I was very upset by this, but my new teacher, Mrs. Frith, was extremely kind and asked me to put the straws in ...Read more

A memory of Basildon by gillianae

I moved from St Pancras to Etherley Road Tottenham with my parents as a very young baby. I was born in 1941 and lived in Tottenham until my late teens. I went to Belmont school from 1953 to 1956 during which time I had a class ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by xox99bb34zz

Talking last night of childhood holidays, my thoughts always go back to Tyn Y Morfa. Travelled by train from Chester General to Talacre station in the late 40's and it seemed a long way away, later in my youth cycled there from the Wirral. ...Read more

A memory of Tyn-y-Morfa by mikehardwick679

I spent many happy years at Kingswood Caravan Site (now Tuxworth Holiday Park). My nanna & granddad (Henry "Sailor" & Nellie Toyne) started using the site in the 1960's until the 1990's, ...Read more

A memory of Saltfleet by toyne.helen53