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I remember playing in the park as a child. There were two sides to the park, Easthill House stood in the posh part of park. I remember beautiful trees and a palm tree which I thought was exotic. We used to sit on a tree stump ...Read more

A memory of Portslade-By-Sea in 1968 by Stacey Maxted

Eastville Park is a large park with a small lake, just to the east of the M32. The lake at Eastville Park was instigated as part of a social scheme by Ernest Bevin (a well respected westcountryman) who later became Minister of ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

This 1960s photograph shows Bristol's Fairfax Street in the Broadmead area. The large building on the left shows the former Fairfax House Department Store, later pulled down to build Bristol's Galleries ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1962 by Paul Townsend

I have many memories from Hounslow and I have enjoyed reading the ones here on this Frith website. My name was Rita Pilbrow and I lived with my mum and dad and 2 older sisters, Claudette and June, in Lampton ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Rita Faith Pilbrow Carlson

Moved from Llanbradach in 1968, now live in Deal, Kent. Thinking back to when I lived in the Brad, we played in the park and went to the swimming pool (which was always freezing cold) and the mountain just at the back of ...Read more

A memory of Llanbradach in 1960 by Susan Jones

Although I was only a boy. Me and my two brothers went Percy Street School. Mrs Evans was the teacher I remember very well. We lived on Davids Square. We had many happy hours at the Vernon picture house, the old flea pit. Also on ...Read more

A memory of Old Basford in 1949 by David Gainey

My maiden name is Whyte and we lived in the prefab in Memorial Road, from approx 1960 till 1972. Our prefab overlooked Savoy (Byron) Park, and neighbours included McFarlane, Rae, Roberts, Edmonds & Clark. While I attended ...Read more

A memory of Methil by Marion Myall

I was born Patricia Ann Storey in Lindfield, Haywards Heath in Sussex in January 1949 and was first brought to Kibblesworth in February 1951 aged 2 after I was adopted by Thomas and Margaret Thurgood who ...Read more

A memory of Kibblesworth in 1951 by Patsy Lawlor

Beach House Park in Worthing used to be the home of the English Bowling Association and I first went there in 1983 to watch a tournament featuring the legendary David Bryant. It was and still is very popular with the ...Read more

A memory of Worthing in 1983 by David Marshall

My great-grandfather was Edward Alfred Mannooch who owned the furniture shop at 28/30 Nuxley Road, Belvedere. After his death in 1954 aged 90 the business passed to two of his daughters - Frances ...Read more

A memory of Belvedere in 1950 by Jean Manwaring