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I was actually born in Hyde in 1939 but moved to Bredbury in 1940 where Dad worked at Exors of James Mills until his retirement in the sixties. We lived at 5, Newlyn Drive off Bents Lane and I lived there until my marriage in ...Read more

A memory of Bredbury by enovert68

Hi,I don't know if anyone can put me out of my misery, I have memories of a Bowling Green on the sight of Sainsbury, is this a figment of my imagination or was it really there,it would have been there in the seventies as we moved to Chandlers Ford around that time .Carol Sorby/Doling

A memory of Eastleigh by ziggycat

My mother and her sister and brother were living in 35.William street Tir-Y-Berth .They moved there when my mum was little. My uncle Henry went on to get married and raise his children in 35,William Street ...Read more

A memory of Tir-y-berth by kathjaneh

I remember my first day at the Royal Kent School – 8th November 1948 – as recorded at entry no. 1450 in the school's original Admissions Register. It was a few weeks into the Autumn term, as in ...Read more

A memory of Oxshott by Rose Phillips

I moved to Elm Park in 1953 lived on Woodcoat Ave until about 1965. Went to Benhurst then Suttons then Ford Trade School when I was 16. I had many friends including Colin Styles,Jumbo Jarvis,Gilbert ...Read more

A memory of Elm Park by Tony Newman

The Crown Hotel dating back to the reign of Queen Anne circa 1702. Demolished to make way for hideous 1960s architecture, Dickie Wright's butchers shop and cottage on the corner of Church Street, the bandstand where Bob ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1960 by Chris Ingram

Just discovered this site (07/01/2011). Such a lot of recognisable names, Chris Bennion, Steve Owen, Tony Duncan etc. You lot have certainly opened my memory bank, what a good time we had at that school and in "the village". I ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Terry Taylor

We used run down the hill past Ford Place to the Mardyke stream where we fished for hours for tiddlers. There was also a bluebell wood nearby where we found primroses and wild roses in the summer. They are wonderful childhood memories, we lived at 202, Broxbourne Drive on the Aveley Estate!

A memory of South Ockendon in 1953 by Pam Hall (Nee Carrick)

Me and my mates were at Burtons every Friday after 'Ready Steady Go' on TV. I met the love of my life there, but never worked out. I still have great memories of that place, ??? Bennet and the Rebel Rousers, Brian Poole and the ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Paul Lamb

My parents bought the cottage furthest from the camera in the terrace on the left in 1957; at that time I recall Miss Ansell ran the tiny Post Office and County Library combined in the house nearest the camera with the ...Read more

A memory of Latchingdon in 1962