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We arrived in Knutsford in September 1955: two bewildered parents and four children, the youngest only 10 months old. My father, a major, had been sent by the Canadian Army to take a year-long course in ...Read more

A memory of Knutsford in 1955 by Ted Gale

Having been so lucky as to spend my childhood in a big house in Royal Avenue and spending many long summer evenings playing cricket on the beach with my grandad I have always wanted to return to Scarborough.  In particular the Zoo ...Read more

A memory of Scarborough in 1969 by Carol Best

Hello all you Yorkshire people, wherever you may now be... Here is a poem I wrote about good old York. Enjoy. Shopping in the Shambles on a snowy Christmas Eve Playing hide and seek in Acomb Wood Watching Andy Pandy by the fire in our ...Read more

A memory of York in 1955 by Anne England

The building in the corner was Brighton Teacher Training College. The building at right angles in the distance was a hotel. My mother Florence Starkey was studying in the Teacher Training College top floor and looked out ...Read more

A memory of Brighton in 1930 by Wolstan Dixie

In 1955, aged 12 years old, I clearly remember visiting North Devon with my father - we toured the district traveling on an old two stroke Francis Barnet - we stayed bed and breakfasting with 'Percy' who lived close to Woody Bay - My ...Read more

A memory of Kentisbury Ford by Alan Young

THE FAMILY HOME. I was born in the front room of the last bay windowed house on Station Road in 1964, number 87. I have fond memories of growing up & playing on the street, thankfully the house is still in the family. Although the village has changed over the years Station Road hasn’t!

A memory of Eckington by Dawn Wilby

Hello, I am the Great Granddaughter of Robert and Mary Metcalfe who were publicans in the late 1800's in Whitley Bay. Local census forms report that they became grocers at a later date ...Read more

A memory of Whitley Bay by retsilmj

We moved to Pevensey Bay when I was 4. In the Summer, the three of us would go down to the beach, early in the morning, while our parents were still asleep, and dig in the sand, and play. This was our childhood. We didn't ...Read more

A memory of Pevensey Bay by Val Torrance

I remember Bay Hotel extremely well, I used to frequent it with my parents for many years, three times a year, from the age of a toddler up to when I got married in 1970, so we were visiting at the time this photo was taken and I remember it ...Read more

A memory of Rhosneigr by Pam Fitzpatrick

We stayed here in the mid 1960s with our large family,6 of us, housed in one room (from my father's memory). Our cousins, Aunt and grandmother stayed in another room, 5 in all. I can remember holiday camp style entertainments ...Read more

A memory of Totland Bay