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This photo is of Mardyke School in Cruick Avenue, South Ockendon. I lived in Elwick Road just 100 yards around the corner and attended Mardyke (Infants and Juniors) between 1954 and 1960. The photo has been taken from the ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1960 by Denis Reed

In many parts of the world the countryside is largely unclaimed, untamed, even uninhabited; consider, say, the large swathes of Australia’s Kimberley region, Indonesia’s Kalimantan, or the interior of Baffin Island. ...Read more

A memory of Dorstone in 1940 by John S. Batts

At the end of Villiers Street and on the opposite side of Whitehall Road was an iron footbridge that crossed the railway line. There was a mechanical signal just below the bridge. In these days when private cars were a ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

I remember walking the bridge from Stapenhill grounds to get to school in Bond Street, it was the Technical High School then, but was the Burton Grammar School when my brother went in the 50s. The bridge was for ...Read more

A memory of Burton upon Trent in 1960

I was born in Bridgend Hospital and the first house I lived in was in Heol Maendy, North Cornelly. When I was about three we got a brand new council house in Heol Las; back then there were no gardens and I ...Read more

A memory of North Cornelly in 1967 by Rose Windman

From the early days to leaving school and getting married in 1972. Dad - Bob (Robert)Coles, Mum - Doris Coles and my elder brother Barry and I lived above the shop that dad had, it was called J J & R H Coles DIY, in ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1958 by Marilyn (Pru) Spencer (Nee Coles)

In the summer of 1960 I spent my Westminster Hotel School holiday working at The Pier Hotel in Seaview, Isle of Wight, mostly working in the dining room (that white windowed section protruding on the left). Funnily, I don't ...Read more

A memory of Seaview by Dylan Rivis

born in Dunfermline in 1972 I lived in Sinclair drive directly opposite what we called the bing which was the site of the mossbeath colliery which after redevelopment became known as the red ash. then moving to the dalbeath ...Read more

A memory of Cowdenbeath by banger44

I did some of my early training in the maypole-Lipton store in John Street under store manager Dick Roberts & Deputy Manager Ben Hopkins. I recall querying why there were rows of wellington boots on a bench in the ...Read more

A memory of Porthcawl by Haydn Ebbs

I was at St Catherine's Knowle park from 1953/54 till1957/58 hard to remember exact dates that long ago I do remember Mr. & Mrs. Cooper ,Mr. Thunder ,Ms.Stoddarts ,Mr. Smith and a boy's by the names of James Wordelove , Maurice ...Read more

A memory of Almondsbury by lbg