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Mum and Dad were nurses, Dad specialising in psychiatric nursing. In the late 1960s, their careers took them to Jacques Hall and a post with what was then known as the Spastics Society. The Society had either bought or ...Read more

A memory of Jacques Hall by Nicolas Devonport

My story is similar to that of Yvonne Parker. When I got married in 1974 we bought our first house in Victoria Road and raised our three children there. They all attended a playgroup in the Baptist Church on the other side of ...Read more

A memory of Berkhamsted in 1974 by Roger Bowen

My family lived in the magistrates court between 1957 to 1964; my father was Frank Wood and he was the court keeper. My sister and I had a wonderful childhood there, there was lots of places to race ...Read more

A memory of Manchester in 1957

I would like to contact anyone that resided as a child at the above (The Cedars) between the years 1954 to 1965. I have been told the building was demolished some years ago and any photos would ...Read more

A memory of Hemsworth in 1954 by Robert Ashley

After the war, on April 14th 1946, flying training ceased, and Lulsgate Bottom was abandoned by the RAF in October. The airfield was used by Bristol Gliding Club during the next ten years, but the accommodation ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

I lived in Smoke Lane, Reigate, for the first 13 years of my life and have very happy memories of that time. I attended North Bank Preparatory School in Smoke Lane from 1952 until 1958 and then Reigate Priory County Secondary ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1950 by Christine Iqbal

I was born in Kinver, dad worked for Webbs Seed Co. We moved to Newton, don't know when dad worked for the "Ing" Estate, Shuttington. I think, my mems are of Xmas - Ings gave every child a gift plus xmas ...Read more

A memory of Newton in 1930 by Roy Wormington

We Joined Bradwell Bowling Club after I couldn't walk properly owing to a bad accident in Wales a couple of years before. I thought I could manage the bowling. It was a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon when John (my late husband) ...Read more

A memory of Bradwell in 1976 by Elsie Hollis

My birth certificate says I was born at Bushey Hospital in the April of 1943. I’m told that it was during an unusually hot spell. I lived at 84, Lynton Avenue in Colindale up to 1965 when I got married and moved away. ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1940 by Peter Woolford

Now a resident and Parish Councillor in Devon the Frith photos of Stonehouse took me instantly back to my early years growing up in the village. Not surprisingly one of my earliest memories is of the celebrations surrounding the ...Read more

A memory of Stonehouse in 1953 by Keith Phillips