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I have the fondest memories of Caister on Sea. We used to have a week there every year and my sister and I were the only kids in our street that had a holiday every year. Like most people in the East End of ...Read more

A memory of Caister-on-Sea in 1955 by Christopher Bowers

Memories: What happened to my youth in Streatham. Was born in 1942, raised on Hambro Road three doors down from the dust yard back of the ice rink. Educated Eardley Road, Balham "Borstal" High School, Brixton school of ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1955 by Kenneth Butcher

Cliff view house was a small school just behind the esplanade .It is now an old peoples home.It was what was known as a crammers, a place designed to push pupils through common entrance exam, It was 1973 and I ...Read more

A memory of Seaford in 1870 by Ian Briton

I went to Hassall Green School and unfortunately left 20/2/1981. I often look back at the school remembering its cosy structure and the lovely teachers, Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Tough. We did assembly in the mornings often ...Read more

A memory of Hassall Green in 1980 by Anthony Raitt

I lived in All Saints Road at the far end as it was a cul de sac where there was some waste ground that had once been a vicarage and we knew it as bells yard. It was a great place to play until it was fenced by the council and after that ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon in 1960 by John Clark

I used to live at Daniel Fold Spot land Rochdale, from 1949 ton1955.  In 1954 my brother Eric was 8 and I was 9. We would play in a nearby valley we called Healey Dell, and we would walk miles along the banks of a stream. ...Read more

A memory of Rochdale in 1954 by Patricia Anne Heywood Jones

Right, I may be showing my age now and out of the blue finding this on the internet about 1973/1974. its about Alvin Stardust and his Mum at Wickford BR Station, for some bazaar reason at the age of 13 ...Read more

A memory of Wickford in 1974

I was born in Carlton and lived there until I married in 1981, my maiden name was Fotheringham. My great grandma was Mrs Padley who owned the sweet shop on the main road, we used to visit regularly and I remember her back ...Read more

A memory of Carlton in Lindrick in 1962 by Elaine Nixon

I have many happy memories of living in Moreton. We lived in Silverburn Avenue right in the heart of the village, I went to Lingham Lane infants school, then on to the primary where I remember Mr Stockdale being my ...Read more

A memory of Moreton in 1959 by Pauline Owen

I remember as a nine year old first moving to Bulwell. I had moved from out of the countryside from Girton the other side of Newark. My first encounter was with a youth on a bike just outside of our new home who proceeded to ...Read more

A memory of Bulwell in 1959