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We stayed in a small caravan the first holiday we had in Porthcawl during the miners fortnight holiday in June many years ago. Other wise it would be day or afternoon trips to Porthcawl and other seaside resorts along the South Wales coast ...Read more

A memory of Porthcawl by Brian Neale

Yes I remember this market well. I bought my hamster and terrapin from the pet shop there. My Nan and grandad didn’t have a bath so used to go every Friday night to the baths, with towel under arm.

A memory of Wandsworth by Elaine Greenaway

Hi all......I attended Oakfield Seconday Modern School in Oakfield Road, Penge from 1952 until 57 and lived in Pleydell Avenue from the early 40's after we were bombed out of our house on Anerley Hill. I ...Read more

A memory of Penge by lewey1941

I was born in Cleveland Gardens In April 1956 and went to Westfield Infants until just before my eighth birthday and then we moved to Surrey. I have one particular memory when it was my fifth birthday. I decided ...Read more

A memory of Barnes by alisonchilton

I remember these 3 cottages before the top two were demolished leaving Clerks Cottage at the bottom. I remember the house being lit by gaslight, my father was always buying new gas mantles because he kept hitting ...Read more

A memory of Whitnash by david.jeffs1

I was born in Walker 1946 to be accurate. They were slums even though the women did their best to keep them clean and rodent free. I remember my mum doing the washing in the wash-house in the back yard, she had to start a ...Read more

A memory of Byker in 1959 by Jacqueline Pilgrim

These memories have been contributed by Myra Greer. In 1947, when I was 7, my mother and I moved from Salisbury in Wiltshire where my father was stationed at RAF Boscombe Down, to near Llanfarian, where my grandparents had ...Read more

A memory of Llanfarian in 1947

I remember travelling from Dover to Folkestone pool when I was about 7 years old. We thought it was very exciting, and I can remember queuing at the turnstile to get in and where the temperature of the water ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone by Karen Elleray

Throughout the first half of the 1950's I would spend every school holiday at Linton, with my maternal grandparents. Initially my mum would accompany me from our home in Trumpington to Drummer Street bus station, ...Read more

A memory of Linton in 1952 by Brian Goodliffe

I started to work at Middi baths in 75 as a lifeguard. It was an old run down building but still had a lot of character, the pool was 33ft by 10ft and 10ft deep at the deep end. It wasn't just a pool because on days past, ...Read more

A memory of Middleton by Lennie Capuano