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I played guitar with a skiffle group in a talent competition at the Rink during the 1950s. Frankie Vaughan appeared there and I saw the Temperance Seven and Screaming Lord Sutch, amongst others, on the Rink stage. Many of ...Read more

A memory of Spennymoor

My Dad was from Ashgill and my Mum was from Stonehouse. Emigrated to Canada in 1957 where I was born. First visit to Scotland in 1967 and met my grandparents in Ashgill - 15 Bogside Rd - Peter and Jeanie Hamilton. My Dad ...Read more

A memory of Ashgill in 1967 by Catherine Wells

I lived in North Finchley from 1949 till 1968 and my maiden name was Battams. I have many fond memories. I started my first job on the day after my 15th birthday as I was only 14 when I left ...Read more

A memory of North Finchley in 1965 by Linda Stein

Started my life in 4 Blamey Crescent living with my Gran Dodds, Granny Park lived upstairs and Granny Smith lived next door. Moved to 9 Milne Crescent (prefabs) when I was about 4 years old. I remember the "gang" I played around with ...Read more

A memory of Cowdenbeath by Ann Dodds

I started at the school in 1961 as a day boy. The school also had boarders who lived at what had been the original school building off Court Barton which was also the girls school in my day. Looking at the photographs ...Read more

A memory of Ilminster in 1961 by Robert Lewis

My strongest memories of Lewisham is there being three cinemas there. The Gaumont (where I saw the Beatles live in the 1960s) - I went to Saturday morning pictures there. The Rex cinema, just by the bridge ...Read more

A memory of Lewisham by Jackie Walder

My partner was a regular visitor to Talacre in his youth, we came back with our children who have never been this year. My partner has a vague recollectoin of a bunker being on the beach where himself and his friends used to camp, ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by Marie Doorbar

Holland is a bustling Essex coastal town `resplendent`-a bride in her wedding day gown, tree lined avenues, with neat little plots, well kept gardens and a place for the tots, a school, four churches, library and hall, a ...Read more

A memory of Clacton-On-Sea in 1993 by Allen Warrender

We lived in South Ockendon from 1957 until the 1960s and they were the happiest years of my life. My father was Mr Edward Bailey who was caretaker of Benyon School and the family lived in the school house, Mum, Ann, David and me ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1957 by Joy Gregory

I came to Little Hulton from Salford as a lad, I was only about 9 years old and came into a world I did not know, it was the first time I had seen fields full of cows. I remember the the hot summer days and they were hot ...Read more

A memory of Little Carleton by David Hughes