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This 11th Century Church in Boldre forms a cornerstone of my formative years. I attended Rope Hill School in Boldre in the early 1950's - for four years, we boarders attended the Church every Sunday during the ...Read more

A memory of Lymington in 1952 by Edward Williams

My family lived in Orpington Kent from 1959 to 1964. I was 5 when we left. We lived in Repton Road. It snowed so heavily one year(62/3?) that a train was stuck at the top of the embankment above our ...Read more

A memory of Orpington in 1963 by Melanie Gregory

I was born in 192 Sutton Flats and Christened at St. Thomas's. My older brother Johnny and I were very happy there and both attended Halton Bank School. Our auntie, uncle and cousins lived close by in another ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1950 by Lynette Riley

After going to the Regal Cinema i would take a shortcut to Sidemore going up the 48 steps and running like the clappers through the churchyard and out through the gate at the bottom.(Scary)

A memory of Bromsgrove in 1953 by Terence Tilsley

I was born at 16 high st troedrhiwfuwch in1948 I can remember the spring water pipe behind the school where as kids we would get a cold drink in summer . troedy was a great place I remember the coal fires in school and when ...Read more

A memory of Troedrhiwfuwch in 1956 by William John Parsons

I went to a junior fellowship and then senior in St. Peter's rooms by the bowling green. Spent hours watching tennis at the courts in Leigh Rd. Haven't been back for many years, are they still there I wonder. Many happy memories of Hale village.

A memory of Hale by Marian Bargate

Born in 1956 my early memories were of Woodlands Road, and I remember Alan Sharp, and playing in the fields surrounding it. Dawpool School with Gabby Hayes, being there on the day the library opened, helping harvest with the Houghs and ...Read more

A memory of Irby by Gary Devaney

As my mother father and sister lived in Queens Road, Thames Ditton, there local maternity hospital was Bearsted Memorial Hospital which is where I entered the world on a foggy night in late October 1958. My father worked at the ...Read more

A memory of Hampton Wick in 1958 by Rob Jackson

hi i went to colfox school i was in class i-t ,i was at burton bradstock school for abit, parents move to yeovil in 1970

A memory of Bridport in 1969 by Brian Bowles

1955 DATE WITH DIANA BARON,AND I MESSED UP,GOT INTO THE CARLTON AND FORGOT TO BUY HER TICKET,SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WHOM I MET AT THE OTHER CINEMA,THE WALTON VALE,WE DID LIKE EACH OTHER AT THE TIME,BUT I BLEW IT,MY NAN ...Read more

A memory of Walton in 1955 by Terry Sergeant