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I too was born at the Green Hedges nursing home during the war, though obviously I have no memories of it and have never returned. My father was in the army at the time and I have photos of him and my mother holding me ...Read more

A memory of Ditchling in 1941

I came into this world in 1952 at the Alexandra Nursing Home in Muswell Hill. I lived in St Mary's Road off the High Street until 1960 when we moved to Hawthorn Road where I lived until 1974. My dad (Pete McCafferty) used to drink ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1952 by Jan Carpenter

I was born in Barnsley in 1950 and lived in Hemsworth. I use to go to the pictures on a Saturday morning with my pals and ride my pretend horse home afterwards. I don't know the name of our street but you could walk out of the front ...Read more

A memory of Hemsworth in 1950 by Robert Stepien

My father worked on the site building Westbury Shopping Centre. I remember there being a full size model of a dalek in the dry cleaners that used to be on one end of block. Used to be able to get inside it and pretend to be a dalek, which was great fun for an 8 year old.

A memory of Westbury by Michael Moore

Hi, I am Matthew Lowe. My dad is Kenneth Lowe and was the local policeman and we were the first to live at the police house on Peckforton Hall Lane just off the A49 at Spurstow crossroads. I was six in ...Read more

A memory of Spurstow in 1960 by Matthew Lowe

One of my friends was Ivor Usher, and he had this unusual place of residence - Prudhoe Castle. Together we were able to run around the castle walls with our bows and arrows, catapults, etc... We didn't need much imagination ...Read more

A memory of Prudhoe in 1952 by Alan Peel

I was in the WRAF at Coltishall, Norfolk and one of the other girls working in the control tower with me was Margaret Marshall from Jersey. Her family owned a hotel on the island and I was lucky enough to be invited for a holiday. ...Read more

A memory of Jersey in 1955 by Penny Goddard

In the back of the Vauxhall, my brothers and I would scan our eyes across the fields looking for that white two chimneyed farmhouse of Nana and Grandad that meant our long trip was finally over, and our holidays ...Read more

A memory of Goodmanham in 1972 by Simon Crum

Me and my brother went to this home around 1954. I would be 7 and he would be 9; we went on the train from Rochdale. I remember mother giving my older brother 2 half crowns - 5 bob for sweets to last a fortnight. I also remember watching ...Read more

A memory of Lytham in 1954 by Lennie Capuano

I remember the shopkeepers; Rees Jones & Fred Palmer (the butcher) also Sgt Brace at the Police Station. I also have very fond memories of the Bedwellty Show and the ink stamps on your hand to let you back ...Read more

A memory of Cefn by Anwen Parry