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I can remember walking up this lane to my older sister's house on many a freezing cold winter morning at 6 o'clock in the morning as myself and 2 other sisters had to ge the bus to school, but dear Mom had to be in work for ...Read more

A memory of Headley Down in 1955 by Viviane Holding

I was born during the Second World War in 1942, the 8th child to my parents at Goose Bridge, Matching Green. My parents were Scottish and people thought they were foreign. My dad worked for Mr Gemmill's farm ...Read more

A memory of Matching Green by Mary Burton

I used to pedal my service-issue bike from RAF Swinderby to the village to meet friends I made there at the Bugle Horn for a couple of hours every month, and have a few with my service colleagues from the flight ...Read more

A memory of Bassingham in 1962 by Keith Bell

My memories of Dewsbury as a girl in the late 1960s, early 1970s. The market. The butcher my mum used (who flirted outrageously with her, and most likely every housewife in town, which she loved and I'm sure always made her ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury by Jo Anne Smith

I came to live in Colindale in 1967 aged 1.5 years, first in Lynton Avenue, then in 1968 the family moved to The Loning where I still am to this day. I have very special memories of the area, White Bridge, Rushgrove Park and 'the ...Read more

A memory of Colindale by Ian Hutchings

I lived in Simon Crescent from 1967-1985. I had great times growing up in the crescent. All the people I remember are: Tam Taylor, the Dunnigans, Sandy and Jackie Crookston, the Smiths, the Mcmahons, Tam Page, the ...Read more

A memory of Methilhill in 1968 by Colin Rollo

I spent many many good times at the lido every day in the school holidays, the lido was the place to be, meeting up with friends, spending all day there, it was just fab, none of this session swimming, it was one price, around 50-60 ...Read more

A memory of Bridgwater in 1980 by Linda Godfrey

The Margate cliffs were chalk. An extremely tall church named The Holy Trinity Church sat in the middle of Trinity Square about 800m from the sea. During the war, the roof had collapsed leaving the outer walls, ...Read more

A memory of Margate by Dave Harris

The Grange always brings back memories of our life growing up in the village. We are the Blackburn family and we lived at 11 Curtis Drive. We used to play in the field at the front of the big house as we called it but if ...Read more

A memory of Brompton-on-Swale by Lorna Meadows

I have only just discovered this website and felt compelled to respond. I was born in Heathfield Gardens, South Croydon in 1948 and my maiden name was Murphy. We moved to Wyche Grove near the Purley Arms, South Croydon when I was about 5 ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Kate Sims