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My grandmother lived at 50 Old Park Road, opposite Bloomfield Park, and I went to school at Franklin House School in Palmerston Road from 1955 to 1960, then the Winchmore Hill Collegiate School from 1960 to 1962. I used to ...Read more

A memory of Palmers Green in 1959 by Christopher Liddle

I lived with my family, the Widdowsons, at 6 Beck Road South from 1938 to the late 50s. Dad, Douglas, was the Branch Manager at the Co-op at Register Square in town. I remember playing cricket on Crane Hill ...Read more

A memory of Beverley in 1940 by Joan Roseveare

The BBC is looking at the day that Margaret Thatcher introduced the 'Right to Buy' scheme, allowing people in council houses to buy their own homes. The film will look at the benefits for several million people ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1979 by Real Life Media

I was born in Maceado Square, Hunslet, not a blade of grass to be seen, the small house was behind Winterburns store, everyone shopped there, along with Cardis's pork butchers. Pub opposite. Trams stopped at Balm Road, Miggy was not ...Read more

A memory of Hunslet in 1930 by Roy Brining

I went to Fearns High School and passed the Hall every day, as school involved climbing a hill and using what was called the Cat Steps which was a path up the hillside constructed from all sizes and shapes of stones. A boy in my class lived at Fearns Hall, this was in the 1960s.

A memory of Stacksteads in 1960

I stayed in Horsforth (Fink Hill), for 10 days during the summer of 1976. The lasting memory I have of New Road Side is of the king prawn curries that I had from the Dearest Dear Chinese Take-Away. They were some of the best I have ever had.

A memory of Horsforth in 1976 by Rod Wells

Can anyone recall the sausage and mash shop on Pier Hill, a great favourite of mine as a young boy. I always remember the decor of a black and white tiled interior and long tables. If anyone can remember the shop's name, please reply.

A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1969 by Mike Harrison

I was born in Staincross, a stone's throw from Royston but in 1950 they seemed much further apart.

A memory of Royston in 1948 by Jeffrey Levett

Imagine my delight as a child to discover there was a swimming pool on top of Box Hill! Although we lived in Sussex we would often have "days out" in Kent or Surrey. Box Hill was a favourite, and I remember a swim on a ...Read more

A memory of Box Hill by Anne Eastbury

Charles Westland with his wife, Isabella McTavish of Boleskine, Foyers, returned to Scotland from exile in Liverpool with his four young kids where he had been looking for work. He got work at ...Read more

A memory of Kinlochleven by Morgan Findlay