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During WW2 my uncle Bob was billited in the area, and my mother took me up to visit him. I was only a child, but I have a memory of being allowed to stand on this bridge while it was being turned. Was this possible? I also have a ...Read more

A memory of Selby by derekjay

I had just started at my boarding school The Sacred Heart Convent In Hove Brighton when the first bomb of the war fell , we were hastily evacuated to Shropshire ,the first term we shared with another school, the next ...Read more

A memory of Lutwyche Hall by enid.g

My name is Terry Furlong I lived at 22 Alfred Street from 1947 to 1950.I was aged 5 to 8 yrs old. We had to leave Abertysswg because the local pit shaft was getting close to our houses causing subsidence.I still go back a couple of times a year , my house is still there. Regards Terry

A memory of Abertysswg by t.furlong

I think it was in 1969 that I worked in San Feliu de Guixols, Spain (Costa Brava) where I met and fell in love with Patricia L. Dawe, from Barking/Essex. Pat was on holiday in San Feliu with her parents and her twin sister, I ...Read more

A memory of Barking by peter

We stayed in a small caravan the first holiday we had in Porthcawl during the miners fortnight holiday in June many years ago. Other wise it would be day or afternoon trips to Porthcawl and other seaside resorts along the South Wales coast ...Read more

A memory of Porthcawl by Brian Neale

I was 6 years old when I first went fishing at Sawbridgeworth. We lived in Sayesbury Road from 1948 to 1960 and at the back of our house was Chalk Farm, where I spent a lot of time playing football with the ...Read more

A memory of Sawbridgeworth by neilhriley

I lived at Links Avenue, West Monkseaton between 1965 and 69. Went to Park Road Junior school next to what was then the cinema, and Spanish City. Ended up at Valley Gardens Secondary Modern. Names I remember from those days ...Read more

A memory of Whitley Bay by jvparkin

To everyone who spent some time at Farleycroft. I was there from approx 1948. I remember Mrs Gunn, I remember a nurse Lemon and a nurse Baldry. I met Nurse Baldry’s parents one day when they were visiting their ...Read more

A memory of Westerham by kay.ashley

The photo of Droitwich Winter Gardens brings back memories of the time 1965 - 1970. Spent many weekends enjoying the music saw the Yarbirds group live. My Parents used to run a cafe in the High Street, but my friends and I used to gather in the Cosy Cafe many great times to remember.

A memory of Droitwich Spa by Brian Boyd

my mother is the young girl on the right, back towards the camera but looking back towards the camera. she remembers seeing the photographer on the day, and was delighted to see this photo in poster size in the local Morrisons until recentlly

A memory of Mansfield by karenbrown135