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I was a pupil at the school for one term only, the summer term, which from what I remember was wet. I remember playing cricket & football, if it was wet, we would play table tennis or snooker. We ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1964 by Robert Clark

I was born in Balham General in 1940 to my parents who lived on Shirly Grove, just off Lavender Hill. I made many trips to the "Granada" in my time. I was just leaving the Granada with my parents one evening about 1943/4 when a ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by Michael Longhurst

Slogger, as you call him, was my father Gwilym Jones. His shop was at 86, Avondale Street, Ynysboeth. Back in his younger days, before I was born, he was a professional boxer and fought mostly in London. He had a ...Read more

A memory of Ynysboeth in 1949 by Royden Jones

I've just read John Holmes' account of the early days in West Gorton. I went to St Marks from 1955 to 1960. I remember Mr Platt in the same way as most. I remember being smacked across the head for passing my 11 plus. I must admit it ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1955 by Stephen Painter

My Memory is of the Kerry Arms Hotel between 1972 to 1979. My parents were the Manager and Manageress and I was the oldest of 4. I was 6 when we moved there. My Sister Gail and I went to a little school around the corner called St Peters. It ...Read more

A memory of Hereford in 1976 by Maria Harkin

We used to live on East Hill estate, the bottom end number 69 Peter Head House. My mum Bobby, my 2 brothers, graham and Steven, me (Lorraine), and my sister Michelle - we had great fun there playing in the playground at the back of ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1969 by Lorry Beckers

i remember going there with my mum years ago and i enjoyed it as i walked round the gardens and inside the gallery the place was nice back in the day i would like to go again and see if anything has changed.

A memory of Belvoir Castle

We moved from Southampton to Trefriw on 5th November 1973. Mum & Dad bought the house 'Llys Llewelyn' opposite the village hall, Mrs Williams' Hair Salon (Harold Gas' wife) and the dreaded entrance to the coal yard. They ...Read more

A memory of Trefriw in 1973 by Andy Philpott

Well nobody actually said "lunch", It was "dinner" then. No families that I knew of ate a cooked evening meal so "dinner" was the main meal of the day. The school had no kitchen or dining facilities and so every ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

I went to Wakefield where I called at the wimpy Cafe. I was the only customer. There were two young girls, one manning the till, the other was cleaning the tables and then wiping the table tops down. I had ordered a Wimpy burger and ...Read more

A memory of Sandal in 1970 by Roland Mitchell