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Thay say that everyone remembers where they were when the news came out that President Keneddy had been shot. Well this is where I was; Friday night was dance night at the youth club and I remember the ...Read more

A memory of Merstham in 1963

We stayed at a clifftop house called Mill Meadow. Once we parked the car behind the wooden double gates, there was a pine-tree lined steep hill that led to the house and then to cliffs. I remember that pine smell when we ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Fleming in 1967 by Matthew White

We moved to Greenford from Wales when I was 9 in 1956. After moving away in the early 70's I am now back living in Greenford for the past 20 years. Saddest thing of all for me is that the Red Lion was demolished last year. ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Andy Southgate

I don't suppose my old Scout group in Brentford still exists? Back in the middle 50's I belonged to the 4th Brentford Scout group based at St Faiths Church in Windmill Road. Our Scout leaders were Alan De Jong and brothers, Wally and ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1954 by Alfred Winkworth

I used to live in Bracknell from 1959 - 1990. My memories relate to the opening of Point Royal back in 1964. My parents took me there when I was 6 that year and we went to the top to get a ...Read more

A memory of Easthampstead in 1964

In October 1958 I spent two weeks at Yarrow and have never been able to forget how unhappy I was during that time. I do not remember staff putting us at our ease in the big old victorian building which ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1958 by Jill Hooper

In October 1958 I was sent to Yarrow for two weeks to recover from a complicated operation. I have a sense of dread about my time there; my arrival into the panelled and imposing hall as my dad disappeared down the ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1958 by Jill Hooper

Now here's a place with some very happy memories. Beyond the field with the cows in was the BICC cricket ground (factory chimney in the background) - if you look closely the white building to the right of the ...Read more

A memory of Helsby in 1965 by Ian Champion

I was looking at a map of the area, and the mention of Chelwood Gate and the Isle of Thorns, brought back vivid memories of the camp. I was there with the school two summers running in 1957 and 1958, I think. I ...Read more

A memory of Chelwood Gate by Raymond Jennings

I grew up on the Lady Margaret Rd off Ruislip Rd near Greenford, back in the 1940's, and attended Dormers Wells School. Memories of the Granada Theatre are still really real to me to this day; Saturday mornings watching ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1950 by June Manson