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I went to duke Street school in the 1950s I can remember the playground was on the roof as well as outside the classrooms, Mrs Moores taught me to knit and sew and Mr Beasley was my last teacher there I can ...Read more

A memory of Hulme by jamieonestep

We moved to Swindon in 1957 from London (Wimbledon, actually) when my dad, a skilled engineer, got a job at Vickers Armstrongs at South Marston, with a brand new council house thrown in. In those post-war austerity days there was ...Read more

A memory of Swindon by besafisher

Not seen this picture for a long , long time . When I lived up POTTER HILL I used to go this way to get to the ROOKER'S . From POTTER HILL you headed towards BECON PARK , then branched off right , along a lane , think it was called ...Read more

A memory of Pickering by anneandchibby

I also lived on Lime Street #23 I was born in Farnworth in `1951 moved to Tyldesley when I was about 5 or 6. Shortly after moving to lime street I attended St Georges school, the only teacher I really remember is Mr. Green. Went to the ...Read more

A memory of Tyldesley by tomcole51

My mother grew up in the Mainstone area in the 1930s and went to the village school there (by the Churchtown turn) for a number of years. Twenty years on, my brother and I would spend most of our summer ...Read more

A memory of Mainstone by Kevin Flynn

i went to work at s-n stationery in must been 1974-5 further down from Yorktown was the industrial estate worked in Riviln factory -Arthur and Freds factory we did clothes for early marks and spencer then worked for factory ...Read more

A memory of York Town by Janet Ingate

Hi , My name is Vic Ballard , I was brought up by my Grandparents from 1942 and lived next door to Cassland Rd school which later became my secondary school , my first school was Orchard Rd at the end of Cassland Rd and ...Read more

A memory of South Hackney by vickyb60

I went to the School approx 1952-1957 firstly in the old School and then in the new school which was so modern and spacious- it had everything. The Gym was brilliant, albeit I wasn't very good. ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury

Ma liddle sester came hwoam to Biddy a few yers ago and this wumman stopped and seyd, ‘Yur now, Ah thort Ah nawd ee when Ah seed ee, but Ah newd Ah knawd ee when Ah yerd ee speak.’ Up Biddy! John Polley

A memory of Bideford by John Polley

When I was around 11 years old in the early '60s we used to go to Chapel every year and stayed in Standish Bungalow. It was owned by my mother's employer who allowed us to go there as a reward for her ...Read more

A memory of Chapel St Leonards by colingoddard07