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I spent all my younger July and Augusts at East Runton in my grandad's caravan on Stewarts caravan site.  My sister Gaynor and I  made good friends with brothers Mick and Graham Kilsby from Kettering. I have many happy memories of ...Read more

A memory of East Runton in 1977 by Mandy Johnson

York Avenue is the one road in Jarrow (although I am from Manchester) that I could never forget, it's like a main road into Jarrow, my cousin had a house on York Avenue, it's a road you can a bus to anywhere up the north-east, and to most of the lovely beaches. Primrose

A memory of Jarrow

Hello all you Yorkshire people, wherever you may now be... Here is a poem I wrote about good old York. Enjoy. Shopping in the Shambles on a snowy Christmas Eve Playing hide and seek in Acomb Wood Watching Andy Pandy by the fire in our ...Read more

A memory of York in 1955 by Anne England

Born In Nairn, now living In New Zealand. Memories include: the putting green, picking rasps and brambles in the Links bushes, hot orange at Morganti's after Bible Class on a Sunday night, the wishing well in the "big valley" at the ...Read more

A memory of Nairn by Min Walker

I am a 67 year old British citizen and have lived for over 40 years as a rock musician in Germany. I went to Ryde School in the 60s. After I left I was lonely living in London and used come back to the island ...Read more

A memory of Binstead by Simon Hornsby

Spent several holidays in the chalets on the beach - remember Edna helping the Sellicks - Robert and Anthony and their mum and dad in the Sea Shanty Cafe. Used to get our milk from Mr.Trott at the farm who kept the milk churns in ...Read more

A memory of Branscombe by m.m.holland.t21

I have great memories of ansteys cove in the 50s,and of the hotel Ansteys Manor Hotel, my husband's uncle owned ,we had our honeymoon there,and went back for holiday's with our young daughter,we went down to the cove ,beach, she has just ...Read more

A memory of Torquay by Patricia Symons

my memory of the home were going there twice. The first time from St.Marys hospital in Paddington Green. I was about 9 or 10 and my mum went to see the Almoner and i was taken to Broadstairs I am sure it was St.Marys home. I ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1959 by Janet Beavington

I was born in Church Road, Battersea in1939 and went to Bolingbroke School - 1944 to 1950, then on to Surry Lane. Did not have much in those days, but were very happy times. Swimming in the Thames, looking for old iron on the beach to ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by George Dean

Many happy memories of staying in a few of the beach cottages in the dunes in the early 1960's , I have a picture of myself my mother and brother outside a little cottage called 'Shalimar' I must have been only 10 at the time. Holidays there were always happy times.

A memory of Hemsby by chiltonmayes