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My first introduction to Fairbourne I think was in 1953 (the same week that we heard that Everest had been conquered and the Coronation). As a child resident of St Christopher's Railway Orphanage in Derby, we went camping for the first ...Read more

A memory of Fairbourne by Peter Studden

My first paid job was working at the Boating Pool in 1956 or 1957 for the three weeks of the spring school holiday. There were two adults, the boss whose name I've long forgotten and an older man as his deputy whose name ...Read more

A memory of Worthing in 1956

I think about 1955, when I was living in St Pauls Cray on the main road by Hearns Rise, there was a lady who always wore a brown coat and used to spend most of the day walking up and down in front of ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's Cray in 1955 by Derek Stocker

I spent many very happy holidays at my uncle's house, number 8 Beach Street directly behind the pub in the photo. It was an old house with very steep stairs with large ropes instead of handrails. It had no electricity although gas was ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1954 by Anthony Lock

In the summer of 1952 I learnt that my parents had decided to move from our home in the Midlands to the West Country as my father wished to return to where his relatives lived. It came as no surprise therefore, when one day they ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth in 1952

From February - September 1944, my newly wed Dad and Mum had as their home a Fishermans Hut at Two Mile Bottom. We aren't 100\% sure, but we think it was some 400m south south west of the power station on the east bank of ...Read more

A memory of Two Mile Bottom in 1963 by Philip Marsden

So enjoyed reading these memories - found the site by mistake! I used to live in the shop in Chapel Road and spent so many hours over Inwood Park playing on those parallel bars and the equipment there. Had a paddling pool there, and ...Read more

A memory of Heston in 1960 by Sylvia Robson

I was born in 1952. My Mum and Dad were brought up in Weymouth and although they moved to Gloucestershire after the war, all four grandparents remained in Weymouth. So the whole family, which included my three ...Read more

A memory of Weymouth in 1958 by Jeremy Windust

The chocolate box sweet shop in Vanston Place. Going to the Science Museum every Sunday on the district line stopping off at Earls Court to get a chocolate eclair from the bakers opposite the station. Playing run outs, knock ...Read more

A memory of Fulham in 1965 by Jennifer Brewer

At 55 now, I still have wonderful memories of old Balintore, enough to write a book, too many to write on here. I grew up in Balintore in the 60's and early 70's and would trade all my worthy possessions to re live those ...Read more

A memory of Balintore in 1963 by Jim Falconer