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I worked for McLeods ,slater and Plasters in the 1950s Rosehill Square was my main area to work at ,had a GF called Anne Peat who's Mum owned the picture house in the Whifflet her young sister was Ray, the man thing I remember was Fergusons of the Whifflet who had the best brides I Scotland,

A memory of Coatbridge by John Potter

I moved to Andover in 1940 with my mum and sister, to live with my grandparents, my dad was all over the place in the RAF. My grandad owned a riding stable in Anton Road, towards the town. The side of the stable building had a huge ...Read more

A memory of Andover by Peter Carragher

My mother, Queenie Grounds, was the headmistress of Lynfield House School from 1946 until 1953, when we moved from Lynfield to The Homestead at the top of Sandringham Road, where it met Lynn Road. ...Read more

A memory of Hunstanton in 1946 by Valerie Curtiss (Grounds)

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 have wonderful memories of the camp when I was young. I remember my father, Jack Quant, and a Mr Gardner had something to do with the clubhouse like one of the memories I have just read. It was ...Read more

A memory of Humberston in 1947 by Barry Quant

I moved from Mitcham in 1960. We had lived in Garden Avenue, number 39, and it was a lovely road then. In the summer, we would ride up and down the road on our three wheeler trikes and all the front doors would be open with ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Susan Wood

I have read an article by Sylvia Lock. I made me smile and bought back so many happy memories from my childhood in Edmonton. I to remember Pymms park and yes the dentist at the clinic in the center of the park. I was sent there by my ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton in 1958 by Keith Thompson

Firstly--although the date of this picture is not confirmed, the scene it depicts, is exactly how I remember the 'Blue Lagoon' from 1955. This encapcilates exactly--'The Seaside Holiday' in post war Britain. In our families ...Read more

A memory of Severn Beach in 1955 by Philip Croft

I lived in New Street, and my boyhood friends were Richard Freakes, John Denman, Michael and Graham Goring, Jeff and Billy Kowatch and Alfie Manzoli. Amongst many others, we used to play in the woods ...Read more

A memory of Crawley by Richard Hounsome

Welling was my home town; I was born in Westwood Lane in 1944 and went to Hook Lane and Westwood Schools. I can remember walking to Hook Lane school passing Leons, it was a clothes shop in Bellegrove Rd. Also a little ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Barbara Brennan