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I lived at the Post Office/shop and went to the school which is now the village hall. Opposite us lived two Sicillian families both surnames were Parisi. I was friends with Giovanna, and it was the happiest time of my life; long days ...Read more

A memory of Combrook in 1958 by Marj Peel

Basildon has an interesting history, for it was ‘reinvented’ not once, but twice. At the start of the 19th century Basildon was a small rural parish, bounded on the west by Laindon, Dunton, Langdon Hills and Lee ...Read more

A memory of Basildon in 1958 by Julia Skinner

I was born on Clyde Road in 1950, and in 1954 moved to Caterbury Road in West Croydon, where I attended school Elmwood, and then Lambfrank (spelling?).  Mr Reeves was a teacher at Elmwood, and always answered anything he didn't like ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1958 by First Name Last Name

I remember going to Grandma's on Saturdays - we would walk from her house along Westfield Lane down Westgate on to the Buttermarket. I would love the hand made sweet stall and take ages spending my pennies, perhaps the fruit ...Read more

A memory of Mansfield in 1958 by Jennifer Barker

Yes Tami, I remember The Walk very well. In 1959 there was a model shop just to the right of the photo. They had wonderful little steam engines and I saved up pennies and shillings from my paper round until I could buy ...Read more

A memory of Ipswich in 1959 by robin_bather

I have fond memories of Hogsthorpe in 1959. I worked on a farm just outside the village, I think the area was called Slackholme End. The farm belonged to Silas Willey and next door was a bigger farm belonging to Taylors. In ...Read more

A memory of Hogsthorpe in 1959 by Chris Webb

I remember going to the Rialto cinema, we called it 'the fleapit', it was a bit rough. The manager used to wear a smart black suit, he would be in the kiosk taking the money, I think he ran the place as a one-man-band, ...Read more

A memory of Wednesbury in 1959 by Janice Johnson

I also remember there was a slaughter house on (think it was) Blackwater Street, or it could have been Toad Lane. There was a pub across from it called Dusty Miller that was next door to Marsh's cafe. I too remember the shop on ...Read more

A memory of Rochdale in 1959 by Lennie Capuano

I went to Woods Lane school, after dinner we went to the shops to get vimto lollies, I could only afford a penny one, the threepenny and fourpenny ones looked so good. I had my first date when I was 14 with Ian Ibbotson who was a ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle Hulme in 1959 by Christine Flemming

I went to school in Ramsbury from about 1959/1961, I remember the head teacher being a Mr Eastoe, I liked Ramsbury because we all used to gather at the river to go swimmimg, we used to buy an inner tube of a car at the local ...Read more

A memory of Ramsbury in 1959 by Sally Cundall