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I had a very happy childhood growing up in Hawthorn until I left at the age of fifteen to join the Royal Navy in 1960. Hawthorn consisted of two distinct halves separated by a 'main road'. The top site had flat roofs while ...Read more

A memory of Hawthorn by Ronald Toghill

I had lots of friends to play with up on the green and also the woods where we used to ride our push bikes or swing on the big rope swing over the sandy bank. I even fell off and broke my arm. I also broke my jaw falling ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1975

At the age of 12 I was a patient at Treloars in Alton, having been diagnosed as having TB knee - a clout with a cricket ball was a little more serious than just a swollen knee, and I was sent to ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island in 1953 by Heather Tierney

When I was a little girl, my mother, Violet Helmore, would take me into Welsh's regularly to do her shopping. Biscuits could be bought loose then as could sugar tea etc. I always thought that I was a good little girl, ...Read more

A memory of Midsomer Norton in 1954 by Diane Shearn

Hi everyone, I went to St Pat's 1956 -1962 and lived at 17 Bronze Street. I remember Brian Kidd going to our school. We had a good football team, I think the headmaster was Mr Cassidy who played for United in the ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1959 by Anthony Flynn

Caravan Holidays at Trecco Bay in the 1960s & 1970s were wonderful, the ride around the caravans on the old three wheeler tricycles and the wonderful times you had in the arena when there were jazz band ...Read more

A memory of Porthcawl in 1960 by Harry Howard

When I was a child, living in Coventry, my parents used to pack me off to Milford to get some fresh sea air and spend quality time with my cousins! My best times were when we went off to buy sweets - I loved ...Read more

A memory of Milford on Sea in 1961 by Olivia Harrod

Born at Petersfield in 1940, my first home was Berry Cottage, down Sandy Lane, opposite Sibley's farm. Berry cottage had only 4 rooms (2 up and 2 down), no running water, only a well and later a tap down in the lane. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Rake Firs in 1940 by Monica Stewart

My family owned the Cosy Cafe on Lyme Road in the 1950s. I did not start working their until 1957 as I was still at school until then, but I still remember a lot of the customers who use to come in for their cups of tea. John ...Read more

A memory of Axminster by Michael Loving

I have left the year of these incidents because they were on going throughout my childhood. The first concerns Dr Clinch's dog. Dr Clinch lived at the top of Penygarn Hill. He was a large man with a gruff exterior, I believe he ...Read more

A memory of Penygarn by Robert Miles