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I was born at 27 Croft Court, Smallthorne, in 1948, my father was born at 8 Back Crof in 1920. From when he left school in around 1934, he went to work in the coal mines. During the war years he went to join the army ...Read more

A memory of Smallthorne by John Turner

How lucky were we, who were teens in the 60's. We had the Beatles, Stones and couldn't even imagine there would be anything like rap . Like most of my friends, my first venture into Carlisle night life was at Bonds in ...Read more

A memory of Carlisle in 1965 by Marcia Kell

My mother, was born in Cwmaman as were a large number of my maternal family. I used to visit my aunts in Byron Street. You may remember them for running the local shop in the 50's - Maggie Evans, and her sisters ...Read more

A memory of Cwmaman by Margaret Seymour

I moved to Oadby in 1969 as a 9 year old. I also remember many happy days playing along Fluids Lane, in the stream, building and breaking down dams, going into the fields, scrumping and getting caught on more than one occasion. Such a shame it is no longer the same.

A memory of Oadby in 1969 by Nicola Bellot

I remember attending my aunt's 21st Birthday Party at the Grand Hotel in 1963. I was 3 years old. They had strung a fishing net from the ceiling of the ballroom and filled it with balloons. Every now and ...Read more

A memory of Littlestone-on-Sea by Gordon Frampton

My uncle Fred Moon had this garage from the mid 1930s till he retired, he was also the village blacksmith. He was a great prankster, if a rep came to the garage that did not know Fred and asked for Mr Moon, Fred would look ...Read more

A memory of Broad Chalke in 1950 by David Moon

I was Christened here in 1960, we lived at Bankside London Road. I remember walking from Reigate Hill down Gatton Bottom which comes out by the church when I was about 7 with my grandmother, it seemed to take forever.

A memory of Merstham in 1960 by Clive Jerman

I grew up and played around the Welfare Hall,r ows of pit houses were situated behind it, Pretoria Street, Earle Street, Kimberly Street. We would watch the shows in the Welfare put on by the Featherstone ADS, and I attended the ...Read more

A memory of Featherstone in 1963 by John Barker

Growing up and the family - Part 1 My grandfather William Morgan Cockram (son of Lewis Cockram) and grandmother (Mary Cockram) (granny and grandpa Cockram) took over the ironmongers after the death of John Richards. ...Read more

A memory of Aberkenfig by Catherine Delahay

My grandmother lived at 50 Old Park Road, opposite Bloomfield Park, and I went to school at Franklin House School in Palmerston Road from 1955 to 1960, then the Winchmore Hill Collegiate School from 1960 to 1962. I used to ...Read more

A memory of Palmers Green in 1959 by Christopher Liddle