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In 1951 a friend and I were keen on taking photos with our cheap cameras. We decided to go to the Air Show, at the Aero Club down the Board Sides. It was a lovely afternoon, but was on the breezy side. A large crowd was enjoying a plane ...Read more

A memory of Boston by Bob Marriott

Before & during the Second World War my uncle was an electrical engineer & had a shop in Plashet Grove opposite Washington Road. Unfortunately I wasn't born until 1946 & so I have no knowledge of the shop except some ...Read more

A memory of Upton Park by Alan Guy

August 2013 I visited Shaldon with my family as we are staying nearby for a week. We were hoping to see the childhood home of my late father which he always referred to as Platway. I spoke to a lovely lady in tourist ...Read more

A memory of Shaldon by Anna Davidson

Love this photo, when I started work at Barnsley Parks Depot in 1987 this slide was still in the park... biggest one I've ever seen and still much loved at the time... alas it was removed shortly after, but its still a fab play area to visit with the kiddies...

A memory of Hoyland by Jo Birch

My sister and I were born in Playhillocks Cottage, Longhaven - me in 1937 and my sister in 1936. When I was about 3 or 4 we moved to a council house in Cruden Bay, Serald Street, where my brother was born. In 1950 we migrated ...Read more

A memory of Longhaven in 1930 by Maureen Walmsley

My name is Martin Flower. I lived in 21 Bailey St. The field at the back of our house is where I would spend most of the day. There was a crowd of us and we would make Dutch arrows, yes you cannot use them today. If you could ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash in 1958 by Martin Flower

This was my local rec and I played here every day without fail. I remember the engine being installed and playing on it long before the health and safety guys realised its potential. We found everything worked - the boiler ...Read more

A memory of Daventry by Martin Ellacott

The shown photo is how I remembered it circa 1955 when I was 10 years old. Very popular venue for Sunday brassbands and the occasional visiting magician/children's entertainers. When the bandstand was not in use during ...Read more

A memory of Kettering by raw50

I was resident in Plymouth up until 1963 when I moved to Exeter. However, between 1959 and 1963 I was a Red Cross volunteer at the Plympton Ambulance Station and did duties at weekends. The old Devon County Ambulance ...Read more

A memory of Plympton by john.wickens

When I was at junior school (I was born in 1946) my maternal Granddad lived in Morley Cottages in Colebrook and worked in the signal box at Plympton Station. I lived in Molesworth Rd, down the road from Plympton Grammar ...Read more

A memory of Plympton by jlhenderson21