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One of the shops to the near right of the photo was Riley's fruit and veg. At Christmas time there would be lots of cut pines outside of the shop for sale, the strong smell of the pine lingers in my memory. Such a pity that so called progress destroys so many of the good things. Pete.

A memory of Heswall in 1955

I wonder If you can help me please. We lived in Grygrymney, near Brithdir Tirfill. We moved to Yorkshire in 1963, against my dad's wishes. My dad was William Fuller, known as Billy Fuller. My mum's name was Vera ...Read more

A memory of Newchurch in 1955 by Glenys Berry

The Galleon swimming pool was all blue with a marvellous fountain at the far, shallow end. Above to the left was a sun balcony and a little counter where you could buy soft drinks and sweets. There was a wavey slide on ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath in 1950 by Heather Lee

Hi, I am Louise Brown of Australia. My grandmother Ellen Maud Edwards (married name Jefferis) lived with her parents Samuel and Alice Maud Edwards (Searle), at the cliff Cottage on the Peek Estates around ...Read more

A memory of Rousdon in 1900 by Louise Brown

I am puzzled as to which year this photo was taken. It must have been very late fifties because my earliest memory of The Rest Garden, as we called it, was when it was still recognizeable as a graveyard. The gravestones ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

The Marine Parade East is where the Geisha Hotel is on the corner of Orwell Road.  This photo is of the road in about 1955 and the hotel can just been seen along the road on the left.

A memory of Clacton-On-Sea in 2004 by Chris Brown

Hi. I'm writing to see if anyone can help me. My father and his siblings and their parents ran and worked in the Globe cinema in Gilfach Goch. My father was Paul Griffiths and his siblings were Elunyd, David an Joan. I have ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch by Joanna Griffiths

As a young child I spent a lot of time with my father in The Globe AKC cinema in the early 1960’s. At that time it was in Deepcut camp & was used by soldiers based in the camp. My father was the projectionist & ...Read more

A memory of Deepcut by Keith Goodwin

My family have come from Southend on Sea since the early 1800s, there name is Cass, one of my 7 auntie's Ivy Cass was the cashier on the Golden Hind it was open 364 days a year and only closed on Christmas day. From 1945 until ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea by mikebatten

My Mother owned the Kings Head and i worked in the reastaurant with her she done all home baking and had Eton College lads and there familys eating there,also a great trade was the Army lads from both barracks,I married one in 1956,we ...Read more

A memory of Windsor in 1948 by Dorothy Wade