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I was happily transported back to my childhood reading some of the memories on this page and thought I would share some of my own. I was born in 1951 in a tiny one up, one down house in Laneside, Yews Green. ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury in 1951 by Anne Clarke

I see on the headline you say that Bocckleton School closed in 1958 - I lived in Middle Common, in the cottage opposite the post box, and went to school there until it closed in 1962! I then went to Tenbury Junior School (1st ...Read more

A memory of Bockleton in 1962 by Richard Smith

This is what we always called Fivo or the proper name was Five Lane Ends. Some people just called it Skellow with it being the next village. The garage is on the left just out of shot - I remember that being run by Elaine & Pat, and ...Read more

A memory of Skellow in 1975 by Mick Barnett

Very sad to see Morling's Ltd, the music shop shut its doors for the final time. I had been buying in there for over 20 plus years. The staff were very nice to you, nothing was too much for them, very helpful indeed. ...Read more

A memory of Lowestoft in 2005 by Simon Flaxman

I have lived in Leslie since 1948, was born in St Andrews where we spent the war years. After father was demobbed he returned to working in the gas industry and through hard work he was appointed gas manager in Leslie, hence ...Read more

A memory of Leslie in 1950 by Ian Donnachie

I wonder if anyone knows of a childrens home in Northolt. It was around 1958ish my brother's and I were put in the home, it was run by a lady I knew as Auntie Rea. My eldest brother, Edwin, was too old to reside in the ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1958 by Gillian Mower

We caught the Rhyl A1 Crosville bus from Broughton Factory, Broughton, Chester. It seemed such a long journey in 1965. We alighted at Station Road, Talacre. I remember a small shop by the bus stop that sold Calor Gas. ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by Nigel Williams

I'm thinking this photo is from around 1968. The new bus station is to the right. That was built beneath the M1 motorway bridge and it and is clearly finished in the shot (the final southern extention of the M1 was finished late ...Read more

A memory of Mill Hill in 1968

I was born next door to the post office, which was run by my grandparents David and Mary Jane Phillips. My father, John (Jack Shop) took over the shop when they retired and we moved into the building which is the larger ...Read more

A memory of Rhyd-y-fro in 1930 by John Gareth Phillips

My mother was born in Eastleigh in the 1940's, my grandmother was born 1895 nearby and lived in the family home in Manor road. Great grandfather Cox built the house and was allowed to set his pigs free to roam in the ...Read more

A memory of New Milton in 1900 by David Brown