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I was on ths caravan site from 1964 to 1978, my parents Billy and Audrey Bilclough had site number 45. There was me and me sister (Suzanne). What a place to have your childhood, is there anyone out there who was there at the ...Read more

A memory of Saltwick Bay by Mike Bilclough

When we first moved to "the estate" in the early fifties I would have to catch the bus into Reigate as I went to school in Holmesdale Road. The school I have forgotten about but what is memorable was the smell of the ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1957 by Richard Greenway

I was born in 1942 and spent my childhood years living in the Way Road area of the city.  My brother and I were lucky enough to have a family living directly behind us in Homefield Avenue (I think that is what it was called) - ...Read more

A memory of Leicester by Susan Bailey

I lived in Croydon until 1969 (the year I got married and moved away). My Dad - Len Marsh - was a Cinema Manager with the ABC chain, and we lived very near the Rex Cinema, Norbury, closed in 1962. Dad was based there for a time, ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Colin Marsh

I worked at Evans Concrete Products employed as factory maintenance fitter; my job was to keep the factory machinery in good condition and attend to other projects in the making. The people I ...Read more

A memory of Riddings in 1966 by John Ludlam

I lived at Washford from 1942 to 1958. The house I lived in was Halscombe and I went to school in Minehead and was in the sea scouts at Watchet. If anyone can remember me from that time, please get in touch.  we  went  to  school  on  the  train in  the  good  old  days Yours, Keith Duckworth

A memory of Washford in 1942 by Keith Duckworth

My twin brother and I were born in 1960 and I think we were about five  or six years old. Mum always did the shopping at Camberwell Green and we regularly and always unwillingly traipsed after her or my sister Cora from our ...Read more

A memory of Camberwell in 1965 by Denise Masters

Oh I know it always seemed so huge and scary, with its giant red doors, but my brother and I had such fun in the churchyard climbing the trees and exploring the broken tombs and crypts. Pretty scary as I always expected a ...Read more

A memory of Camberwell in 1966 by Denise Masters

I think it was 1986. My late mate David Tidmarsh and I were invited to his grandparents' farm for a week. I really enjoyed it. Fresh food everyday picked from the farm and cooked. David's dad, Steve, took us there. We went for ...Read more

A memory of Treherbert in 1986 by Derek Oram

I used to live in the grounds of Peplow Hall.  My father was a gardener there, sadly he has now passed away. But I often think of the place with very good memories. My name then was Carole Cordingley.  Capt. Higgins owned it then but not ...Read more

A memory of Peplow in 1970 by Carole Mcglynn