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My grandmother was born in Moorsholm but moved to Lingdale when she got married. I remember visiting her all through my childhood and had many fond memories of both villages. At Easter time all the children of the ...Read more

A memory of Moorsholm in 1951 by Judith Green

I well remember "Stasher" (Murray) the PE teacher and at the time I thought he was a real "sadist" but, on reflection, I have to thank him for instilling in me the fact that physical exercise is "nae bad thing". I also ...Read more

A memory of Irvine in 1951 by Ian Norquoy

My sister, parents and I lived in Florence Road with my Aunts. We had the recreation ground at the bottom of the road and in those days we used to play for hours there with other neighbours children.  I used to go to the bowling green ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1951 by June Dover Flegg

It was around this time that the tram lines were taken up from Sunderland Road in Gateshead. The men stored the old lines in Somerset Street and Devonshire Street. As boys we would dig up the tar from around the ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1952 by Dave Southern

On reading the book 'PETERBOROUGH A Miscellany' a couple of items are incorrect by my own knowledge and experience. Page 4 : 'Dockey' was a word almost exclusive to fen farmworkers, it was the break taken ...Read more

A memory of Peterborough in 1952 by Colin Berrisford

There at the time when Cawthorne was a tour operator and whether it was coincidence or not the tour operator was called Harry Cawthorne coach tours. I do believe that they were an established firm; it could well be that the village ...Read more

A memory of Gawber in 1952 by Roland Mitchell

I was stationed at Parsons barracks for two weeks before we moved to Blackdown camp for basic training. I did a course on office work and did touch typing which lasted for ten weeks. ...Read more

A memory of Deepcut in 1952 by Les May

My family came to live in Ottershaw in 1952 when I was 5 years old. My father, Charles Coulson, had moved us from the North of England owing to lack of work since his de-mob from the RAF. He was employed as a ...Read more

A memory of Ottershaw in 1952 by Denis Coulson

This is from about the 1950s. Along Grange Road was a huge piggery and it was owned by the Liddle family, by, did it pong. Further along you came to the railway crossing with the sign STOP, LOOK, LISTEN in red, this was where the ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1952 by Jimmy Burrows

I left school in Dec 1951 and started work with Olby's in Jan 1952. Opposite to the Police Station in Green Lane was a children's outfitters, then Macks Photography Shop, then Bryce Grants then Art Wallpapers then ...Read more

A memory of Penge in 1952 by Charles Beer