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My father had holidays in Heacham in the 1920s. I visited as a young boy in the 1950s staying in an old railway carriage on the beach side of the station. My favourite activity was sitting by the station and watching the ...Read more

A memory of Heacham in 1954 by Alan Tanner

I first came to Whitstable by steam train in 1952 with my mother and grandparents, and we stayed in a boarding house in Cromwell Road, I think. After that we came to Whitstable every year for two weeks in September, ...Read more

A memory of Whitstable in 1954 by Allan Crawley

I was a boarder at Stubbington House School from 1954 to 1956. My father was a Naval officer, as were so many other fathers. I believe the school was sponsored by the Royal Navy, and I recall that a ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington in 1954 by Peter Madden

I can remember organised races and games, promoted by the publishers of 'Sunny Stories' and the Hulton Press comics, which took place on Viking Bay or Louisa? Bay. You needed to have a copy of one of the papers ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1954 by Peter Yates

Great Witley school is where it all began,we lived at Ockeridge some 5 miles from Great Witley,but soon after my parents moved to the Engine House,situated down witley court drive, and opposite the Hundred pool. So i left ...Read more

A memory of Great Witley in 1954 by Geoffrey Francis

My first memory of Ballygally was arriving at my auntie Mary's house, The Fourscore. It was at the top of the loaning and had a stream nearby, the house was surrounded by fields. I had lived in London since after ...Read more

A memory of Ballygally in 1954 by Yvonne Dowling

My name is Lynda Drew (nee Howarth). I remember St Abbs very fondly. In fact I have very great memories of the best holiday I can remember. My father, Stanley Howarth, was stationed at Coldingham with the RAF for a while during the ...Read more

A memory of Coldingham in 1954 by Lynda Drew

My first holiday with my future wife and her family.  We sat on the sands by the cafe as we didn't know how to hire a beach hut.  That was the start of an association with Holland-on-Sea for me that is still going ...Read more

A memory of Holland-on-Sea in 1954 by James Chelton

My dad took us to Rugeley to live in 1954, he had recently trained in Nottinghamshire and we were one of the first to live there, well that's what it seemed like to me as a seven year old. We were always going into new buildings ...Read more

A memory of Rugeley in 1954 by Christine Wright

I Patricia Kenny was at Saint Marys in early 1950s with my two sisters Penny and Pamela. I was 2 years old, Pamela 5 and a half and Penny seven years old. I can remember the dormotories, the nuns and kindly ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1954 by Patricia Kenny