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I was at Hutton poplars home from 1960-1965, started in Fal house Miss Creffield,was house mother, then 1962 moved into Dart house with the same housemother Miss Creffield until 1964, I spent last year in Thames ...Read more

A memory of Shenfield in 1960 by Alan Loxton

I lived at 2 Chain Road in the 50's sandwiched between the Loves and the Harveys with my parents and brothers, Jeff and Richard. The Lindsays lived two doors away with Johnny and Gillian. Our neighbour's were great characters ...Read more

A memory of Creetown

I can remember going to the station to help people on and of the trains with there cases I used to talk to the station staff ( dick cartmell and bill seed and old george who insidently lived in george street. ...Read more

A memory of Nelson in 1965

We'll south ockendon truly a magical place to grow up moved from west ham to ockendon 1969 lived clay burn gardens Went to mardyke school and later culver house memories well many playing in the woods /primrose hill ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1970 by Kevin Lock

I was born in Purton, maiden name Giles. We lived at no.13 Blacklands, Pavenhill. My father was Arthur William Giles and he was Master Butcher at 9 High Street. Directly opposite to the Angel Hotel. I come from a family of 6 , my ...Read more

A memory of Purton in 1948 by Linda Tyldesley

My nan and aunt used to live on Corringham Rd. I spent nearly all my summer hols at no 60. My aunt Molly Mcdade was organist at the church. I remember the smell of bonfires on a summers evening. My nan was called Nin. My aunt always rode a Raleigh bike.

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1968 by Anne Dilley

I was born in Wallace Street, Dumbarton, August 13th 1959 in my grandparent's (Andrew and Mabel Aitken) house named "Bourtree". My other grandparents (Jim and Margaret Brash) lived directly across the road in their house ...Read more

A memory of Dumbarton in 1959 by Gordon Aitken

Very, very, happy memories of living in Chingford in the 60's. I moved to Westward Road when I was five and I went to Chase Lane School when it still had more or less outside toilets! One of the teachers (I think the maths ...Read more

A memory of Chingford by Jan Porter

At the moment I am 66 years old. I lived at Newton St Cyres from 1950 to 1952. My father worked at J. G. Quicke's farm where in 1952 he was unfortunately killed and my mother and I returned to Cornwall. I can ...Read more

A memory of Newton St Cyres in 1951 by Mike Trevenna

I lived in Mayplace Road East - firstly at no. 332 (from the age of 4) and then (after returning from living in Essex for a couple of years), at no. 310. Both these houses were more or less opposite to the Manor House ...Read more

A memory of Barnehurst