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Happily walking along Ayr beach with an ice cream from the Wellington Cafe, paddling in the sea with my parents! Eating wonderful fish and chips on a windy day. Getting breakfast rolls from one of the many bakers to take back to my aunt's. Going skating at the ice rink with my cousins.

A memory of Ayr in 1960 by Liz Webb

My parents spent annual holidays at Taberners boarding House in Albert Road, Blackpool Central, when they were young children, and upon hearing of their eventual courtship and engagement many years later, the then owners vowed ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool in 1959

My memories as a child are walking over the army ranges from West Lulworth to Mewps (as a family group) after lunch on a Sunday to collect winkles for tea. I also remember beach combing on the shore of the bay and finding ...Read more

A memory of Lulworth Camp in 1958

We holidayed in Barmston for two weeks each summer, being a family of six who travelled from Huddersfield. My dad was a turner for a large engineering company who formally was a 'regular' in REME seeing active service throughout the ...Read more

A memory of Barmston

I have many happy, if rather boozy, memories of Downderry! I first went there in 1983 until my final visit in 1996, where I had 12 fantastic holidays there, most of the time in glorious sunshine. I went with my parents each year ...Read more

A memory of Downderry by Christopher Whittle

I was about 6 when I went to St Mary's...never knew why I went. I can remember going on the train with other children; my mum & dad did not visit and I'm not sure how long I was there. There was a secret passage down to ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1946

My paternal grandparents lived at number 8 Muir Street. We used to travel up from England to visit them for the long school summer holidays, for many years. If I remember correctly, their neighbours were the ...Read more

A memory of Balloch by gerr.quinn

I have a postcard of the photo shown which was written and sent by my mother to my dad in the Netherlands. My English mother, my brother and myself (13 years old) have stayed in the house ...Read more

A memory of Flitton in 1965 by Jacqueline De Haan Vellinga

We came to Pembrokeshire on family holdiays all through the 1960s and early 1970s. This beach was our favourite although we called it, mistakenly, 'Barry Island Beach' as to reach it you had to go through Barry Island Farm and a toll of ...Read more

A memory of Llanrhian by John Baxter

My brother and I had holidays in the chalets on the top of the cliffs along with my parents and maternal grandmother.  It always seemed hot and sunny and the whole two weeks was spent climbing along the cliffs, digging in the sand and ...Read more

A memory of Scratby in 1960 by Patricia Lillyman