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THE SATURDAY MORNING MATINEE Of course you remember it ... well most of us do!!! It all seems so long ago now! but it's beginning to drift up from the fog of 'times gone by'. Hot and damp and steaming gently in the ...Read more

A memory of Felling in 1955 by David Hinge

I was still a teenager, 17 years old and my baby brother at school at Bede Campus. I escaped the campus by virtue of it not having been completed when I passed the 11+. The town centre in Billingham was still being built, ...Read more

A memory of Billingham in 1965 by Paula Hollingworth

I was born Cramlington 1942, my sister 1940. l have some happy memories of Blyth, lived with mam and dad and sister Betty in Cowpen Row. Dad was in the army so did not see much of him then, when he came ...Read more

A memory of Blyth in 1964 by Anne Hayes

Hardham was a place to bicycle to from Pulborough, and visit St. Botolph's Church. One of the many very very old churches in West Sussex. The drawings on the walls go back hundreds of years depicting the tortures of the early Christians, ...Read more

A memory of Hardham in 1964 by Sheelagh Mac Donald

Rowlands Castle Brickworks originally established during the 1880’s, and must have been the biggest employer at the time, next to agriculture. Not all the workforce came form Rowlands Castle, but from local ...Read more

A memory of Rowlands Castle in 1963 by Richard Goodall

I was born at Newton On Ouse in March 1928. At the age of five I attended the local school whose headmaster was Alf Bradbury. Also at the age of five I began visiting Village Farm that was owned by ...Read more

A memory of Newton-on-Ouse in 1930 by Guy Jefferson

I was born in Redhill and attended St Matthew's School and then Bishop Simpson Girls' School. I left Redhill in 1977 when I married and moved to Melbourne, Australia (my maiden name was O'Donovan). I have been back to ...Read more

A memory of Redhill in 1970 by Sharon Romp

We moved to Oaktrow in January 1957 and until the house was habitable, we stayed at The Lion (prominently displayed in one of the photos). The village then had four shops, these being the Post Office towards ...Read more

A memory of Timberscombe in 1957 by John Nurcombe

I can remember going to the sweet shop in front of the church and spending my pennies. It always fascinated me that a shop was also someone's home. I can recall the long summers playing out in the long ...Read more

A memory of Goodmanham in 1966 by Carol Mc Gowan

I too have many memories of Stanford-le-Hope.   I was born in Orsett hospital.  My mother came from South Wales whilst my father came from Ashford in Middlesex.  The reason they came to live here was my aunt ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope