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It’s a rather sad fact that you only come to appreciate a town several years after you have left it. At the age of 19 I was sent to live and work in Stafford between 1964 and 1979, before ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by nimrod01

hi my name is lynne cochrane, which is my maiden name. we lived as a family with cousins in the old highlands house, overlooking highlands gardens, which was owned bu my grandpa george percival howe, the house was demolished in ...Read more

A memory of Barnet by Lynne Gillott

My parents and I lived in one of the flats in Pershore Hall for about two or three years, when I was a toddler in the early 1960s. Probably between 1963 and 1965 (I was born in 1962). Naturally my memories are ...Read more

A memory of Pershore Hall by michaelaaylott

I think this picture is of hillside avenue, I lived at number five with my mum and dad Mr & Mrs Wood. The memories of years passed still make me smile of the fun we had on little hill and big hill as it was called then. Catching ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn by woodside57

Having been told I would be starting at Thornbury Grammar School in September 1955, a friend and I decided to cycle to Thornbury from our homes in Filton to see where we were going to spend the next five plus ...Read more

A memory of Thornbury by Paul Whatley

This is a very rare photo which is taken from a grass slope below a small coppice in a valley known as the "Moors" from the bottom of what is now called Orchard Lane. This unusual photo looks up the lane, ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe by Philip Baker

My father Sid Ford used to take the Muirhead swimming club. He did it for years during the 1950's. My father was the Assistant Suprintendent of Beckenham Swimming Baths and worked there for forty six years until he retired in the 1970's.

A memory of Beckenham by mrpen122

I lived at the very top of Ladyhouse Lane, in a farm cottage with two staircases, two large rooms and two bedrooms, one of which you had to pass through the other. No bathroom in those days just a tin bath in front of the ...Read more

A memory of Berry Brow by christineredfearn1

I moved to Groombridge with my family in 1960, My dad worked as a railwayman. We lived in the Station House. I don,t really remember the early years because I was only 18 months old when we moved into the village. ...Read more

A memory of Groombridge by nickeckersley

Saw some memories about Guinea Gap on here. I went there as a Kid from Moreton in the 1960's probably from 66 - 68. It was old then - Victorian I believe. I learnt to swim there (and Moreton shore) cant remember the instructors name ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey by johnbattersby