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The summer of 1959 goes down as the hottest in my memory. It started at the end of April and continued right through until the end of September. I was ten years of age that year and I spent most of that glorious summer hanging out ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1959 by Chris Bowers

Hi My parents owned a confectioners at 5 High Street Cheshunt in 1959 known as R.A Press. I had been born in 1955 at 16 Sidney Road in Waltham Cross, a house my parents purchased in 1950, and my grandparents lived at 55 ...Read more

A memory of Waltham Cross in 1959 by Linda Smith

I have copied and pasted a few sections of my great-grandmother's memories of Castle Bromwich to share. "As I was not robust as a little child, my parents took part of a small house at ...Read more

A memory of Castle Bromwich in 1870 by Andrea Knagenhjelm

I remember living across the field at Farringdon comp. as was. I used to climb the fence and run across the school field. I used to have 2 very good friends, Ann Boswell and Sharon Butler, we were never bored and I remember hanging around Gilley Law. I moved away with me dad in 1977.

A memory of Farringdon in 1976 by Theresa Sanderson (Bradley)

I was born at Auckland Park 1949 and moved to Durham in 1952 when my dad joined the prison service as an officer. Both of my nanas lived in Auckland Park, Henrietta Luke lived 1 Gurnney Valley, and Matilda Young lived 68 ...Read more

A memory of Auckland Park in 1956 by Jennifer Twigg

We lived at Lower Cranmore Farm, I remeber starting in the village school when I was 5yrs old, it was quite a long walk to school, people were allowed to let animals run loose on the common in those days, I remember the Frankhams ...Read more

A memory of Heyshott in 1947 by Eileen Heel (Nee Read)

It is the 1960s, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones are the music everyone is listening to and three young eighteen year old boys with a tent and a boat and some basic camping equipment set off from Saltash Passage where they ...Read more

A memory of Calstock in 1964 by Elizabeth H

I remember moving into a large old house on the corner of Oakes Road South and Tanyard Road back in 1956/1957 when I was around 6 years old. The house was named 'Hollins House' and had enormous rooms with high ceilings and a ...Read more

A memory of Oakes in 1960 by Annetta Bilton

We moved excitedly from London in my dads old Austin 7 to a country village we had never heard haverhill. we couldnt even pronounce it as we found out it still is unpronounceable by many. Arrived at our new house 118 Burton End. a four ...Read more

A memory of Haverhill in 1959 by Peter Willems

We moved to Southgate from Muswell Hill when I was 3.  I remember going into Lees Stores (I think that was the name of the shop) in Chase Side where we needed ration books to buy sweets.  I went to St ...Read more

A memory of Southgate in 1950 by Susan Hayward