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My family and I used to spend our holidays at Point Clear almost every year during the late 1940s, 50s and 60s, and often met the same families each time we went down there. I ...Read more

A memory of St Osyth in 1956 by Robert Munn

My brother (Brian Featch) and I attended the above school until we emigrated to Australia in 1958. Would love to hear from anyone who remembers us. I have visited the area over the last 10 years and can't say I like ...Read more

A memory of Huntly in 1956 by Norma Featch

I returned to Andover in August 2010 and was as excited as the day we left in November 1956 when my family decided we were going to Australia. 54 years is a long time and I think that my wife was surprised at how much I remembered ...Read more

A memory of Andover in 1956 by John Abbess

I was born after the war and lived in Sheaveshill Avenue until I was married in 1971. I lived in a house that which had the dubious distinction of being directly opposite to the Titanine paint factory on the other side ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1956 by Ken Hunter

We lived in the hamlet of Saham Waite - about a 2 mile walk for my mother with the pram and 3 older kids every time she needed some shopping. My Granny worked as a cook/housekeeper for a nearby farm and I think we got the ...Read more

A memory of Saham Toney in 1956 by Christina Kelly

Well, a little more than a childhood as I emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 24. I consider my upbringing at Ardfenaig to have been be the most fantastic thing that could have been. Sadly whilst it was in progress ...Read more

A memory of Ardfenaig in 1956 by Richard Lacey

My Nan and Grandad lived on the corner of Factory Road, and Cranbury Road, opposite Stan Brehaut the photographer, who went on to work with Jack Hargreaves in his programme 'Out of Town'. The Centre of Eastleigh holds such fond ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh in 1956 by Jacqueline Jackson

My memories of St Peter’s school South Weald - starting in 1956(?) I started, in what I seem to remember as the ‘pre-fab’ classroom in the lower playground with, I believe, Mrs Fox as my first teacher. We had slates and ...Read more

A memory of South Weald in 1956 by Douglas Mcneil

I was born in Hunterswood Farm Bungalow in 1948. The midwife was Nurse Caines. My mother was Kathleen Joyce Brown (nee Lintott) and father David Brown. I had then, 2 brothers, David and Leslie and my sister Susan. Twin ...Read more

A memory of Dunsfold in 1956 by Ann Kelly

I was born in Birtley (were my mam come from, at my grannies home). I was brought back to my mam and dad's house in Washington (Viola Street). I was only a few days old. When I was one we moved to Wood Terrace to a 3 bedroom house, my ...Read more

A memory of Washington in 1956 by Edith Hall