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I was brought up in Ireland, but we spent a month of the summer every year with our grandparents, who lived in Frindsbury and, later, Wainscott. Going by the Maidstone and District buses into Strood, Chatham, Rochester ...Read more

A memory of Strood in 1960 by Siobhan Elam

My paternal grandparents used to work in service at Wonham while my father was a young boy in the years before WW2. I believe my grandmother was a cook and my grandfather was a driver/handyman. I think my father ...Read more

A memory of South Godstone by Rob Smith

I was born in Dagnall Street but my nan and grandad owned the house and, as most of the children got married, [there were 9 of them] most were allocated a room of their own. I was born there, the ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1950 by Dulcie Loftus

I first saw the spaceship ride when I was eight. Myself and two sisters, Audrey and Janet lived at Whitby Road Childrens' Home (formely Whitby Road Union Workhouse). In short, our family had been broken apart by ...Read more

A memory of Scarborough in 1953 by Eric Kendall

I was born in 1947, and can remember at 5 years old going on the horse rides with me sister, we got photos too.

A memory of Croydon in 1955 by Jeanie Gillam

I started my schooling at Dochgarroch in 1952. There were two teachers, Miss Melville who taught the 5 to 8 year olds and the Headmistress who taught from 8 years old until we left to go to Secondary School. The Headmistress was ...Read more

A memory of Dochgarroch in 1952 by Andy Kennedy

The man standing on the left of this photograph, leaning on the rail, is my grandfather, William Gilbert.

A memory of Ipswich in 1920 by Wendy Morley

Born in the Green Maternity Hosp 1954, lived in Windsor Drive, Howden, Sandown Gardens, Howden and Prospect Ave. I remember being taken to the Masons Arms at Bigges Main in a pushchair, parked outside the corrugated iron lean to ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend by Barry Hislop

My father was colliery manager from 1964 - 1966. We lived in Penrhiwceiber House, the big house next to the Pit. It was a great place to be a kid. If anyone has any old photos of the house or Ceiber from the sixties I would appreciate a copy.

A memory of Penrhiwceiber in 1965 by Stuart Petts

When I was a little girl I remember my nan Parker and I would go into Woolworth's and buy the broken biscuits. Now days that would seem so trivial, but back then it was a luxury and I never knew anything different. I now live ...Read more

A memory of Redditch in 1965 by Karen Walters