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I started at St Anne's in 1970, in Upper Transition and left in 1979 after taking my O levels. I took my A levels at Richmond upon Thames College. Being a Protestant in a Catholic school, the majority of whom were Irish catholics, at the height of 'The Troubles' could on the odd occasion be uncomfortable. This was not due to my classmates picking on me for being protestant (out of ...see more
Kidder fire station was then the North Division headquarters of the old Worcester & County Fire Brigade . Aged 20 I started my first day as a fireman in July 1965 here. Some of the watch I served with were Sub officer Keith Livermore, Leading fireman Ted Farr,Fm Ted Oakey, fm Jack Foxal , fm Dadge, fm 'Tiny' Yarrington. I remember visiting the carpet factories to learn what the risks were ...see more
We moved out of the East End to Burnt Oak after the war. W were then a family of Mum Dad & 3 girls. We lived in Trevor Road so only had a short walk to school. My earliest memories are of starting school at Goldbeaters when I was about 4 years old. In those days we started in what was then a nursery class. After lunch the whole class were put onto stretcher type beds with a grey blanket, to have a sleep. ...see more
From the age of 6 I used to spend my holidays with this family as I was mad on the country and lived in Surbiton. I was friends with Jane Neave the youngest of John and Mary Neave's four daughters the others being Mary Anne and Ruth. They emigrated to Canada in 1957 and I was so upset. Jane and I stayed friends until her death a few years ago meeting again when I went to live in the US. I ...see more
I wonder where my class mates from Leigh school are now (ie the Years from 1940 to 1946) Ken Hatton ,John Beadle
May Botting Judy Behag, Margaret Harrinton, Mildred and Audrey Everest John Couling Eileen Huggett and John Hugget.
I came across this website purely by accident and was immediately fascinated by the memories of Shifnal. Somebody mentioned Cottams’ fish and chip shop on the Broadway. Cottams left and were replaced by a diminutive foreign lady by the name of Mrs Peloppida – at least, it sounded like that to me. When she left, my father and mother took over in about 1954 or 1955. They were Gordon and Ethel Evans and we were ...see more
I was evacuated with my mother to Sandiacre in 1944 at the age of 5. I would be so interested to find out the name of the road that we stayed at and any history of the lady who rented out her room and use of kitchen. Her name was a Miss Godfrey. She was old, with grey hair in a bun and glasses. Seem to remember her in black. The houses all stood back from the unmade road. Miss ...see more
My father, Albert Victor Catt, known as Vic, worked for Mr Gower for many years either side of WW2. My father had a curvature of the spine which prevented him for joining the forces so he was employed to produce food during the war years. For a short period during the war he was employed to repair houses damaged by bombing in the Romney Marsh area. Otherwise he worked on the field at St Helen's ...see more
I could easily be in the photo of people watching cricket at St Johns Park , Burgess Hill . I lived in the block of flats at the far end of the photo , behind the tall trees , from 1960 to 1964 . I was age 7 - 11 during those years . I watched the Burgess Hill cricket team play almost every Saturday they played at home . Sussex came to play Burgess Hill one Sunday and I remember blokes like Jimmy Parks , Alan ...see more
Re Mr Winkworths memory. I remember TURNCOCKS. The bike had a red frame as he says. Also I remember large white metal mudgards. The brakes were rod brakes rather than cable, however I could be wrong on this fact. The wheel rims were bright chrome and tyres may have been 26X 1 3/8. The big leather straps that held on the tools of the trade. I remember the turncock in Hanwell where I lived visited the street ...see more
I was born in Englefield Green in July 1954 we lived at 60 Alexander Road and I went to St Jude's Infant school and then on to the Junior School which was next door, it was only a minutes walk from our home. We used to live next door to Ted and Betty Gallon and there daughter Charmine who I played with often, on the swings and slide that her dad had made also the lovely rocking horse that he made one christmas, ...see more
I just read Martin Doonan's memories of Burgess Hill at London Road primary school . I lived in Burgess Hill from 1960 to 64 . Looking at the old photos bring back great memories . I was in Martin's class and remember your nickname was ' Doodlebug ' , Martin . I can remember David Bye ( nickname Bye Bye ) , David Mitchell and Derek Fuller . I think the whole school was concrete . Ah Yes. frozen toilets ...see more
my granddad raced grayhounds there. my dad & his brothers lived lived there 2 thay live on the haverlock rd in old cottages that backed on to the canal MY GRANDADS NAME WAS . SAM DONNELLY
I was raised in Grenoside (born 1949) and had an idyllic childhood. My brother and I were heartbroken when dad got a job in Leeds and we moved there in 1959. We left our Grandparents but continued to make the 2 hour trip (before M1 was built) regularly to watch our beloved Owls and visit family. Playing in the Rec (never called it Grenoside Park!) was great. I used to sit on my maternal Grandmother's wall on Penistone Rd ...see more
I was born in 1946 and lived all my young days in Shaftesbury Avenue going to Grange Primary and then Lascelles secondary. Some years later I worked as a disc jockey in the Birds Nest attached to the Shaftesbury pub and then went on to be co-manager. Would love to hear from anyone else who went to Lascelles around that time or who remembers the Birds Nest
I often think back to my days at Lymm Grammar, from 1961-65, and although I did not particularly enjoy my school-days, the system worked a lot better than it does today! But what a school, and in what grounds! I notice that the catchment area has decreased since those days - I always thought it odd that pupils came from as far afield as Altrincham and Warrington! And yes, I remember Mr Harris & Mr. ...see more
I too was born in East Ham in 1949 as was my mother and grandmother before her. All living in Telham road before later moving to Central Park road.. can remember my gran telling me that when she first moved to East Ham she could look out of her window in Telham Road and she could see the railway station with nothing in between but fields.
I went to Thomas Leathaby school and can remember Mr Lees as well as Mr ...see more
hi there , iworked at slack&cox,waiting to join the police .ilived at 10 forbes street, and went to st. marks school .my name then was susan hardman ,does antone know me.....
My Grandfather, Bill Emery, worked here and his father Henry Emery was the farm bailiff for the Meakin family.
I'm keen to know more about life there at the time and any connections to Henry.
My parents had a ground floor flat in Wood End Lane, and my father worked in a reserved occupation at AEC in Southall. In late 1940, my mother was pregnant with me, and she went to stay with her brother in Durham, wher I was born. I was an evacuee, 'in utero'! We returned to Greenford in the summer of 1941.. My memories of the war are hazy, but I can remember my father taking me out to see a flight of aircraft from ...see more
I attended the school from 1954 to 1960 and Mr. Williams was the headmaster. I lived on Rivacre Road, Hooton Park and often walked down New School Lane. My name is Jonathon Lloyd and I am living in Canada now but visit the UK annually.
My grandmother, Rosa Hayden, nee Stonehouse, lived at the bottom of The Devil's Punchbowl and later at Forked Pond. Her husband, a Boer War and WWI survivor was gamekeeper at Forked Pond, even though he lost an arm. Early in WWII a German Bomber crashed (crew buried with military honours in Milford, I think.) and dropped it's bombs before crashing. Three exploded and my grandfather always said ...see more
I have a pic of my twin sis Jenny and a paint-brush, it's 1959, she's nearly 8, glossing skirting in the middle kitchen (there were 3). Until it was habitable we used to travel weekends from Sutton ('The Dormers'', No1 Devonshire Avenue, now a school) 441 from Staines, before mum had a car... It was an idyllic childhood, pond-fishing, or lizard ...see more
My relations lived in number 24 Shortcroft Road my father grew up in that house as with his father sisters and a brother Eric my grandfather used the Jolly Wagoners a lot and when I came along and old enough I spent a lot of time in Shortcroft Road and playing football with the boys one of them you may remember David Cooperwe all went to Dantree Road school played in the Rec as we called it my cousin and ...see more
On our trollies, Ian and Terry Barnard from the laundry gates, trying to turn into Alma Crescent, Many many more memories, playing in the bombed out buildings on the corner and more ......
I was 9 when we returned from Australia in the summer of 1967, we lived at 37 Farley Road after three different houses in Littleheath Road all belonging to friends of my parents, who conveniently were away on holiday by consecutive dates that preceeded a rented house in Arkwright Road Sanderstead called The Hendry, which was one of two detached house on a large garden plot. At the end of the field garden was a ...see more
I have many great memories of the area as I did my nurse training between the above named hospitals.Made so many friends and enjoyed my time in Romford.The many pubs,Romford market and the smell of the alcohol being brewed wafted around for all to smell. Great memories of the hospital social club which unfortunately was next door to the mortuary. I feel the best memory I have is walking ...see more
i lived until 1965, went to bridge road school.i remember the school journey to the iow.anyone else go?
im terry chapman
Sorry to everyone but my memories will be vague as I left the area when I was 3yrs old, to live in Victoria dwellings Battersea Park Road. The family name was Batt Nan Grandad my uncles Terry & Micky shared the house in Livingstone road with my Aunt Dolly and uncle Jim Penfold. My 5 cousins lived there until they moved to a new house in Winstanly estate. I was born in a house near the end of the road ...see more
My Twin sister Georgina and I (Catherine) would run up from No77 East Street once a week to spend our pocket money at Bennetts,we used to get halfpenny chews they were called Black Jacks and were liquorice( they used to make our teeth look black for a while),sherbert dips,sherbert lemons,aniseed balls,gobstoppers and pineapple chunks.
Happy days,I can still feel myself running at speed up to the shop and Mr Bennet ...see more
I was born in 1948 at Delwood , lived in Thicket Rd until I was 6 then moved to Lyme Grove. I went to The Laurels, Park lane, Norcot and Wilson schools. I worked a Saturday job at Wedlocks and started there as an apprentice when I left school in 1964. I look forward to hearing from anyone I knew around that time or later years !!
I was born in 1941 my dad bought the house in Lower Morden Lane in 1939,I went to Morden Farm School. Morden was a great place to be as a child I remember starting school and not liking it one bit I only started liking it in the last few years mainly because of the sports which I enjoyed. I went on school trips to Denmark and a year later to Austria to travel to places like that was exciting and we had a surprising amount of ...see more
In 1952 my newly widowed mother bought Grove Cottage - which was in Grove Lane (since called Malting Lane) and lived there for a while before renting it out to an American Airforceman named Robert Whaley, and his family, who were stationed nearby. Not long afterwards it had to be sold as my mother had to deal with a family bereavement in her home town of Portsmouth. With 2 young children and unable to ...see more
I remember the Packhorse. We used to pass on the way to visit Auntie Bella & Uncle Leo on Tywardreath Highway. That was back in the late 1950's early 60's
My father David Blackburn served his national service in Ely he was born in St Helens Lancs, during the 50's does anyone remember him? He sadly passed away two years ago
My mother spoke of visiting Swatragh when she was a child in the 1930s. Her Aunty lived there with her daughter Minnie who had Downs Syndrome. Minnie was an adult at that time and helped her mother round the very small property that they lived on. They kept chickens and Minnie was involved in collecting the eggs. They were Catholic and said the rosary every night. Minnie didn't really know the words but tried to ...see more
My dad was a patient here in about 1956 or 57. He had great praise for it. He died aged 93 in2013. I do have some photos of him and other patients. His name was John Wilding from Ashton in Makerfield known as Jack.
My fathers first wife died very young following the birth of twins, one of whom died. My father, Edward Thomas Edwards had three sons , Brian, Neville and Vernon, and a daughter Mary, the sons being raised by his sister whilst the daughter was adopted by a relative of her mother. My father joined the army in 1939 and was stationed in Ripon ...see more
“My name was Pat Mayer, I used to live at 38 Ash Grove , not far from Keith and Janet Tucker as she was then, until 1961 when I got married,
I was brought up during the war years and after with Beryl Prangley and Jacky Parry
Beryl from 44 Ashgrove where the lampost was in the bend, and Jacky as few doors up close to the corner of Chestnut grove, our 3 families evedently all used to share Anderson ...see more
I well remember deciding to swim here and have the pool to ourselves. Me and my friends Andy & Terry decided to get up at 7:00 one sunny morning during the summer holidays and it was 'ours' for about 2 hours.
The drain under the board was really scary though.
Happy days
Hi
Went to Convent of Holy Family Tooting Broadway. In early 1980s Headmistress was Miss Shine. Remember getting 95 bus to and from school and still have school blazer and crest. Gathering for school assembly in hall. Sad to think the school is no more. Made many friends Bernadette, Anne, Mary, Maureen, Anita x many more.
Breda Fahy
Does anyone remember The Star Hotel at Broad Green and the Jazz club in the back room run by Frank Getgood and Nobby?
I started going there every Friday night from 1959. They were great times and many great bands played there in the Trad Jazz revival years. Ken Colyer, Sandy Brown, Alex Welsh, Mike Daniels, Humph, Ken Simms, Alan Elsdon etc.
I can clearly remember singing "Walking with the king" with Colyer, much to ...see more
My name is Alan Naber and in 1949 I was five years old and started my school life at Red Lion Road school. This is an account of how I saw life at that time with a few additions from other students I am still in touch with.
It’s such a big world out there! Having been born under the doodlebugs and bombing of London mum and I had been evacuated to the country at Bury St Edmunds. Here we stayed with ...see more
I my name is Brian Jones i used to live in forge st i was born in 1952 i went to lower rhymney infants school and wellington school then to the annexe i was friends with David davage. Phillip price. Ieighton Walters also Keith jarman but sadly i have heard Keith has died i used to drink in the puddlers grayham maggs had it then I remember Ken,Ben,Alan and David John they had the butchers shop in Jerusalem st and a ...see more
from Jeff Hubble
Born in Church Path no 8 St Johns Place 1943
went to Star school thence Western Road Secondary till 1959
Remember Leo`s at the Cricket Green, the Fair at Three Kings, Saturday morning Pics cost either 6 - 9p old money of course.
Mitcham baths, Sado`s hairdressers, Huttons fish shop, Davidsons the greengrocers, Trings for Electrical items.
In Church Road close by was Embletons sweet ...see more
Not so much as a memory as a search. My family came from Cossington & Chilton Polden. My ggrandfather George Diment was a master blacksmith in Cossington. He made an iron band to repair the great tree outside the Church in Cossington. The tree is shown still standing in 1955 on one of the photos of Cossinton on this site. We have visited the village a few years ago and spoke to the lady who was living in ...see more
Wow this brings back memories of climbing - and on one memorable occasion becoming 'frozen' and unable to move up or down the almost (to me) sheer face on the other side of the Stone! Born in Irby in 1945 so it would have been in the 50's. Also riding 'Princess' a friend's pony across the common. There was a smithy on a farm on (I think) Mill Hill Road where Prinny had her shoes re-shod - Pauline Burchall and I used to play in the haystack while we waited!
I went to Oakham in 1952'first to Junior House (now Chapmans) under Geoff Liebert and then from 1955 to 1959 in School House under John Moore.We lived in Wilmslow and I travelled to and from by train from Manchester. They were happy days and seeing all the photos of Oakham brought back many happy memories of the time I spent at Oakham. Richard Higgs Brisbane Australia.
My parents lived at 233 Winchester Rd but moved to Wilmslow in 1948. My grandparents (Herbert and Mabel Higgs) lived at 4 Fairfields Rd (now a private hotel) having previously lived at Red Gables,Crossborough Hill. I have many happy memories of the old town,Wote St (griffins Butchers shop) Nutts news agency and the old Wilts and Dorset busdepot where I used to look at the buses parked there. Richard Higgs,Brisbane, Australia
Those of you who are familiar with Surrey history of the 20th century will not fail to have heard of Brooklands Race Circuit (1909-39). At a later date, possibly post war, what was known as Brooklands House became a College. My Father taught quite a wide range of subjects there between 1957 and 1977.
Through his influence and helped by an Open Door policy, all the subjects that I wanted to take up and also ...see more
The starting point for me was failing the Eleven Plus. This puts most children in a difficult position.
Which school will accept them for their onward education?
Answer:- apply to Fullbrook Secondary School in Newhaw where a grammar stream awaits you. I had no experience of the English education system as such but recognised straightaway we had not been thrown on the scrap heap but that there was maybe a future for us ...see more
I grew up in a time when people seldom moved home. This built up such a rapport with all the neighbours we had in Milton Road, not always friendly of course. There were ructions sometimes if us kids upset anyone by kicking balls against walls, playing knock down ginger, etc but if any help was needed it was always there. As my older brothers married and moved out of the family home, they didn't go far. Fred, the eldest, ...see more
I was a boarder at the convent. I started in the Autumn term before my 5th birthday and remember being put to bed in a large dormitory on the top floor, full of other children with a cubicle for a nun to sleep in. I was scared and crying when the nun decided that smacking me would stop me from crying. Strange that being smacked or caned or being hit with a rod or a ruler feature so strongly in ...see more
"Thieves! Bloody villains and thieves, that's all they are. Makes my blood boil.
I can't kill enough of the sods... no Sir!"
I hadn't the heart to point out that I was actually a lover of all birds for fear of being shot as a traitor.
"They steal what ain't theirs and see my boss outa pocket by ruinin' crop yields. Proper fat boogers".
I thought it an odd form of respect that he had for ...see more
My name is Janice Harvey and we lived in East Ham, Stamford road to be exact I went to Roman Road primary and junior schools then on to Brampton Manor secondary school from 1952 to 1964. I spent a lot of time at my Nan's in Roman Road. They were really wonderful days, my friend Maureen Doogan lived in the corner shop many a day spent on the sewer bank eating Palm toffee supplied by her Mum. When I left school I ...see more
I was born at the Ravensbourne Nursing Home , opposite All Saints Church in 1943. At that time my father was in the army and my mother and I lived with my grandparents in Henry Street, my oldest aunt lived next door. My uncle, who was a master bitcher at the Co-op lived in Stoneyhurst Rd another aunt lived in Audley Rd.
My parents were married at St Nicholas Parish Church on September 3rd 1939 - the day ...see more
I started my life in Stevenage at the age of 10 when we moved from London and my dad was given a house in Holly Leys, Longmeadow. I went to the Roebuck Junior School and I remember the long
walk to school down Broadwater Crescent. After passing my 11+ I went to the new Stevenage Girls' Grammar School which was being built. Until the school was finished we had to "share" the ...see more
Hi, my name is William John Maunder and I am 81 years old and my first memory of Turnchapel is the early years of the WW2 . At the time I was living at Crownhill at that time on the outskirts of Plymouth, today day near B&Q store below Derraford Hospital. My memory is one morning going to school I was confronted by the sight of oil tanks burning at Turnchapel thick black smoke towering over the city with ...see more
I can see the school I went to in 1951 in the far distance: Godwin Girls College, now Godwin Court appartments, which was very isolated in those days. There were none of the buildings around it that now exist. The land was open up to Kingsgate Castle, with no trees or bushes along the coast. There was no footpath, as far as I remember, along the coast towards Kingsgate Castle. During the summer, we went swimming every day in the cold sea at high tide.
I was born at 1,The Crescent, Cranham in 1956. The house was a small Victorian one with a large back garden and orchard which had a tiny run down Gazebo in it, the orchard backed onto the "Brickies", where we used to make clay bowls and have mud fights. The Crescent was a dusty pebbled road. I went to the Bell school in Upminster until I was 7 when we moved to Ingrave. Happy times.
Does anyone remember Rene Donnelly's Sweet Shop on the corner of Wilton Street & Bradford Road? I remember buying Smith's Crisps with the little blue packet of salt. There was a sign in the shop that read "Please don't ask for credit as a refusal often offends." Also the Little Wooden Hut was almost opposite on Bradford Road, we bought our fireworks there for Guy Fawkes night. It was owned by Mrs. ...see more
Forget Penge, forget Sydenham, forget Crystal Palace, Anerley had the Town Hall.
Centre of the Council Employment.
Opposite on the north side of Anerley Road, on the railway bridge, were two kiosk shops which my earliest memory,about 1945, were sales offices by fuel merchants. Later they transmogrified into Estate Agents, as have so many High St retail addresses,
On the Station Rd side it was Eastman & ...see more
We always enjoyed holidays in the 70s in Cliftonville we went down a gap in the cliffs to the beach every afternoon then on the way back to our guest house in Gordon road we would go to the cafe for a drink and there was a shop that sold toys and gifts in the cafe there was a jukebox that showed the groups playing the song that was playing I have great memories ...see more
My earliest recollection of the beginning of the bombing of Barking
was the destruction of a school in little MORLEY ROAD , I was about six at the time.
However my younger brothers dispute this and say that to their knowledge there was
never a school in either little or big MORLEY ROAD.
Can anyone who would be now aged about 80-86 years confirm which is correct.
A Smith
I think to reminisce is great. At 76, I find myself doing this quite often and am drawn back to Shaw, and to High Crompton, where I was born. The house I was born in on Rochdale Road, near the Bull's Head
Pub, is still standing. Just like cars, houses were built out of solid materials in those days!. Later on, when I was 11, we moved into Shaw, but went to Crompton House School. I do have very happy ...see more
Anyone remember a Wilma Rutherford I know she worked in a hotel in Hexham about 1960.
Hi! I was wondering if anyone could help me....I have my dad's old bible and he'd written his address inside the front cover:
4 bournebridge gardens
Barkingside
Ilford
Essex
Have tried finding it but, to no avail.
I know he lived there in 1954, can anyone let me know whereabouts it was and what happened to it?!
Thanks in advance
Hello
I am putting together a history of Cook/Cooke Street, Salford as a member of the Salford Archaeology and History Society, where the Threlfalls Brewery was situated. I have looked at old maps which show houses on both sides of Cooke Street and some that show houses only on the left side of the street. I wonder if anyone who lived there or worked at the brewery could share some of their memories. I would be very grateful for any information you could help me with.
Pat Ellis
My father Robert Findlater was born at the smiddy, His brother was the last person to blacksmith there. The last time I passed the house the name Findlater was still on the door, and the smiddy still had all the old tools hanging on the wall.
Wembley was a wonderful place to live and go to school. Even now into my 60's I can remember all the shops (not all their names) all the roads, all the back alleys. Growing up near the Wembley Triangle I lived here from 1957 until finally leaving the area in 1983. These photos are wonderful, we used to play football in front of the stadium in the various car parks (long before the buildings went up), we'd use all ...see more
We started on Sunnydale after leaving Sea View, thank you Peter Scott,It was the start of 35yrs of magic in my life. Cockles, eels, fishing, canooing and many memories of female company. Followed on with more wonderful times with my wife and 3 boys. Such wonderful times will live with me forever,,
My family lived on the Royal Air Force housing estate in Raleigh Road at the top of the hill in 1968-1969. I remember cutting down through the most beautiful meadow and through the Church to the shops. The village was unspoilt, the shops were in a square at the bottom of the hill, there were empty two up and two down fishermen's cottages leading down an alley to the harbour. My children Sally and Colin Stone ...see more
I have in my possession an old family Bible recording the birth of Thomas C.EDWARDS, born Carmarthen 27/10/ 1851, died 24/08/1900, and his wife Esther EDWARDS, born15/03/1847. They married at St. Ishmael's church on 17/03/1874. They both moved to Ynysybwl after their marriage and attended Noddfa chapel. The bible also contains a photograph of a woman. It seems that Thomas Edwards died whilst living in Ynysybwl and was ...see more
I remember my father God bless him buying me an air gun in Ben Morgan's sports shop opposite the tiv. And buying sweets in Kerry's sweet shop a little further up on the corner before going into the tiv. Happy days and memories
When I was Five we lived in Byfleet and often visited the Woking Lido in Summer. I nearly killed myself by sliding down the slide unsupervised. Fortunately my father saw me and dragged me out.
When I was Six my sister and I boarded at the Frithe Knowle School, in Wych Hill Lane (1948). The principal was Miss M Windsor and our teacher was called Miss Robinson. In the afternoon we went for walks all over Woking ...see more
My mum and dad and I spent many summers at the Talacre Warren. My father was a Co-op branch manager in Woodley, Cheshire and knew a couple, Mr & Mrs Taylor who had a wooden chalet on the Warren. In addition to the Chalet there was a small "Robin" 2 berth caravan and most excitingly for me the converted fuselage of a World War 2 Glider, which slept 3 or 4.
I remember vividly gazing through the plastic canopy ...see more
First visited Dronfield in the late 60's when I met my first proper girlfriend would then be 20ish. The first date was with her parents to The Contact Club I was mesmerised by her she was so besutiful cant think what she saw in me I was in awe of her totally smitten. We would later go to the Rock Tavern and meet with members of The Dronfield Players such lovely people so friendly and outgoing, ...see more
At 16 I joined the Essex Police Cadet School in 1970. The School was built in the late 1960s. Training at the School was for two years. On site education, accommodation and sports facilities was provided. We also were 'bussed' to Chelmsford College of a Further Education - here on a part time basis we obtained qualifications.
Part of our training included participating in athletic events ...see more
First arrived in Longmoor as a young soldier in 1969. Met and married Carole Day who lived at Glenorne Cottages with her parents Dereck and Jean Day she had three brothers Alan Colin and Tim. We maried at Greatham Parish Church on 2nd September 1972. Our wedding reception was held at The Woolmer which I bellieve was later changed to The Silver Birch. The local garage was called "Flackies" if memory serves me right ...see more
Yes I remember all of them has anyone got photos of that time 1968 to 1970 my name is Colin Burton