1950s personal memories

A look back in time.

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Not so much traffic then
Photographed in 1952
Ration Book for 1952-1953.
I have kept the Ration Book that was still being used after the war. The book is identical to the ones each ...
Reminiscences of a photographer
I have many memories of Brighton, where I lived from the late war years until the early 1950s, and remember ...
Rocket building in Hangleton
Model rocket group A group of friends and I started a model rocket group in the late 1950s at the time ...
Shops from my childhood
My maternal grandmother’s favourite shopping street was London Road, and most of it was a rich and inviting experience for ...
Street Party June 1953 in Dudley Road
I have just come across this old photograph celebrating the Coronation street party in Dudley Road. Many years have passed, ...
Summer 1953
Sunday School attendance
York Hill Chapel The first time I was sent to Sunday School was on Sunday afternoons at my father’s chapel, in ...
Teddy boys and Elvis Presley
Thirty two cinemas In the 1950s I used to go to the Gaiety Cinema; nearby there was a little cafe by ...
Terry's Milk Bar
Sort of cosy place Does anyone remember Terry’s Milk Bar in Upper St James’s Street? In the late 1950s it was ...
The Acorn Club
My memory is hazy I was a member of The Acorn Club in the 1950s, but my memory of it is ...
The dustman, coalman and rag and bone man
Difficult access In the 1950s we lived in Belton Road, in the Roundhill Area. There were two regular visitors to the ...
The joys of perambulation
No particular reason In the 1950s and 1960s, I used to walk everywhere. From my home in Roundhill, I would walk ...
The Rocket from Space
Exploring in the woods Whilst out with my Dad (who was rather deaf) we were exploring north of Mill Road roundabout ...
Visiting the sewers and abbatoir
An induction course At the beginning of my ill fated job as a junior clerk at the Town Hall, I was ...