Mature Times - Nostalgia

Take a trip down memory lane

Wed, 21 May 2008 11:20:58 +0100

As Swap Shop is named the No1 Childrens programme of all time, Swap Shop presenter Keith Chegwin talks nostalgia...

Here's your chance to record your Beatles memories

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:40:48 +0100

They changed popular music for ever and shaped the tastes, fashions and outlook of a whole generation. But what are YOUR memories of the Fab Four? And which dates are seared into your memory because of events like John Lennon dying, "Help" coming to your cinema, or the Beatles appearing at your local concert hall?

One for the cartophiles ...

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:18:31 +0000

Apparently three out of four people in the UK enjoy looking at maps in their spare time. In fact going back to our roots and finding out about the history of our homes and where our ancestors lived is something that most of us all have in common, making a framed old map of a house or town an excellent Christmas gift idea.

Send in your photos for a summer exhibition

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:45:33 +0100

MIll Green Museum in Hatfield will be holding a special exhibition this July called "Holiday Heaven" - a cheerful and nostalgic look at holidays from years gone by - so whether you went to Skegness with Auntie Sheila, or New York on the Queen Mary, it’s time to share those fabulous old photos.

Clicks for the wartime memory

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:00:40 +0000

The Second World War Experience Centre has launched a new charity search page to raise funds to collect and preserve personal experiences of the Second World War before they are lost forever.

Were YOU working in WWII?

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:49:53 +0000

Do you, or someone you know, have a story to tell about their wartime working experiences? Testimony Films, a Bristol television company, is making a commemorative six part series about men and women who worked on the Home Front during the Second World War in the South West - "The Worker's Finest Hour".

From gladrags to super-rugs

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:26:10 +0000

A faded poster announces ‘Clothes Rationing in Britain’. It is the Rationing Year June 1943 to May 1944. No end to the war in sight, then. Illustrations follow, in faded black and white, showing items of clothing women might buy with their year’s allocation of 48 coupons. A suit for 18 coupons, a sweater for five, a blouse for four, a corset belt or a pair of ‘pantees’ for three. Brigitte Lechner gets artistic inspiration from an exhibition of life on the home front.

Turning photographs into a DVD memory

Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:58:46 +0000

After being made redundant, Barry Withers came up with an idea for a new business: sharing memories.

The Old School

Sat, 09 Dec 2006 18:38:24 +0000

I am one of the old school. That is people born in the 1920s who attended their local Council School. In my case Grey Street School, Bootle, Liverpool. I suppose the sub title should be ‘The Soon To Be Defunct School’ as there can’t be many of us left now.

Share your life story

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:33:40 +0000

Help the Aged is offering the chance to chronicle, update and share your life stories online with meRemembered, a new easy-to-use reminiscing and networking site.

Wanted: your wartime memories

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:21:24 +0000

Remember the war? Girlings Retirement Options Limited has launched a national competition inviting everyone who remembers the war years to submit their memories and help create a historical ‘time capsule’ to educate future generations.

What would you do if you could turn back time?

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:36:13 +0000

Given a chance to go back in time and relive their youth, more than 1,500 over 65s say they would have had a more carefree youth - and had more sex.

Remembering our very first supermarkets

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:46:52 +0100

Supermarkets have changed the way we shop – and they too have changed dramatically over the years. Post war Britain saw a transformation in the way people shopped for food: the corner shop with counter attendant was gradually replaced by the self-service store, which evolved into the supermarket.