BBC Memoryshare

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Memoryshare aims to be a living archive of personal memories from 1900 to the present day. This is really engaging and accessible social history, contributed by BBC viewers and listeners across the UK. Anyone registered with bbc.co.uk can contribute to Memoryshare either by submitting their own stories or commenting on stories posted by other users. Memories can be browsed by date or by subject.
Highlights include

Michael Fish’s account of the storms of October 16 1987
a personal account of Bowie’s first ever Ziggy Stardust gig and
memories of a holiday in Margate on the day World War II was declared