Nostalgic memories of London's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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Did anyone attend St. Michaels 1968/9…I was in Mr. Thomas class….. I remember Colin James…. Linda Underwood…..Karen Smith….Dave Dawson ( another class ) Many others….would love to hear from anyone….Anyone who went on the trip to Italy…..
In 1881 at 336 Portabello Road single woman Mary Dowsett aged 46 was greengrocer and had her neice Elizabeth Poulter living with her. She may have had a stall in the market as it mainly sold fresh-food in the 19th century? I think the present market resides in the district of Notting Hill.
Alexander Mcnab aged 29 & his wife Harriet aged 35 with their 2 young sons resided at number 324 Grays Inn Road on the 1901 census. Earlier in 1897 Alexander had been a Stage Carriage driver in Holloway. Cornelius Crawley another Omnibus driver probably was their lodger.
i lived in peabody bldgs.Abbey orchsrd st. S.w.1 with my mum from 1952 until 1960 we hen I married and moved to Page st.Then moved to Kent in 1968.Whilst living in Page st.I worked at AVOs. Mel M
I wonder if in the future we will have pictures of empty streets, shops pubs , etc. Will London, or the world ever be the same. Many wonder what, and why this is happening ? What the future will be like ? Where can we find answers ? As one vicar in London, recently told his congregation, “ We don’t have the answers, but you can find them on the web site ‘jw.org’ and said that what he is doing. Sound advice ! It ...see more
My Great Grandmother had two brothers who lived in Newington or Walworth, South London. This would be the area between Camberwell and Kennington to the South and The Elephant and Castle and The Borough, Southwark to the North. They were born around 1843, and lived around that area till the after 1911. They married three of Joshua Joseph Johnson's daughters, ...see more
My wife Patricia Burton was born in hornsea rd in 1942 to George and Lillian nee prescott, she has sadly passed away,nice if anybody New the family they moved to reading in the 50ss
My grandparent lived in the Guiness Trust Flats No 57 in Kennington Park Road London. My father Albert James Pritchard lived there until he married in 1939, My grandparents moved to a smaller flat in the same building until their deaths in 1969.We moved to New Malden Surrey, I remember we used to drive to London every couple of weeks to see them, my Mothers family lived in Hayle Street. I ...see more
this is the hospital i was born in .My parents moved to london in the 50s from south wales. They have both past away ,we moved back to wales in the 1970s
I'm trying to find anyone who remembers the engineering firm in Ewer Street in the Southwark district or if anyone that was there during WWII, this firm made guns during the war. My dad, Fred was there and his brother Bob Jamieson, also my grandfather Harry Mather, and his daughter Vera Mather.also Alf Legget If you remember any of these people please contact me thank you.  Beryl Clark née Jamieson