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John Major, who lived with his parents in Longfellow Road, started school this year, 1948, in CHEAM COMMON ... which was Balmoral Road School when I was there in 1932! His father's garden ornaments were sold from the family shop in Central Road. Yes! He did become Prime Minister.

A memory of Worcester Park in 1948 by Brian Haynes

Ivy Myers. I wonder how many people from Chalfont remember the "Rose and Crown", a Benskins pub. My father owned it from 1946 until 1950. There was also the “Kings Head” which was on the corner of Joiners Lane. Of ...Read more

A memory of Chalfont St Peter in 1949 by Ivy Jones

I was born in Harborough Magna in 1943 at Rose Cottage, Main Street. I lived there with my mother and grandparents during the 1940s and early 1950s. When I was 4 years old I went to the village school which had a ...Read more

A memory of Harborough Magna in 1943 by Roger Childs

My husband recently took me on a trip down Memory Lane to Ash Vale. I am 76 years old and can remember everything so vividly, having been evacuated there during the war years. We lived in Balmoral Road and my mother became friendly ...Read more

A memory of Ash Vale in 1945 by Maureen Thurston