Memories
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Countryside Memories Holidays In The 1950s
The journey from our home in North Essex to my grandparents’ home in North Derbyshire took almost a full day back in the 1950s, allowing of course for periodic stops along the way. The first, usually at ...Read more
A memory of Glossop in 1955 by
My School Days
I remember my early schooldays very well. I started at Bush Corner Open Air school in 1953. I was born in Ealing Road Brentford in 1947 and first went to school at Ealing Road school. When I was 6 I went to Bush Corner Open air ...Read more
A memory of Brentford in 1953 by
Knowle Park
I was also a pupil at St Catherine's; 1954 to 1962 were my years. I remember Mr Thunder, art and geography teacher, Mr Smith, Deputy head; later married someone from the Bristol Old Vic, Mr Sydey, ex Royal Navy Captain but unable to ...Read more
A memory of Almondsbury in 1954 by
Pea Shooter And Buses
It was about 1953 when we discovered pluffers and ca caws. The pluffer was a device we used for a pea-shooter. This was a straight stem from a weed and it was about an inch or so in diameter, hollow through the centre and ...Read more
A memory of Newburn in 1953 by
Growing Up In Purley
When I lived in Purley, there weren't many stores. I can remember when Sainsbury's opened across from Purley Fountain. There was a toy shop in the High Street called Morgan's. I stole a whistle from there when I was not very ...Read more
A memory of Purley in 1950 by
Church Hill
In 1958 when I was 3 year old, we moved from a small flat on the London Road, near the bank where my father was branch manager (TSB), to Belton Road off Church Hill. I watched our new house being built on a sloping plot of land. My ...Read more
A memory of Camberley in 1958 by
My Home From 1947 1969
I was born here in Newton Green and lived in the house just visible on the left - the last one. It was called Cotswold. The village shop was run by Mark Wilson and that could be him in the photograph, tinkering with the ...Read more
A memory of Newton in 1957 by
Childrens Home
I was once at the children's home in Palmerston Road from about 1953 to 1957 when I went back to Stepney. I went to the school in Princes Road that backed on the Lord's Bushes. I remember impaling my foot with a garden fork at ...Read more
A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1953 by
Childhood Memories
I grew up in Sheriff Hill. My great-gran Margaret Jackson lived on Hewson Street and I lived with my parents in Leeming Gardens in the flats. I used to be sent to the corner shop on Hewson Street. It was called Robbies. We ...Read more
A memory of Sheriff Hill in 1958
Beach Warriors And The Secret Army
Running down from Barton Common is a small river called Becton Bunny. This occupied the local gang of unsupervised children caled the Secret Army for many summer days, building substantial dams, which eventually ...Read more
A memory of New Milton in 1952 by
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