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My name in the 1960's was Pamela Ambridge. I was born in 1958 and went to Hillbrook Infant School. I remember the teachers there were; Mrs Tinkler (nice), Miss Bedford (she smacked me!) and Miss Shoot (nice). ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1965 by Pam Crooks

Hello Peter. My name is Richard Abbott I know the Hart family very well. We lived at "Manor Woods" Hever Avenue. My dad was a serving Army Officer and bought our bungalow off a Mr ...Read more

A memory of West Kingsdown by r.abbott3

Not sure what glyn.brian7 was seeing out the back of the Regent Cafe, but my mum and dad ran a cafe on weekends in Chipstead at the entrance to Banstead woods from the late 1940's until the early 60's and my dad was the only ...Read more

A memory of Sutton by carocatsaak

My parents were both brought up in the Chiswick/Bedford Park/South Acton area. I was born in 1935 and spent my early years living on the Great West Road near to the Gillette factory. During WWII I spent much time visiting my ...Read more

A memory of Acton by Colin Bowles

Joined th Brigade for the wrong reason; it had a good football team. We often travelled to Grimsby on the floor of Mr Meanwells Bedford Dormobile but inspite of the sickly feelings we arrived with, we usually won in spectacular ...Read more

A memory of Louth in 1961 by Robert Beresford

Was this used by Mrs Cobb who ran the Brownies in Bedford to bring children for a weeks holiday during the summer holidays? Any I formation on this building please thanks.

A memory of Ogmore-by-Sea in 1870 by Julie Williams

I lived in Llanharry but most of my unts and uncles lived in Pontyclun. I remember working with Chas Freegard delivering fruit and veg to houses from Pontyclun to Brynsadler, Talygarn Miskin and Hensol Castle. He had ...Read more

A memory of Pontyclun in 1952 by Ivor Mathias

My memories of Stafford relate to my younger childhood. My grandparents lived in Bedford Avenue and as youngsters my sister and I would go and stay with my nana and grandad in the school holidays. We used to go shopping and visted ...Read more

A memory of Stafford in 1966 by Helen Nee Taylor

When the Second World War was declared, my family consisted of Mum and Dad, my elder brother Bob and my baby sister Ann. I was four, Bob was eleven and Ann was three. My father was a staff sergeant in the ...Read more

A memory of Penton Grafton in 1940 by David Fort

My parents and I came to Colerne in late 1939, having left London shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, and lived at Ford, a few miles from Colerne, for a few months. That winter, of 1939-40, was a ...Read more

A memory of Colerne in 1940 by John Bunting