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The passageway led from Clayhill Road all the way through the village, and came out on the Reading Road, some 2 miles away, the passageway was used by us children daily as a short cut to school, and it went by ...Read more

A memory of Burghfield Common in 1955 by Andrew Cooper

I lived in Rivermead road for a while in 1963/4… I remember being friends with Denise Davies. And a girl called Julie who lived at the bottom of the road, near Crabtree road… We went to a primary school just round the corner from ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by southlondon2016

Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more

A memory of Abbey Hulton by Marc Thorley

I was born, during the Battle of Britain, at 8, Roan Street. Our back yard bordered St Alfege's churchyard. The house is not there any more because it had to be pulled down after the war. We had several 'near-hits' ...Read more

A memory of Greenwich by marionlangham

My parents moved from Essington to Cheslyn Hay in 1960. We briefly lived in one of the cottages in Hollybush before moving to Low Street. I remember Harry Bates selling fruit & veg from his horse & cart and people ...Read more

A memory of Cheslyn Hay by andyandjan35

My parents moved to Twycross from London in the early 1960s. We lived on Sheepy Road next door to Mr Charlie Brooks and Louie Jones. On the opposite side were Stan and Ilma Jones and Len Gibbs and his daughter Joan. I ...Read more

A memory of Twycross by Tracy Wright

Finding this site has brought many wonderful memories back to me. I was born in St Mary's Hospital, Croydon. My maiden name was Chappell. I lived in Purley Road, South Croydon not far from the Red Deer until 1957. Every Saturday I ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1953 by Linda Crossley

My recollection of  a dance that was arranged in the sports hall made me and another lad George Bishop decide to abstain from the proceedings as I think at the time, in fact I am sure about myself that I was very ...Read more

A memory of Hexham in 1940 by Les May

My Beginning, at Sole Street near Cobham Kent. (9th March 1946 - 2nd January 1951) I was born on Saturday March 9th 1946 at 3.29pm at Temperley, The Street, Sole Street, Kent. I was delivered at home by the ...Read more

A memory of Sole Street in 1946

My wife Christina Armstrong's (nee Brown) mum Phylis was born and raised in Wyke Regis, both of Phylis's parents along with many of her relatives are buried at this church. Chris's mum was raised at Park Mead Road, her name was Phylis ...Read more

A memory of Wyke Regis by Robert Armstrong