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I recall, with the occasional shudder, the freezing cold winters of the 1940s. I spent Saturday evenings earning a couple of shillings (that's 10p to you youngsters!!) working from 4.30pm to 6.00pm selling newspapers ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park in 1948 by Neil Mac Gregor

I grew up in Keir Hardie Way, near Barnhill School & The Greenway from 1953 - 1966 (we then moved to Surrey). I went To Hayes Park School then Mellow Lane School. Keir Hardie Way, Atlee Road, Bondfield, Kingshil Avenue etc.. were ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Beverley Thouless

Yes, I always shopped here ,as I only lived just up the road on barn hill. I was newly married in 1958 and lived there until1968 .Now live in Wales!! So many memories , as this part of London was my life. Worked in Mayfair for a long time, ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by ghesketh13

I was born in 1941 in the Maternity Home in Honeypot Lane. We lived at 595 Kenton Road just opposite the Church where we went to Sunday School and Brownies. There was a garage on the corner, opposite a row of shops and waste ground ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury by tara1999

Wow, these photographs have brought back so many happy memories larking around Barn Hill in the mid 50's with a group of similar aged youngsters. It did help living a few streets away. We also had several attempts at carol singing up ...Read more

A memory of Wembley Park in 1953

Myself and friends used the pond and Barn Hill a lot in the early fifties. I remember the row of poplar trees running up to the pond from Fryent Way. We mostly seemed to use the Kingsbury side of the Hill for our various ...Read more

A memory of Wembley Park in 1951

Sadly The Waggon and Horses has been demolished. Controversy surrounds the old water pump which was outside and which mysteriously disappeared. The Waggon was my local for many years. I brought up in Berwick Avenue ...Read more

A memory of Hayes by Simon White

I used to ride my bike round this pond: there was a steep 45 degree drop path in the SW corner of the "bowl" which was the highlight of the fun as a kid. Very evocative photo.

A memory of Wembley Park in 1966

Oh the memories of many, many brilliant gigs back in the 70s & 80s. In fact, so many I am in the process of putting together a book entitled The Pavilion Rock Years. I am keen to hear from anyone with memories of gigs/concerts ...Read more

A memory of Hemel Hempstead by Neil Thompson

I lived in Woodland Close throughout my childhood and started at Kingsbury Green Primary School in 1959. The classrooms were brightly painted, and the smells of plasticine, paints, crayons, pink (carbolic) soap and school dinners ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1959 by Jackie Hayles