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I was part of the St James the Less Players, the Parish church drama group, which started my career on the boards. The Downs,The Manor, The Park, The Clump, The Chalkpit..The Woods The Beach..were all ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Rose Moloney

I moved to Spencer Avenue, Hayes, when I was 5 and the war had just finished. My earliest recollections were of starting school at Yeading Lane and walking there through thick snow. Luckily we had school dinners so mum ...Read more

A memory of Hayes in 1947 by Doreen Walton

My fathers side of the family (Wood) lived at Low Moor Crambe according to the Census, which is where I presume I spent a couple of holidays in the early 50' probably 52 or 53 just after my Grandfather died and before my step ...Read more

A memory of Crambe in 1952 by Keith Wood

I moved to Lymington Road, Dagenham, in 1939, across the road from the school. At first I attended Green Lane School - same as Dudley Moor. I even had the same piano teacher. Miss Hoggard. But she gave up on me. In the early ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by Joan Fitzgerald

The thirties were the very early days in my life. My mother would take us up  to Greathill where we would sit and have a picnic, not a lot to eat but a chance to play in the fresh air. We were all very happy ...Read more

A memory of Barton in 1930 by First Name Last Name

My name is David Thomas. I was born in 1938, in Plymouth, but my parents lived in Warren Road in Kingsbridge. Next door lived Billy Maddick, and I would go there to listen to 'Dick Barton, Special Agent' because I was ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbridge by paintpal

Just finished reading all the memories on here, most of them from Salford folk so much younger than I. Born in 1931, I lived In Pendlebury, as that’s now part of Salford does that qualify me as a Salfordian? I went to school in ...Read more

A memory of Salford by kristoff379

Reading all these memories brings back mine. I lived in Waterlooville from 1945 (I was born in Jubilee Road Nursing Home) to 1966. We lived in Winifred Road, and I went to the Infants in Stakes Hill Road, then the Tin Hut, and ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville in 1950 by Eileen Sainsbury

Lived on Rosebery Ave (next to the Brooke Hotel) until 1952 then left for Canada. Lots of memories. Guy Fawkes bonfire on Rose farm, now the bowling green for the Brooke Hotel. Hours and hours spent playing on the shore. ...Read more

A memory of Waterloo

I was a boarder at St Peter's Court Bacton when my father was posted to Palestine. I remember Sir Humphrey Fenn who was the headmaster and Rosemary his daughter. I have driven passed several times during the summer months over ...Read more

A memory of Bacton in 1946 by John Jenkins