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My father would put me on his bycycle crossbar and took us from Elthorne Rd to the allotments via Whitehall Road and Vine Street. Cricketfield Rd was (is?)a dead end. A footpath to the left passed by a nursery ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

I was born at number 11, and was told I did not open my eyes, so Mrs Tyreman baptized me. She had changed from Methodist to Catholic when she married her husband who was a tailor. When the priest came the next morning and blessed me ...Read more

A memory of Loftus in 1930 by Joseph Lavelle

Dear reader, I have received some lovely messages since writing a few memories I thought I would add a few more. The Rock Inn I use to stay with my great uncle/aunty's public house, namely the Rock Inn, in 1958- 1965. The ...Read more

A memory of Waterrow in 1960 by Julian Bishop

I was born in 1931, Middlesbrough. My parents were Thomas and Lily Hunt. My sister Sylvia, was born in 1937. From an early age, before and after Sylvia was born, mum would take us ...Read more

A memory of Esh Winning in 1930 by Eric Hunt