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Born in Oldham in 1947, 3 Jenny Street, Hollinwood. Went to Limehurst Junior School, then attended Hollinwood Secondary Modern in 1958. Emigrated to Australia in 1963 with parents and brother Michael, he ...Read more

A memory of Oldham in 1959 by Maureen Richardson

I lived at no 22 Farm Way, North cheam. I remember my father going off to rejoin the R.A.F when the war broke out. I was 7 years old. My mother went to work in a munitions factory. After spending a few years on a farm, ...Read more

A memory of North Cheam in 1920 by Heather Dunkin

I lived in Park South and would visit the Locarno and Macilroys ballroom. I saw most of the top bands of that era. Searchers, Dave Dee, The Kinks, Manfred Mann. I also visited the Jazz club at Macilroys called Uncle Bonnies jazz club. ...Read more

A memory of Swindon by Barry Dady

Having been born in Camberwell Hospital in 1935 and after being bombed out of three different houses during the war around Queens Road, (St Mary's Road, Consort Road and Raul Road), my sister and I were then evacuated to ...Read more

A memory of Peckham by George Highsted

After the Second World War my parents opened a shop at 25 Pickford Lane under the name J T Daborn. It was a tobacconist,toy and sweet shop. They opened in 1947 and traded there until retirement in the early 1970s. Customers might ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1949 by John Daborn

I went Brimington Boys School, off Springvale Road, from Sept 1957 to July 1961. I must say that I enjoyed my secondary education, made loads of friends, and liked most of the teachers, apart from Thrack ...Read more

A memory of Brimington in 1957 by Dave Allen

In particular I recall the large number of invertibrates in the fields at the end of Harrowes Meade, butterflies, moths, crickets, grasshoppers etc. This was before DDT! The pond at Stonyfields (?) was crystal ...Read more

A memory of Edgware in 1940 by Richard Stinton

The records show that. Charlotte Sleeman 1848 marrried William Moxsom 1833? and at some time lived at Boscawen Row. They had 9 Children? William Ernest: Alice:1875 Louisa Kate:1871 (Maud ) my Grandmother.1873; Edward Moxsom ...Read more

A memory of Truro in 1860 by Pamela M Smith

This view is exactly the same as the hotel now looks in 2008 - although sadly the landlord, Robin, died just this year. It was his wish that the traditional music and dancing that follows the Bampton ...Read more

A memory of Bampton in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

I lived in Kingskerswell from August 1963 to July 1974, first in Lyndhurst Avenue and then in Weavers Way.

A memory of Kingskerswell in 1963 by Peter Bannister