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In about 1949 my family brought the fried fish shop at number 3 Station Approach, Ashford, Middlesex. I was about three years old at the time and my earliest memory is of driving my pedal car between the tables and ...Read more

A memory of Ashford in 1949 by Barry Hawgood

I was born in 1931 in Bollingbroke Nursing Home and lived in Belleville Road next to Belleville Road School. Our house was requisitioned and knocked down to enlarge the school and so we moved to Hayes, Middlesex, in 1937, ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1930 by Marie Cull

I was born in a masonette in Beverley Gardens, Western Avenue, in the middle of an air raid in 1943. Yes, I do rememebr buying an ice cream from Creamery Fare in Greenford. My local shops were across the road in ...Read more

A memory of Perivale in 1940

I have fond memories of Bilton Road. I was born at west Middlesex hospital but lived at 172 Bilton Road between 1955 and 1966. We used to make a guy every year for Guy Fawkes night and stand outside Martins newsagents collecting, as ...Read more

A memory of Perivale by Peter Gibson

Moved to the Grammar School in 1949 from St.Annes - my brother,Frank Blagrove, was already there. Do you remember the film shows run by Mr Phillips? Entry was one penny. Blyth Spirit with Margaret Rutherford, has been ...Read more

A memory of Ashford by Jean Wardley

Another memory of Treherbert Ben Thomas' recollection of January 2013, reminded me that he was not the only one who was lucky on that fateful day. A call of nature was Ben's escape, mine was a ...Read more

A memory of Treherbert by 2coopers

Towards the end of the Second World War my parents met and married while on active service in Egypt. As soon as my mother knew she was expecting me, the Royal Air Force sent her back to England on a troopship ...Read more

A memory of Swiss Cottage in 1945 by John Howard Norfolk

While working in the Lake District as an hotel assistant manager I reached such a point of frustration that I up and quit my job and applied to emigrate to Canada. Five minutes later, after hearing of my decision, the head accountant gave ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1966 by Dylan Rivis

Our family lived at Lightwater (1 High View Road) ; I passed 11 plus and was sent to Frimley And Camberley County Grammar School, starting in Sept. 1959. One of the first things we had to do was to get the uniform. We went ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by tobypaws2002

We were married at St Mary's on Christmas Eve 1967, and had our reception at the Phoenix. I had lived in Staines from 1945 until getting married. I went to Shortwood common school, Kingston Road, and Matthew Arnold. We lived for ...Read more

A memory of Staines in 1945