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I was born at Newton On Ouse in March 1928. At the age of five I attended the local school whose headmaster was Alf Bradbury. Also at the age of five I began visiting Village Farm that was owned by Mathew ...Read more

A memory of Newton-on-Ouse in 1930 by Guy Jefferson

I am Rosemary Harris (now Davies) and I was born in Livingstone Road in 1943 and was christened at St Stephen’s Church. I attended Hounslow Town Infants and Juniors and then Bulstrode Girls School from 1955-1960, ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Rosemary Davies

Hi, I'm an ex Romford lad, I lived in 61 Douglas Road from 1942-1958. When I left school in 1950 I started work in the London Co-op in Park Lane as an errand boy. I bought my first bicycle from Sisselys in Rush Green, it was a ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1950 by John Gower

Born in '48, lived in Rugby Avenue Sudbury Town until I was 21. Went to Alperton Sec Mod between '60-66. Great memories from my schooldays... Mr Hostler was Headmaster and some really good teachers: Irving, Parkinson, Sladden and ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Graham Rose

I have a very good photo of a small branch of Barclays with some well dressed children in the street outside. It appears to date from the 1920's - 1930's. Bought on another website in 2013. The website also featured other photos of ...Read more

A memory of Prees in 1920 by Trevor Jones

We bought an old cottage, a semi-detached one, in Hildersham, then named Bermuda Cottage. We were not aware of the origins of the name, but the owner, an elderly lady owned a bald parrot, probably bald due to boredom as parrots are very ...Read more

A memory of Hildersham by Alan Hickman

The two principal grocery shops in Westbury village, as it was still usually called, in the late 1950s and early 1960s were the Co-operative grocery by the corner of Church Road -- the Co-operative butcher on ...Read more

A memory of Westbury on Trym in 1957 by Timothy Purnell

My family moved to Handley in 1947 and I spent the rest of my childhood there. Our family name is Harris and my parents were Drs Paul and Zoe , they had five children. We lived off the road to Deanland. I never could ...Read more

A memory of Sixpenny Handley in 1950 by Nicola Campbell

I was interested to read Elizabeth Taylor's memories of Newchurch. My brother Gregor, sister Alison, and I were born in Greendale Ave, Newchurch and all attended the primary school. I too, remember Mrs Roberts, ...Read more

A memory of Newchurch in 1953 by Lesley Parker

The Morris estate car shown in the photo was used to deliver the daily papers along the Warren. The man would stop every fifty yards or so, get out and ring a bell, if you needed a paper, well you ran down the path and bought one, the car was green.

A memory of Gronant by delamereguys