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My maternal grandparents lived in Cheddar from 1890 to 1950. My grandfather owned a shop in Bath Street which was a tobacconist/barber/ photographer business and he took early postcard photos of the village, including ...Read more

A memory of Cheddar

I lived at 50 Foxley Lane, Purley with my parents and brother from the late 40's until 1960 when we moved to Harrow, Middlesex. My Dad worked in London and commuted each day. I remember catching the bus to Wallington and attending ...Read more

A memory of Purley by gfbarbtad

Working on my bungalow today in the ancient, beautiful Dorset town of Sherborne, I kept on hearing the tolling of the local Abbey bells. Not really unusual, except today, the sound seemed to 'resonate', and take me 'way back' ...Read more

A memory of Acton by alangtaylor

I was born there in 1957 and lived there until 1975. Rhodes had those lovely handmade sweets. There was a Delicatessen next door..always had a lovely smell of roasting coffee - and fabulous wheels of Brie.. The reindeer pub ...Read more

A memory of Northwood

From 1947, my family used to drive between Middlesex and West Suffolk via Baldock. My father used to point out a house on the East side of the High Street that had many animal figures on the street-facing wall. Does anyone remember it and perhaps have a photograph?

A memory of Baldock by graham.skan

My name is James Cracknell and I went to Ashford Middlesex school from 1949 to 1951. I was caned on the first day of school aged 7 (six of the best on the behind) for writing on the blackboard after having been told not to. I ...Read more

A memory of Ashford by James Cracknell

My grandfather (Frederick William Steward) was a gamekeeper and lived with his wife ( Florence )and there 6 children in a single story cottage,it was deep in the woods, we always went for a weeks holiday there,my father always had a ...Read more

A memory of Frenze by janetmains

Between 1950 - 1980's the family owned a bakers shop at 84 High Street. P.G.WOODFORD & SON (opposite the Police Station). If anyone has memories of this period it would be good to get in touch. I ...Read more

A memory of Southall by zilbarin

Since my birth coincided exactly with the outbreak of World War II in the September of 1939, my mum must have felt that childbirth was synonymous with calamity;  I was Mum's 'war effort'. Home was a semi-detached two-storey ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1945 by Heather Rohrer

I was born in 1962 in Greenford, Middlesex and I remember walking down Wembley High Road every Saturday and having lunch in a cafe at the triangle. I remember it being owned by an Italian family. We always used to have pink ice cream for pudding.

A memory of Wembley in 1966 by Wendy Wheatley