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My name was Mary Butterworth and I was born at 25 Egerton Street in Winton. I left Winton Senior School in 1946 and began work in a baby linin shop on Patricroft Bridge. The shop was called Turners, next door to Tatham's the leather ...Read more

A memory of Patricroft by Mary Smith

I want to know all the staff at the hospital Because I was born with a clip lip Only person that I know is a good person his Name was Dr burton he was the only person that I know A lot and the matron her name Was miss BROMLEY They were the best persons ever

A memory of Heswall

My Harrison ancestors all came from Cambridgeshire, mostly from the Downham, where they were agricultural laborers and my father, Victor Alfred George Harrison was born in 1914 in Peterborough. His father, George William ...Read more

A memory of West Hendon by edgwaredr

It was 1953 when my family moved into our council house in Chester Road Slough. I thought how good it was because we had lived in a very small caravan for 4 years and because the number on the door was the same as ...Read more

A memory of Slough by John Wilkins

I used to get off the bus in Windsor Street down by the post office. When I was young there was an optician on the left hand side. I can remember staggering out of there, when I was about six years old. They had enlarged my ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge

I was born in Norwood Green in the Frogmore Nursing Home which was next to the police station in 1936. My family lived at 14 Crosslands Avenue until WW11 when we moved to Oxfordshire for a short time before ...Read more

A memory of Norwood Green

Hi , My name is Vic Ballard , I was brought up by my Grandparents from 1942 and lived next door to Cassland Rd school which later became my secondary school , my first school was Orchard Rd at the end of Cassland Rd and ...Read more

A memory of South Hackney by vickyb60

I was born in Stairfoot in 1949, and it was a great village to grow up in. loads of friends, the Langleys and numerous others, We played out for hours on end going to Oxleys fish and chip shop and of course Curly ...Read more

A memory of Stairfoot by Lynda Moore

i remember dancing over Burtons at Heathway Dagenham with Harry and Phil Doughty, 1958 onwards.I would like to hear from anyone who can relate to this time and place, I had a group of friends who some I can't remember their names ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by essex.dance

The above memories have brought a lot back to me. I used Barnards for vinyl in the late 50s, my first LP was the Carl Perkins ‘Dance Album’, uninspiring title but a fantastic album of top rockabilly from the king. My second was ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by John Hawkins