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Memories Of An Eight Year Old
This pond was known to local kids as The Newt Pond, as that's where we used to go 'newting', catching newts and putting them in jam jars and putting them back after seeing who had the biggest (newt!)... We used to hire ...Read more
A memory of Rhyl in 1965 by
1930 2012
1935: went to Crowland Rd. School till 1939 - lived in Gladesmore Rd. Moved to Pelham Road 1939 with brother Derek and sister Connie. Started at Seven Sisters school. Evacuated to Baldock, I contracted diphtheria, thankfully ...Read more
A memory of Tottenham in 1940 by
1950 1956
I am sorry to read some of these descriptions of your time there. Mr. Maddison, McTavish, Jones, Peart (GYM teacher) Wheeler ( Woodwork) and one who lived in between Grenville & Drake Dorms, I found very fair, firm yes, Mr Bowles, ...Read more
A memory of Stanhope in 1950 by
Allen & Bros Grocers
My grandfather William Allen and grandmother Florence Allen ran Allen & Bros Grocers during the Second World War, with William's brother Carradine Allen. They lived in Oldbury House with their daughter (my mother) and my ...Read more
A memory of Tewkesbury by
Barnstaple Girlfriend Church And School 1939
As my fourteenth birthday hove into view and we entered the summer of 1939 it became clear that we could soon be at war with Germany. Bushey Heath was just fifteen miles north-west of central London. ...Read more
A memory of Barnstaple in 1930 by
Best Days
I was at Peacock Street School and I loved it. I had a good friend called Gloria Gibbson, I was so shocked when I went back about 3 years ago, I didn't know the place, but it all came flooding back, how we used to play on the old mill and ...Read more
A memory of Gorton in 1963 by
Caravan Park Early 1950's
I was 5/6 years old and lived with my two sisters, older brother, baby brother and mum & dad in a cramped caravan that was given to us after the war. We were called 'gypsies' but my dad worked at the Woolwich 'arms ...Read more
A memory of Datchet by
Childhood In The Village!!
I was devastated in 1964 when my mother told me we were to leave the village so that my mother could pursue her dream of owning her own small business elsewhere. It was a dreadful culture shock, one that has remained ...Read more
A memory of Mollington in 1961 by
Childhood In The Village
I lived in Great Wakering (Twyford Avenue) from 1960-65 although my mother had been born and raised there as had her mother and grandparents. I attended the junior school and then the secondary school. The ...Read more
A memory of Great Wakering in 1960 by
Chorley Hall Farm
I used to be a frequent visitor to Chorley Hall as a young boy accompanying my mother and grandmother. The Hall and farm were tenanted by Joe Davis and he married Annie Bower who was my grandmother's sister-in-law and hence ...Read more
A memory of Alderley Edge in 1953 by