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WOW! I am Yvonne Blake (ne Hoare) the memories here are wonderful and yes we remember the Odeon where my sister Shirley and brother David went while I went to Burtons for ballroom dancing lessons. We lived at ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath in 1955 by Len Blake

I was in pilgrims way childrens home in bower mount road Maidstone from age 12-15.it was a very strict regime but I liked it there. however we were made to go to choir practice every ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island by Gladys Foley

off Bower Way (handy for me!) Think my wife lived down here for a while, she was nanny to 2 kids whose parents worked at US base at Ruislip moved to Denham before we married

A memory of Cippenham by Dave Hill

my late uncle mr martin harris left me his magazine about a trip the boys went onto. The boys names are..... form IV R ISSARTEL, K, GREENLAND, L TIMMS, A, BROWN, B, GOWER, J, CLIFFE, N, ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey by cazmc234

I was born in the town,and spent my first ten years in what would now be regarded as the slums of Stranton, Bower Street, going to school at Oxford Street juniors. In the late 1960s and early 1970s Bower Street and neighouring streets ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1960 by John Pladdys

I'm always interested to read memories of Gildersome. I have just visited in October 2018. Just a short visit but it certainly hasn't changed in some respects. The streets are narrower from what I remember but street lane and ...Read more

A memory of Gildersome by katestengl

I remember Hogarth Close going up - it seemed out of place as all the rest of Bower Way was bungalows or modest 2-storey houses but with good-sized gardens. This was different - small gardens and lots of 3-storey buildings. I seem to remember it was built on the site of 2 big houses?

A memory of Cippenham by Paul Noyce

We moved to 2 Bower Cotts Balls Green about 1950. My dad was employed by the owner of Duckings, the farm situated opposite the entrance to station road. Nos. 1 and2 Bower Cotts were up on the bank almost opposite the school which ...Read more

A memory of Withyham by iobs

Does anyone remember Wyleboro Farm in Havering atte Bower, owned by my grandmother Mrs Maggie Saward? She also owned the riding school near the Green with her sons John, Tom and my mother Nancy,and I ...Read more

A memory of Havering-atte-Bower in 1950 by Wendy Tait

The horse and waggon is under the control of Mr Walter Bowers. He was our carrier. He would take my rabbits and my mother's chickens and eggs to market.

A memory of Boxford in 1955 by Nigel Clark