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I lived on welling corner, above the shops, flat 15b. I went to the embassy on Saturday nights where I met my wife in 1959 and still going strong. My watering hole was the Nags Head. I went to Saint ...Read more

A memory of Welling in 1950 by Michael Hibberd

I remember this beach well, especially the open air swimming pool which is also on a photograph here in this collection , I remember going on a school swimming session weekly ( Preston High school ) now john spence and dreading ...Read more

A memory of Tynemouth in 1966 by Neil Critchlow

I do remember this lovely lady, her brother, and her quaint little shop. She sold flowers, fruit, veg, sweets, tobacco etc, and wonderful lemon dip sugar. My dad used her shop nearly every ...Read more

A memory of Botley in 1955

I went to the High School in Ludlow from 1941 - 49 and then went back to teach there in about 1956. I had a flat in Broad Street just below where this picture stops and used to go to this church of St Laurence on a very regular basis- they ...Read more

A memory of Ludlow in 1941 by The Revd. Madeleine Evans

My great great grandparents arrived in Redmire in the 1840s or thereabouts.   This photo was taken in 1929 when my mother would have been about nine or ten.  She was born in Redmire in 1921 to George and Ellenor Miller who had five ...Read more

A memory of Redmire by Josiephine Bell

Hello, Does anyone remember Phillip Ladd's nursery on Goldsel Rd? I worked there 1955 to 1961, was in the boilerhouse in the winter and outside in the summer! Frank Weatherby was the Foreman, remember Len Christmas he came from ...Read more

A memory of Swanley in 1955 by Brian Trimmer

My great great grandfather John Cranstoun owned 15 Upper Broad Street from about 1850 to his death in 1890 and he is buried in St. Lawrence Church.

A memory of Ludlow in 1860 by Candace Franklin

The Mansbridges were my great grandparents. My grandmother, Elizabeth M Card is buried in the church yard and lived for many many years in the thatched cottage just outside the church gates. I spent many holidays there as I only lived in ...Read more

A memory of Combrook by Philip Card

I was at the Methodist school at Burgh Heath from 1950 to 1957, my maiden name was Hopper. I was born and lived in Burgh Heath until 1965 when I married and went abroad. When I returned in 1971 I moved locally to Epsom Downs. I ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath in 1950 by Evelyn Killick

I am Irish and did nurse training in the Mayday Hospital from 1962 until 1965. The work was very hard, but we, the student nurses, enjoyed a good social life. I loved visiting all the shops in Croydon but had very little ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1962 by Anne King