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I moved to Woldingham with my Mother (she worked for Sir James and Lady Marshall at Whistlers Wood) when I was five years old (1951). I remember my Mother ordering food from Saffins and this I believe was delivered. Also remember ...Read more

A memory of Woldingham by dlplant

My Great Grandfather George Henry Baker (1880 -m1947) was the owner (following his father also George Henry) of the Blacksmith and Scrap Metal Dealer later known as Slades Scrap Yard In Wooburn Green. My Great ...Read more

A memory of Wooburn Green by dmdundjer

Dear Whittlebury Alumni, I have many pictures of my late Dad Sunil Bramdaw's stay at Whittlebury in the early 60s. First a student at Chicheley Hall in Buckinghamshire and subsequently at Whittlebury Lodge College in ...Read more

A memory of Whittlebury by Nirode Bramdaw

I have found the love of my life, Sandy Tickner, thank you for your help in finding her, it has made my life a whole lot better.

A memory of Whitchurch by Rodney Abbey

I was born and raise in Battersea from 1948 till late 1960. My father David Beardall owned a second hand shop in Plough Road also he was a totter drove a horse an cart. During the time I worked in a soft drink factory in st. John hill if ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by patbeardall

I was born at St Teresa's Hospital in Wimbledon in December 1949 and taken home to our prefab in Melody Road. My dad was called Ernie, my mum Phyllis, and two older brothers Bill and Ted. Bill was 12 years older ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by angela.shepherd

I remember leaving Ilford with my parents September1940 as my father thought serious raids would begin soon. We were not able to find any accommodation until we arrived at Bacombe Lodge on the London Road in Wendover and my ...Read more

A memory of Wendover

William Russell Wilson Bligh came to Australia and was living with his Uncle Sir Maurice O'Connell at Tarmons in Sydney in 1845. I have a copy of a letter written that expresses her concerns about her 18year old son and ...Read more

A memory of Whiteleaf by Gloria Bligh

The old St James Barton area of the city was demolished in the late 1950s to make way for Bond Street and the bus station. The rebuilding of the city started almost as soon as the Second World War had ended. ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

My late father, Don Lawes, grew up at no. 121 Byron Avenue on the Poets Estate in East Ham (off High Street North) during the '40s and '50s and attended East Ham Grammar School from 1938 to 1944. My late paternal ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by David Lawes