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In mid-1948 my RAF posting was to Buntingsdale Hall. Our quarters were one of two occupied Nissen huts where RAF 22 Group communications flight was housed. At first our aircraft occupied a hanger on the Stoke side of ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton in 1948 by Les Winn

                                    Wrottesley Park 92 Wrottesley Park, it was a nice address, a suggestion of elegance perhaps, a hint of grandeur even. However there was nothing grand about the place we lived in even though ...Read more

A memory of Wrottesley Park in 1952 by Kathy Daulman

Hi, I was hoping some one could help me? I am doing my family history and have come across a photo of my mother's brother taken on Cleeve Hill,  Cheltenham, the address on the picture is as follows: THE COTTAGE C/O FAIRFIELDS EST ...Read more

A memory of Cleeve Hill in 1930 by Debbie Thompson

I was born in Croydon in 1962 and lived in Milton Road.  I can remember visiting my nan and my dad's two brothers Reg and Ken.  They were really happy times and I can remember knowing I was near nan's when on the train I saw the playground in ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1965 by Kaye Baberf

I lived in Morley from 1953 till 1960 with my father and brother. We lived initially at Fairfield House which was directly across from Dartmouth Park. I have fond memories of the gardens there and the many times I spent asking the ...Read more

A memory of Morley by Robert Smith

My memories are relating to the mid 1950`s & 1960`s: smelling the ground coffee and Broomfields Bakers, C&A store, a boutique called `Bus Stop` and Martin Fords in the high street, where I bought my first leather coat. I ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1955 by Barbara Saunders

Between year 1962-65 I seem to remember that the Denning Hall was used on at least one occasion for Lanfranc Girls's Prize Giving Ceremony. I also think the Fairfield Hall may have been used as a venue. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1964 by Linda Smith

I used to walk through Tranwell Woods all the time but I can't now because I am disabled now and the ground is uneven so it is hard for me to walk through - but it is a nice walk if you're not disabled like me. There's a lot of history in ...Read more

A memory of Tranwell by David Mutton

On my first day at Corringham School, my mother walked me, aged five, down the long lane from Aisby with our faithful old dog Floss and a playmate, Monica Bramford, a year or so older than me. During assembly I started to cry ...Read more

A memory of Corringham in 1950 by Valerie Walker

It is not so much a memory but a request for memories and information - my father is 90 years old and I am trying to finish my doctoral thesis before he passes. He was, as a Canadian Air Force airman, stationed at ...Read more

A memory of Charmy Down in 1942 by Debbie Miller