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I was there in the convent along with my 2 sisters from 1955 to 1959. I truly sympathise with the children who experienced the terrible suffering as we did whilst placed there. My auntie was a friend of the nuns and ...Read more

A memory of Pantasaph by mbebbington

When I was a child in the 1960's/70's, my parents and I would stand on this corner as a good vantage point to watch the London to Brighton rally. It was many years before I was old enough to venture inside The Feathers and sample their food and drink!

A memory of Merstham

Thay say that everyone remembers where they were when the news came out that President Keneddy had been shot. Well this is where I was; Friday night was dance night at the youth club and I remember the ...Read more

A memory of Merstham in 1963

The pub in the middle distance on the right is The Red Deer. On the triangle, which is formed by the junction of Brighton Road & Sanderstead Road, where incidentally I later lived & two of my children were born, ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1959 by Tony Arkell

This is a view of Brighton Road looking north towards the town centre. Out of shot, to the right is the Swan and Sugar Loaf PH. Note the tramlines still in the roadway, but the overhead wires have been removed. The last tram ran in Croydon in April 1951

A memory of Croydon by Blair Southerden

I was born in Lancing Road, numnber 38a, and have an elder brother John. I can remember at one end of the sStreet corner was a vegetable shop and the other was a junk yard, at the other end was a sweet shop and the other side was a ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1949 by Michael Gater

I went to Brighton Avenue Infants, Juniors and Senior School from 1954 - 1962 and I hated it. Lovely old building some say. You've got to be kidding! Does anyone remember "Botcherby", the morris dancing ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1955 by Frank Scott

I was born in Carshalton and lived at 5 Pelton Avenue for the first 10 years of my life. A Mr Ely lived at No 1, Mr and Mrs Townsend with their 2 children Catherine and Michael, at no 3, us, then known as Barbara Coleman at no 5, Mr ...Read more

A memory of Belmont in 1948 by Barbara Lucas

I think it was 1944.  I had been evacuated from London's East End in 1939, at the age of 4.  Initially I was fostered, but later on my mother and sister (born in 1939) joined me. We lived for a while in Eastville Road, Six ...Read more

A memory of Mamhilad in 1944 by Derek Kennedy

This picture is of the railway bridge over the Hamble, looking up stream from the road bridge which carried the A27 over the river. A little way to the right of where this picture was taken was the Red Lion Inn. I ...Read more

A memory of Bursledon in 1962 by Roger Pols