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My mother, Doreen Hall (Nee Bilton), related these memories to me: I started nursing at St James’ Hospital, Leeds (Jimmy's) in 1948. I was 17 years old, the only one straight from school. I didn’t need any ...Read more

A memory of Leeds in 1948 by Isobel Buck

I have fond memories of Bilton Road. I was born at west Middlesex hospital but lived at 172 Bilton Road between 1955 and 1966. We used to make a guy every year for Guy Fawkes night and stand outside Martins newsagents collecting, as ...Read more

A memory of Perivale by Peter Gibson

Hello, I worked on Colin Jardine ward at Treloars 1968- 1969.The ward sister was Sister Marie Tarr.I moved back to Wales in 1969 but still try and visit Alton most years as we have good friends there.I remember a patient called ...Read more

A memory of Alton by Gill Webb

I lived in South Warnborough 1968-74 at 'Thatch End' and latterly The Old Parsonage. Both were on Lees Hill. From here I was collected and went to school in Alton. My sister attended Long Sutton Primary. Her headmaster ...Read more

A memory of South Warnborough in 1968 by James Pratt

I was brought up in Rugby 1949 - 1970. My parents owned Tudor Bakeries at 3 Regent Street. At first we lived above the shop with the bake-house in Oxford Street. Then we moved to Bloxam Gardens off Bilton Road and converted the ...Read more

A memory of Rugby by bob

I remember "the laughing cat" around 1959/60 when it was a coffee bar, I was a patient at the nearby hospital when on occasion I would pay it a visit with a nurse I was friendly with on her afternoon off ...Read more

A memory of Alton by mick.higham

As a child I attended Hope Methodist Chapel and at Whitsuntide we had the Anniversary . All girls wore white and the boys white shirts ,we sang hymns to the congregation twice on Whit Sunday . On the following day we had what was ...Read more

A memory of Thorpe Hesley by magellis1953

I remember calling at a cafe in Bilton Rd every day as a van salesman for Walls sausage & pies.The cafe was used by lots of Walls van drivers before the start of there calls,it was run by a lovely Irish couple who's son was the ...Read more

A memory of Perivale

I too, was in Alton Hospital in about 1955 for approximately thirteen weeks, or so I was told. Again like most on here, we didn't see our parents that often as most would have travelled by public transport, mine coming from ...Read more

A memory of Alton in 1955 by Liam Murray

I remember going to school with my Micky Mouse gas mask, we had air raid shelters in the playground. We had lessons in the morning and slept on camp beds in the afternoon.

A memory of Rugby in 1941 by Doug Hyde