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The shop refered to as that of Ivy and Bill Humphreys in Winstanley Road. Ivy was in fact my Aunt Maud. She was married to Bill Humphreys. The shop was called 'Ivys' because it was inherited from Maud's first husband Mr. Ivy. ( deceased). Maud's daughter is alive and well.

A memory of Battersea by delmarlea6

I was born in Irby 1940, and well remember the village, what a lot of changes have taken place. I too remember the cottage which preceded the library, and went to school with the young girl (very pretty) who lived there. I ...Read more

A memory of Irby by John Black

I was born on June 21, 1938 and lived there unti 1965. My sister Ann and I both went Spring Grove Grammar School, along with my cousin, Joan Yateman, who lived in Hounslow. We all have very happy memories of the school, Under ...Read more

A memory of Osterley by Roy Yateman

A pleasant comment on my last memory, made by Mr Steve Flora, whom I’ve never met, has prompted me to tell some more stories about Upper Boddington. On November 25th, 1944, a Wellington Bomber; no. LN242, took off from ...Read more

A memory of Upper Boddington by Peter Bishop

I was here twice when I was younger..first time I was around 7 second I was 8..my younger sister was with me..she was missing mum terribly ..she wet the bed and got made to stand in a corner all night..following morning ...Read more

A memory of Fornethy Residential School by sarahniven256

I lived just round the corner from where the bomb dropped (In County Road) and well remember the event. The bomb dropped beside a tree and there was in fact one fatality of the man whose house faced the tree, he was sitting in ...Read more

A memory of Ormskirk by John Parker

In reply to Christine Conroy re. Cyfyng chapel/school, in the Wybrnant valley, Penmachno. Despite being a few yards on the Dolwyddelan side of Afon Wybrnant, the 'border' betwen Penmachno and Dolwyddelan parishes, Cyfyng ...Read more

A memory of Penmachno by Vivian Parry Williams

I was brought up in Welling in the 1950s and 60s and Welling Corner played an important part in my life! I can see Woolworths on the right of this postcard. This was where everyone went to buy ... well anything! It was the broken ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Gaynor Wingham

Richard, I am one of the current owners of the rectory (now The Old Rectory) where you came to visit and review the house you had lived in as a child and pointed out which room had been your bedroom.  Strangely though, the 27 rooms ...Read more

A memory of Combpyne by Linda Jackson

My Gt Grandfather John Godfrey had Park House, Carlton, built for his family in the early 1900's. The house was on the corner of Main Street and Burton Road. After John died in 1921 my Gt Grandmother lived there ...Read more

A memory of Carlton by Angela Keyworth