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wow what memories of this very special place. I remember as a child of around 13, going with a group of kids in my road, and walking every day of the summer holidays the this place and building camps in the surrounding bushes until the street lights come on or when our tummies yearned for food.

A memory of Mitcham

At the time I lived at 45 Crooks Lane, I must have been about 12 or 13 living with my parents Fred and Sis, approx. 1951 or 1952, when my Dad told me that a rather strange man who lived in a large detached house ...Read more

A memory of Studley by bob.sylvia01

When I was born in Chelmsford Hospital, my family were living in a house in Corringham Road, Stanford-le-Hope but my first memories are of 66 Billet Lane. Right opposite what was ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope by Gail Taplin

i arrived at Blandford camp in 1951 for my national service 13 weeks training 8 weeks square bashing and the rest driver training in bedfords,I left Blandford and went to Borden 1 week and then to Malaya on active service stationed in Kaula lumpur with 27coy RASC MY NAME IS RON BATEMAN

A memory of Blandford Camp by batemanmarg33

My name is David and I holidayed in Tighnabruaich in 2 of the above years with my Mum,Dad and older brother(all deceased now).I was around 10 years old and remember the trip we had from Edinburgh-train to Glasgow Central, train to ...Read more

A memory of Tighnabruaich by torphin47

I too was dragged to Widnes Swimming Baths once a week when I attended Wade Deacon Grammar School, accompanied by Miss Lewis, a tiny, wiry lady in her grey skirted shorts, white tee shirt and a whistle permanently hanging around her neck ...Read more

A memory of Widnes by Jackie Worrall

Hi , My name is Vic Ballard , I was brought up by my Grandparents from 1942 and lived next door to Cassland Rd school which later became my secondary school , my first school was Orchard Rd at the end of Cassland Rd and ...Read more

A memory of South Hackney by vickyb60

I have vivid memories of the slippery rock in Vernon Park. Other memories from the park were, the bench in the shelter at the lower entrance, I used to run around on top of the bench. The rhodedendron bushes, they were great for ...Read more

A memory of Stockport by lcwood

I was also a pupil there when it was a boarding school, Loved it in the winter great for tin lidding down the hills ending up in the bramble bushes, or in bamboo bushes, ! Also I remember the headmaster loved using the ...Read more

A memory of Bardon Mill by Bonnie01 Frandsen

I can see the school I went to in 1951 in the far distance: Godwin Girls College, now Godwin Court appartments, which was very isolated in those days. There were none of the buildings ...Read more

A memory of Cliftonville by anne