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I remember Stanford Dingley when the cottages existed opposite Dumbledore on Jennets hill, they used the water pump opposite. A fire destroyed the semi-detached house opposite where Casey Court now stands. There was a post office half ...Read more

A memory of Stanford Dingley

I feel a bit of a gatecrasher here, as I've been living in Suffolk since 1973!  Basically though, even though I'm a wrinkly/pensioner, I'm a South Suburban Surrey Boy, through and through! Born 1932 in 144 Garendon Road, our postal address ...Read more

A memory of Morden by Bill Mallion

In 1943/4 My mother, brother and myself were bombed out of our home in Summerly Street. In that house we had a Morrison shelter and the night the bomb hit, a few houses away from our house, it affected our shelter ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by jcunife

I lived in Cannock from 1963 to 1970. We lived on the Longford Estate in Leamington Close, we were the first family to live in that house after it was built. I went to Bridgetown Primary School and started year 1 in ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1860 by Agnes Paterson

Over seventy years ago my father and mother lived in Rose Cottage, half way down Commercial Street, but there was no Commercial Street then just a row of brick houses known as Brick Row. They faced the opposite ...Read more

A memory of Ystrad Mynach in 1860 by Gareth Sloggett

My great-grandfather James Crawford was born over Halfway House, a pub in Cambuslang. The road and building is still there, but it's no longer a pub. I went there last year, as one of my children now lives in Scotland, ...Read more

A memory of Cambuslang in 1880 by Carol Evans

I have photos of Walreddon Manor from my ancestors who lived there in the 1890s. One is similar to the photo here, but was taken in August of 1892, and the back inscription, written about the same time, said the children were ...Read more

A memory of Tavistock in 1890 by Cristy Watson

my father lived in the house next to the halfway house pub. he was born in 1912, not sure when the family left. any info would be welcome

A memory of Birkenhead in 1910 by Bill Fletcher

My Great Granparents bought a house in Grange Road, Highgate, and unfortunately as it was demolished in the1950/60s I once took a photo of the house next ...Read more

A memory of Highgate in 1920 by Carol Smith Tavinor

Born at Halfway house in 1917, attended the school Jan 1922 to Dec 1931. Joined the army, Royal Horse Artillery, Jan 1932.  Served in India Feb 1933 to Dec 1939. War, Desert, Normandy, retired because of wounds. Worked in London ...Read more

A memory of Kirdford in 1920 by Anthony Matthews