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I was born in 1951 and lived for the first 2 years of my life at 241 the Blocks with my parents and Grandparents. This was a 2 up 2 down + attic house in a block of 3 situated on the bottom row of the blocks, now demolished. ...Read more

A memory of Barrow Hill in 1951 by Paul Gibbons

I grew up in West Ham from my birth until 1960, living at Stephens Road, Stratford. I remember going shopping with Mum to Stratford High Road, we would go to the market for all Mum's shopping. We would buy fish from Angel Lane and ...Read more

A memory of West Ham in 1958 by Joan Doble

I attended the Priory, as most 'South Parkites' did, I was born and grew up on Lyndhurst Road. There was only two people who owned cars on our street back then, Mr Jeffries a bus driver at Lesbourne Road garage and Mr Sageant a self ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1955 by Bob Post

My Nan lived in Church Path (renamed Lillie Walk), they were all mainly Irish families living there, Nan's family all stayed in Fulham around North End Road. In the 1950s me and my sister were taken there to buy new shoes and stop ...Read more

A memory of Fulham in 1951 by Carole Harrington

I come from Battersea, SW London. My mother sent me to Barrow Hill School when I was 8 years old, I stayed there for 3 years. We lived in dormitories. The head master at that time was Mr Churchill. I had a nice time ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1956 by John Scott

I was prompted to contribute after seeing names I remember from the past. I went to Bond Road school then Western Road. I left at Christmas in 1958. I've seen letters from James Bonser who was in my class. Someone called Lacey ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1953 by Frank Snowdon

I remember going to the Saturday morning pictures at the Granada, my family lived in Wickersley Road off Lavender Hill and I remember walking from the Granada home. I went to Wix's Lane School and later Lavender Hill School, ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1950 by Richard Edgeworth

I lived in Dagnam Park Drive near Sedgefield Crescent and remember............Petersfield, Hilldene and Whitchurch shops, the "1st, 2nd and 3rd" woods as we referred to them, starting in Dagnam Park Drive, heading ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1957 by Ken H

Does anyone recall Teddy Barlow, the night watchman who used to sit in his little sentry box in front of his brazier of burning coke, situated on Harding Ave, Monkswood, and who patrolled Harding Avenue and Haugh Avenue etc, new house ...Read more

A memory of Rawmarsh in 1953 by William Toughill

There was a young lad a year younger than I whose father was a bookie: not many lads liked him because of his spoiled nature. Anyway I was to meet him on the street where he begged and pleaded for me to go with him to ...Read more

A memory of Royston in 1956 by Roland Mitchell