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I was born in Hemel Hempstead in March of 1957.  My parents came from Portsmouth and County Durham.  They met in London and moved to Hemel Hempstead, which was a new town, in search of good housing, school for my 5 year old ...Read more

A memory of Hemel Hempstead in 1957 by Susan Hawkridge

My Mum's family lived on Barpool road (Nan and Gramps still do) and she often tells us how the kids in the street played together with giant skipping ropes made from the washing line that went across the street. Also about the ...Read more

A memory of Nuneaton in 1955 by Beth Clark

In the mid 1950's I used to work as a young school boy on a Saturday morning for the butcher ( I think his surname was Finch) just out of shot on the extreme left of the picture. I used to ride a delivery bicycle, small wheel at ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1954 by David Roth

The road down to the shore was built for gravel extraction with the washing plant on the level ground just below where this shot was taken from. The building shown was a cafe. On the other side of the road ...Read more

A memory of Reighton in 1955 by Bill Rice

I am now 57 years of age, and live in Australia. I was born in Stone, Stafforshire in 1949 and would love to go back and visit. As a child I remember walking along the canal and standing watching as a blacksmith mended a horse's shoe. ...Read more

A memory of Stone in 1956 by Eileen Page

My godmother and her parents lived 'forever' at Gravel Road, just up from the small shop on the Park Avenue end. With a marvellous garden of flowers, fruit and poultry; a walkway tunnel of Quince, a black & white tiled pathway to ...Read more

A memory of Farnborough in 1950 by Olivia R S

Whilst staying with my Grandparents (Weekes) of College Road, I liked to play down the bottom of the road with my friends (I was about 8 years of age at this time) - playing steppy stones in the mud of the river - a very dangerous thing ...Read more

A memory of Northfleet in 1950 by Julia Banks

The Parade, Southborogh, was where my mother, Ivy, did most of her shopping. At that time you could buy pretty well everything you would need in the Parade. Trips into Tunbridge Wells were only taken if there was a need for ...Read more

A memory of Southborough in 1953 by Michael Willcocks

Once the time had come for blackberry picking and whimberry picking, my lovely Uncle Fred took us down the valley roads, to get picking, ready for those lovely pies my grandmother would make. We would climb up beside these waterfalls, ...Read more

A memory of Brynmawr in 1953 by Jackie Haynes

My name is Peter Mills. I was born in 1939 and I lived in Barest Road, Nunhead. I lived through the war years, evacuation, hiding in the Anderson shelter, having to use the bungalow bath, outside toilet, coal fire, ascot water heater, ...Read more

A memory of Peckham in 1950 by Peter Mills