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As Mum went out to work fulltime, Nan looked after me before the age of 3.  She would take me shopping to this row of shops regularly. The shop with the long awning was a chemist's shop. There was also a Post Office, and ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1955

I have just read various entries for remembering streets of Salford which had my childhood flooding back to me with lots of affection. I also can remember the cobbled streets, rag bone man etc. But I also remember the people. I ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1950 by David Smith

I was stationed at West Beckham next to Bodham on the road to Holt. I have lovely memories of a lovely place and friendly folk, at least the girls were. They said there was a shortage of men in Norfolk, I think ...Read more

A memory of Holt in 1957 by David Simpson

The day after our trip to London, I woke in the morning and was told to immediately get dressed and put on my new shoes and overcoat by mother. We dropped Bernard at Aldersbrook School and then caught a bus into Wanstead Tube ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1950 by Gordon Mays Baird

I was born in Quarrington Hill in 1941 and left to train as a nurse aged 17. Being post war it was difficult, everything on rations and little money. My school was Cassop County Primary. Our days were spent on the village ...Read more

A memory of Quarrington Hill in 1955 by David Johnson

This is the parade of shops as l remember it from my childhood. I remember at the top of the parade, a butcher's shop, Leila the hairdresser (run by my friend's mum Joyce), which was next to the optician, a grocery store, the post ...Read more

A memory of Epsom in 1959 by Patricia White

In 1957, having just completed my National Service I was living at home in Lindfield. Whilst looking for a permanent job, I had taken up a part time job at Haywards Heath Post Office. Each day for 6 days a week on reporting to ...Read more

A memory of Bolney in 1957 by Stanley Wood

We Davies` lived at 406 Penn Road. My mother Sarah used to be caretaker at Penn Congregational Church and worked also for Miss Dorothy Tweedie whose house `The Crest ` was on the corner of Pennhouse Avenue ...Read more

A memory of Penn in 1957 by Christopher Davies

Born in Glaskhill Terrace 1952, (McCutcheon) eldest of 6. Dad George a miner and Mum (Sarah) a full time job caring for us all,.The street had lots of of families who had moved through from Blantyre, Burnbank, for the pits ...Read more

A memory of Penicuik in 1957 by Carol King

It was great sliding down the Tops on pieces of cardboard or a washer top, we went so fast hoping not to hit a car on the low road. When I used to go to school in the morning on the way to pick up my friend I would get a ...Read more

A memory of Thornhill in 1953 by Jean Bremner