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I was born in Shoreham Road in 1955. My mum and dad used to play darts at the Partridge pub which you could get to via a lot of steps at the bottom of this road. They used to sell large biscuits for 1p cannot remember what ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's Cray in 1955 by Jean Skutela

We moved to No. 6 Tipton Vale in 1950. Maureen a baby, myself (Valerie) and parents Eric and Joan White fom Fenny Bridges. The house was a new council house, pink and blue. Dad dug out a bank at the rear and we found ...Read more

A memory of Tipton St John in 1950 by Valerie Jordan

My memory of that year was attending Chase Cross School and enjoying my four years there. The teachers were Mr Race, Mr Matthews, Mr D Shaw and in the last year, Mr Whittnel - all brilliant teachers. I used to box for the ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1959 by David Ogilvie

My first visit to Newchurch was to see my grandparents who rented a flat at the back of the vicarage. My grandfather was Alfred Rigden and my step grandmother was Dorothy, nee Billing. They were retired at the time, ...Read more

A memory of Newchurch in 1954 by Doreen Bishop

I lived at Binbrook for a year or so around 1955. My father was in the RAF and we lived "on camp" at what was then 46 OMQ, RAF Binbrook. I passed my Eleven Plus at Binrook School (deputy head was a Mr Hogarth and I think ...Read more

A memory of Binbrook in 1955 by Marten Rogers

Eastbury House was just around the corner from where I lived in Pelham Avenue from my birth in 1940 to the time I moved to Kent with my parents in 1956. There was a huge wall that concealed beautiful gardens of Eastbury House & ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1950 by Rita Ovenden Nee Edwards

The 'Ace Ballroom School of Dancing' was for many a young person the first time they had expeienced the close up contact with the opposite sex, I remember the beginning of placing our hands on each others shoulders and ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1950 by John Ford

We lived in Selsdon from 1948 to 1953 when we emmigrated to Canada. My name was Sally Easton then, we lived at 41 Byron Road my sister and I both walked to the school and I loved it there and was most unhappy about moving ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon in 1953 by Sally Drapeau

My family moved to Hurtmore from Kent in 1959. From the first day I loved the place. We lived at no. 6 Quarry Road.  Mr and Mrs Hancock lived a few houses away. I started school at Rodborough which was up ...Read more

A memory of Hurtmore in 1959 by Anne Docherty

This little ford and bridge over the silver Darent river was, and still is, my favorite place in England. When I attended the Sutton at Hone Primary School in 1947 -1953 we often took nature walks down the gravel path beside the ...Read more

A memory of Sutton at Hone in 1952 by Alfred Ward