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Hi I am Beryl Clark née Jamieson if any of my old friends in Tooting remember me I use to live in sellingcourt and went to Estreham school . Maureen sutton Brenda Mann Fred Albury Robert Barefield lived in Woodbury street went to sea ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1950 by Beryl Clark

I remember my very first taste of independence at the age of 7!! I cycled to my grandparents at The Rising Sun Inn for a holiday - they managed it for some 40 years. I loved that place!! I loved Gedney Drove End; ...Read more

A memory of Gedney Drove End in 1957 by Lynne Glover

I too lived in Elm Park from 1939-1955. I went to Ayloff Primary during the war years then on to Suttons in 1947. We lived in Carnforth Gardens when there were only 6 houses there, only 2 were lived in. Best mates were Hazel ...Read more

A memory of Elm Park in 1955 by Shirley Morris

I had the pleasure of living in Beechcroft since the day I was born in 1954, my parents and grandparents had bought the rectory, named a "White Elephant"as no one had lived in it for 4 years. During that time we had birthday ...Read more

A memory of Asfordby in 1954 by Liz Collins

Hello all you Yorkshire people, wherever you may now be... Here is a poem I wrote about good old York. Enjoy. Shopping in the Shambles on a snowy Christmas Eve Playing hide and seek in Acomb Wood Watching Andy Pandy by the fire in our front ...Read more

A memory of York in 1955 by Anne England

The public telephone in this picture of Tredegar Street was outside my father's butcher shop. There were only two buttons to press: button A and button B, but people were terrified of pressing the wrong one. My father, Gomer Mumford, used to ...Read more

A memory of Risca in 1955 by Cedric Mumford

My grandad Gillie (John Gilbert) Waring live at Rose Cottage, 172 $astham Rake with his wife Dorothy and their children Alan, Gillie, Wally and Dulice. I have vague memories of my dad going to Eastham to park his wagon at ...Read more

A memory of Eastham in 1955 by Valerie Waring

I am a Sutton girl, and have lived here all my life. I can remember the army barracks on the A217 but my husband says I am dreaming, can anyone out there confirm I am right?

A memory of Sutton in 1955 by Iris Strowger

We lived at Trusthorpe Hall as children.  My mum and dad were Walt and Millie Slater and we were Pat, Janice, and Carole.  Jan and I went to school at Sutton on Sea.  My dad started the caravan site and the club. We had ...Read more

A memory of Trusthorpe in 1951 by Carole Mitchell

My family moved to the post office in Mytchett Road in 1956 when I was six. I used to catch the bus at the bus stop opposite to go to Ash Vale Primary School. Yes, on my own, clutching my penny ha'penny bus fare and reciting in ...Read more

A memory of Mytchett in 1956 by Faith Moulin