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I remember this scene well; with the Butcher's shop on the corner still present and further down Old Town Lane was F G Shoesmith the Chemist and Post Office - I still have one his medcine ...Read more

A memory of Freshfield in 1952 by Peter Roberts

We moved to Selsdon in 1952 from Blackheath and I started primary school which was on the ground floor of the building in the picture. We lived at 4 Foxearth Road up until 1972 when my mother, who was widowed in 1962, moved ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon in 1952 by Jacqueline Cook

My mom was born in Brentford and lived at 31 Pottery Road. She met my father during the war and moved with him to the West Midlands. My mom's name was Miriam Thomas. We would visit mom's family in the summer holidays and ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1956 by Mick Godfrey

I was born in Princes Road (19) in 1953, right opposite Forest Edge in my Gran's attic room. My gran was Annie Surridge. The house has now been converted to a block of flats. I then, at the age of six months, ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1953 by David Killen

From the early days to leaving school and getting married in 1972. Dad - Bob (Robert)Coles, Mum - Doris Coles and my elder brother Barry and I lived above the shop that dad had, it was called J J & R H Coles DIY, in ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1958 by Marilyn (Pru) Spencer (Nee Coles)