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I have just discovered this thanks to my son-in-law who lives in Pennsylvania USA. I lived in Byfield from 1952 to 1965. My father, Eric, was the landlord of the New Inn which later became the Cross Tree. He retired in 1965 ...Read more

A memory of Byfield in 1953 by Michael Williams

Coming down from a castle in rural Scotland to live in Chingford....I never forgave my parents; soon however I discovered Joan - an early girlfriend and love of my life; but she left with her family for the tea plantations ...Read more

A memory of Chingford in 1955 by Jon P Baker

Cycling over Kew Bridge I turn left towards Brentford. I feel anticipation of passing through an interesting town. First on the left is the Gasworks. I get a liitle bit of soot in my eye. I pause at the big green ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1959 by Nick Beard

The transistor wasn't even heard of in 1953. Radios were big. Every week you took an accumulator out of the back of the radio and carefully carried it to the radio shop, and there for a small fee, ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell in 1953 by Nick Beard

There was a huge house with 5 acres of land, about 1/4 mile up Itchel Lane, on the left hand side as one walked up. The house had a 'wendy house' that looked down the road and was just visible through the hedge up the ...Read more

A memory of Crondall in 1957 by Patricia Huddart

I was baptised in this church in 1953. Born in April 1949 at 91, The Chase, Burnt Oak, my christening was postponed due to the death of my grandfather, Alexander Sturges in November of that year. He is buried in the ...Read more

A memory of Edgware in 1953 by David Clare

Does anybody remember going to Saint Saviour's School? If so, do you remember carrying your little chair up to the church hall in The Grove every week for a church service? I think it was on a Wednesday, as our church had been ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1953 by Doreen Grant

I was born in 1936 and raised in South Ealing and went to St Anne's Convent School. I married in 1957 and went to live in West Ealing with my husband Tom who also grew up in Ealing so we knew the area very well. As young ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1957 by Kathleen F Shorey

I remember the model shop in the Grove. There was a model 00 gauge train that went round when you placed a penny in the slot. When you were in the shop you could see the train come in and go around the track under the glass ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1958 by Nick Beard

It is 1959 and I have been looking at a pair of Winkle Picker shoes (pointed toe shoes) in the window. I now have the money to get them £59/11, nearly three pounds. I enter the shop and try them...my they feel good. I ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell in 1959 by Nick Beard