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I spent my first eleven years in the above address. The houses were all council houses. There was an Anderson shelter in the back garden from the second world war. The houses were quite ordinary but Ham was a very ...Read more

A memory of Ham by Lesley Winkworth

I was born in Colindale in 1937. My memories of Twickenham are of a piscatorial nature. I took up angling aged 10 or 11, a friend and I decided to have a go on 'The River', we had fished the Grand Union Canal and river Gade at ...Read more

A memory of Twickenham by Jack Luxon

I well remember the rowing boats on the lake in Beddington Park. One end of the lake seemed quite dark and sinister, whilst the other was open and safe. I remember creaky oar locks and wooden hulls, and ...Read more

A memory of Beddington by mandyinoz

I went to Collingwood when Mrs Ingham was the head. The corporal punishment was at times severe. Another boy who was left handed was beaten and made to write with his right one. We played football in Beddington Park - where is Mellows?

A memory of Wallington in 1957

I lived in Bute Gardens West, from Oct 1943 to when I married in 1965. My friends were Donald Scott, Rex Poge, Yashew, an immigrant boy who we nearly killed with a bow and arrow, and brother Dave. We had a club, The Silent ...Read more

A memory of Wallington in 1953 by Andrew Patey

I remember going under on my scooter en route to Beddington only to find the wind turned me completely round so I was facing where I had come from!

A memory of Croydon in 1967 by Barry Puttock

I went to school at Elmwood 1949-51. I remember a beautiful girl there named Gillian English - I always wondered what became her. The Grange - the boating lake - and Beddington Park were my favourite haunts. Ron Shelley ronshelleyis@gmail.com USA

A memory of Hackbridge in 1949 by Rone Shelley

I was born in 1948 and lived in Galpins Road for the first 15 years. Remember many school mates living down the road. I went to Gonville Primary School; still know all the teacher's names, even though it was in the late fifties! Played ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1965 by Paul Gaterell

Many times I have caught wild Brown Trout between 1999 and 2012 on float fished worm in the Swere, running light leger or small lures under bushes and trees, between 1/2 lb to 1.5 lb. One time a minnow caught was ...Read more

A memory of River Swere

Mum, Dad & I lived in Sunbury during the sixties. I attended Nursery Road Primary before going on to Kenyngton Manor Secondary. Some of my favourite teachers were Mr Penfold (French) Mr Lucas (Geography) Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury by rhathas