Search Results

We moved to Sheffield Drive about 1952. A family of 8, two brothers, David and Michael, 3 sisters Anne, Marian and Rita. My childhood memories are the best. The girls all went to harrowfield girls ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by j.h.norris

I lived in the close from 1960 - 1981 when I married and moved away...not far, firstly to Carr Road, Northolt and then Ruislip where I have been since 1982. In the close I grew up with lots of friends like Gordon (Bubsy) Field, ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Darrell Storey

I was born at gaffers buildings grapes hill as a young boy 3-4 yrs old im sure I watched the circus coming up grapes hill my aunt whos 10yrs older disagrees and says they came up princewales rd after coming off train at Thorpe station nigel john larter

A memory of Cambridge by nigellarter142

I believe the shop you mean is Thornes Bakery Julie Bentley (nee Allenby)

A memory of Queensbury in 1860 by Julie Bentley

Yes, I remember it well and went in almost daily. During the war, around 1941, we went to live at 56 Albion Road, an old cottage for Millholme and Holmes farm, it was condemned and since demolished. It was just below Cordingley and ...Read more

A memory of Idle

What a year ! I was 17 and offered a job by Phil Peters at Bosham Sea School. I arrived in the February to help prepare the sailing dinghies and launch for the coming season. The launch was in the car park and the Wayfarer ...Read more

A memory of Bosham in 1970 by Stewart Robinson

I was evacuated with my mother and siblings to Thorpe Abbots during the war from London, and have many happy memories from that time even though there was a war on. The generosity of the Americans always comes to mind. To ...Read more

A memory of Thorpe Abbotts in 1943 by Terry Bates

I was born in Thorpe Coombe Hospital in 1941 and grew up in Erskine Road Walthamstow which led on to Walthamstow Market. My brother Barry and I would be given a threepenny bit piece by our granddad who lived with our ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow in 1940 by Maureen Shanks

This was one of my favourite places as a child. My aunty lived in Thorpeness and we used to stay with her in the summer. We would often come to the beach at Warblerswick, and then go to The Dutch Barn. My earliest memory is ...Read more

A memory of Southwold in 1965 by Sharon Bogg

Picking Blackberries next to the House in the Clouds and then going back to make Blackberry and Apple pies with my aunty at her house in Thorpeness.

A memory of Thorpeness in 1969 by Sharon Bogg