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There was strong competition among us young lads in the 1950s to be allowed to help Horace, our local United Dairies milkman, with his milk round in Hillview Road, Grimsdyke Road and Sylvia ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1956 by John Howard Norfolk

Little did I know that when I used to walk around Heaton Park in the school holidays with a group of mates in the early 60's, that back in 1909 my great grandad gave gramophone recycles there. I've found out quite a lot of ...Read more

A memory of Prestwich in 1900 by David Grimshaw

It may seem strange for a male to offer these memories but boys were accepted in junior forms and I was at Shute School from the summer of 1939 until the Easter term 1941. I and my sister, known as Ba Gauld, joined after ...Read more

A memory of Shute in 1940 by John Gauld

This is a story about William Edwin Pimm 1864-1952 who lived in the village in the 1930’s and went to Miami in 1940. He won Gold & Silver medals in the 1908 & 1912 Olympic Games William ...Read more

A memory of Alfriston in 1930

My father, Joseph Sandwith, was born in Seaton, but moved to Birkenhead and worked for his Uncle Souter as a Potato Merchant, married my mother Peggy and started his own business as a Potato Merchant. ...Read more

A memory of Sandwith in 1940 by Josephine King

I came to live with my grandparents in Treasury View after my mother had died in a car accident where we lived, on the Isle of Wight. I had been to Ickham before as a baby, and in later years was told many times by neighbours ...Read more

A memory of Ickham in 1964 by Deborah Sawyers

I have fond memories of north seaton I was born there in 1944 and left for Staffordshire in 1962 we moved for dads work. A lot of his mates moved to Coventry like our next door neighbour Hud Bacon. We lived at 12 ...Read more

A memory of North Seaton by Temple Snelson

north seaton village used to be my holiday every year i would vist my grandmar and uncle john scott at 19 second single i used to go fishing in his boat what a fantastic time i would have i notice all the houses are not there now what a shame

A memory of North Seaton by Kevin Jones

I lived in Three Elm Lane, Golden Green, Kent and moved there in the 1950's and my parents left in the 1970's. As a child I went to Hadlow Primary School, Hadlow and then onto Hugh Christie, Tonbridge and yes I was also in the first ...Read more

A memory of Golden Green

I lived in seaton rd and went to wentworth primary school from 1954 till i left and went to dartford west secondary high school

A memory of Dartford by bgriffo7