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I was born a Willertt at 5 Kilnhurst Rd in 1940. I remember the noise of German fighters going to bomb Sheffield and many German or Italian prisoners marching from Kilnhurst to the camp at Ravenfield. They used to throw us ...Read more

A memory of Hooton Roberts in 1940 by Patricia Stirk

My grandfather Edward Chase kept the Windmill Inn on Pitch hill and my father worked for him. My maternal grandfather John Allen kept the Bull Head in the village of Ewhurst and had two daughters, Mona and Lilian. My father ...Read more

A memory of Ewhurst in 1910 by Michael Chase

The gable end of the house on the left is 39 Mill Lane and Back St starts at the junction over the hill and not visible here. My father built the house about 1935 when he was  21 years old. I grew up there until 1955 when it was sold ...Read more

A memory of Clophill in 1945 by Paul Nichols

At the age of nine, I had to come and live with my mother's parents, Albert and Emily Warner, at 3 Church Path (pair of cottages now pulled down, but their well - (what wonderfully tasting water, drawn up with a bucket) still remains now ...Read more

A memory of Ash in 1950 by Ray Attwood

my memories of tilshead ,well i lived there from1953 till 1968[from the age of 2 to 15 years old..every body seemed to know each other in the village ,a friendly small community as i remember .I first went to ...Read more

A memory of Tilshead in 1963 by Ken Dunmow

Used to wait for a trolley bus here which took the family to see Granny and Grandpa at Winchmore Hill. Always great excitement. Remember waiting here for my father to return from a builders' trip to ...Read more

A memory of South Harefield in 1950 by Stephanie Bilton

I was born in Wood Green in 1940. My earliest recollection is being in a classroom in Lordship Lane with other children and being told I was not supposed to be there.It's possible I had wandered from home,which was on the Tottenham side of ...Read more

A memory of Wood Green in 1947 by First Name Last Name

I was born in this area in 1939 and lived in Cricklewood until 1955 when we moved to Dollis hill (Hamilton Road). We were in Olive Road throughout the war and would shelter in the street shelter and ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1940 by Valerie Clemens

These are not really memories although I do remember my father talking a lot about Meonstoke with affection. I have 2 old postcards and 2 old photos. The photos are of the building (I understand it was a Post Office at some ...Read more

A memory of Meonstoke in 1860 by Jo Ball

First Day of School Arriving at Egham Hythe Infants School, aged 5, and being placed in the care of Mrs. Spenser. There I remained for one entire term. Most of the faces in the classroom were new. Some of the names heard for the ...Read more

A memory of Egham in 1954 by Keith O'brien