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My mother remembers the Bearsted maternity hospital well, in spite of her being dreadfully unwell when she was there, being pregnant, with as it turns out, twins in 1951. Unfortunately, only one twin survived(me). My ...Read more

A memory of Hampton Wick by annetteanddaveevans

In 1977 I finished a Teacher Training Course at Redland College in Bristol. I was in need of a temporary job and was to find one in Avonmouth Docks where BOCM Silcocks (who had produced animal feed from grain and ...Read more

A memory of Avonmouth by kevin.bettany

Hello, my name is David Clarke. I lived in Barlborough from 1972 to 1978. We lived at 12 Westbridge Rd during that time frame. I went to Barlborough Primary School and so did my brother until my family moved to the U.S. in ...Read more

A memory of Barlborough by davidbcd10

Honeypot Lane was where I was born in 1954. I remember walking round this way by myself with my doll’s pram & thinking that the pregnant ladies would envy me with my baby! This seemed quite a way from my house in Brampton ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury by sally.murphy5

I remember going back to visit New Malden at about 9 years old and eating in the wimpey . We went to revisit as I’d lived in the fountain pub as a baby in 1967 with my mum , who worked there . Details are so vague . The high street ...Read more

A memory of New Malden by Amanda Gough

We moved here in 1976 and it was known as the Rochester Estate although some people still referred to them as ''THE DWELLINGS'' .I think they had been recently updated and they were trying to change the image. Consequently the block ...Read more

A memory of Walker by James Cooper

My father, Keith Ramsay, worked at May & Baker all his working life as a Pharmaceutical Engineer and I remember, as a young child, my dad talking about the making of the children's cough mixture Tixylix and also Anthisan. Dad used to talk ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by Susan Lessis

I was a barracks baby, lived in Park Crescent when the barracks were RAF and then Whitby Road? When transferred to the army. I've lived in some wonderful places but nowhere moulded me like Waterbeach. I attended Waterbeach primary ...Read more

A memory of Waterbeach by Carole Bagnall

Hi, I was taken to St Mary‘s Nursery, Glen Park View, Leith Road, Gravesend as a baby awaiting adoption. I am curious to know more about this place but cannot find much information, if any on the internet. I know ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend by Alison Withey

Reading my Mother's notes in my 'Baby Book ' ,something seemingly not done nowadays, I was reminded that I was born in a Private nursing home, The Gables, Pine Tree Glen ,Westbourne in 1947. Now flats and ironically retirement ...Read more

A memory of Bournemouth by Peter William Dean