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I suppose one of the advantages of being "old" is having both the pensioner's free bus pass and the time to use it! So having retired to the middle of Devon with my wife Elizabeth in 2006 I ...Read more

A memory of Huntsham in 2008 by John Howard Norfolk

My paternal grandparents lived at number 29 St. Stephen's Road from about 1906 until 1944. My father and his two sisters were born in West Ham and he lived at number 29 until he married in 1934 and moved to the south side of the ...Read more

A memory of West Ham in 1930 by David Roberts

This photo is of Mardyke School in Cruick Avenue, South Ockendon. I lived in Elwick Road just 100 yards around the corner and attended Mardyke (Infants and Juniors) between 1954 and 1960. The photo has been taken from the main ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1960 by Denis Reed

I was so surprised to find this site – pleasantly so! I now live in South Africa, but was born in Sunninghill in 1943. My mother told me when I was old enough, that I had been premature, jaundiced (apparently my ...Read more

A memory of Ascot in 1953 by Janet Sanders

My mother was Doreen Hardwidge and she had a brother Dilwyn ( who is still alive and lives in Cleethorpes) and a sister Hilda (who died many years ago). Her parents were Rebecca and Fred Hardwidge. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch by Patrice Baldwin

My Grandfather returned from South Africa in the 1950s with his family including my father and I was told he had a Hotel and Garage / Factory in Carshalton which had something to do with Airplane parts. His name was Reginald Norris ...Read more

A memory of Carshalton in 1950 by Julie Norris

In 1985 my family and I moved from South Africa and purchased the detached house at number 24 West street, called Bay House. This house was built by E.B.D. Hall M.R.C.V.S. He was the local veterinary surgeon but on his ...Read more

A memory of Wiveliscombe in 1985 by Roger Davis

I worked as a trainee projectionist at the ABC cinema in Rochdale. Happy days. I now live in south Germany as my wife is German. But I do miss my old job.

A memory of Rochdale in 1967 by Barry Finan

It must have been in the early 1950s when an Aunt and Uncle, actually cousins of my mother's from Bolton, came to visit on holiday. In those days I remember there were rowing boats for hire from the boathouse moored near the entrance ...Read more

A memory of Barnstaple by Peter Blackmore

Born in Wimbledon 1950, I lived in Trevelyan Road in Tooting until I was 10 when we moved to South Lambeth.  My nan lived behind the Granada in Tooting and she cleaned there.  She lived in Bickley Street.  I went to ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1950 by Janet Mc Gowan (Nee Gibson)