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We moved into Nelson Street in 1989, it was a council house with old electrics. At night we use to freeze to death because the heating was so bad. It took us a long time to make it into a nice warm home. I use to love the neighbours, on ...Read more

A memory of East Ham

Wayne’s comment made me re-read my piece and I was driven to expand. This is St Gile’s Church. My parents were baptised and married here in 1937 and I was baptised and then confirmed by Mervyn Stockwood here. To ...Read more

A memory of Camberwell by Richard Norman

Hello David, I went to the convent and also knew Sister Bernadette. I think this must have been in the late fifties, as when she took us girls for sewing, I wanted to make a swirly 'jive' skirt with circles resembling ...Read more

A memory of Barnes by cindyandjohn

Great looking at the old photos of Dorking town . I remember many of the old shops and some pubs from when I was younger, think my favourite at that time was track and groove at the top end of west street and the chippy opposite. I ...Read more

A memory of Dorking by pjp0512

My family moved from Monks Kirby to the Kennels near Morgans farm, Newnham Paddox in 1958/59 dad John, mum Marjorie sister Margaret, brother Sean and me Paul. We walked to St Josephs RC School, about 3 miles each way, ...Read more

A memory of Newnham Paddox by Paul Quirke

Hi Guys , Another piece of East End literature from Vic B , I was thinking back the other day of the things that made me laugh as a youngster growing up in the East End although it must have applied to the whole ...Read more

A memory of South Hackney by vickyb60

Back in 1966 or possibly 1967 a friend of mine, now in her seventies and with a memory that is to say the best, sketchy, went on holiday from her home town of Sheffield to Ostend in Belgium. There she met a young man called Ian who ...Read more

A memory of Balham by dodgyrogerlindley

I grew up in colindale during the war went to colindale school then onto Brent moden in west London worked at desouter brothers and schweppes before getting maried and moving to oxford 50 years ago by the way ...Read more

A memory of Colindale by robert01.thompson

Hi I have lived in Amersham and Chesham Bois for the past 30 years and love the rich history of these places. I collect old postcards of this area and the Missendens, and I also research interesting ...Read more

A memory of Amersham by nickgammage

I spent those years living in West Road. The primary School was know as Japan Road School and I suspect long gone. My memories are of the Rest Centre on the edge of St Chads Park, the coal merchant on the corner of Alexandra Road, ...Read more

A memory of Chadwell Heath by tony.tomlin