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We lived at the corner of Cleveland St and Vittoria. My dad was a docker. Life wasn’t easy, but we had lots of mates and family in the area. My friends were the Hickmans from Vine St. Audrey Wilson Vittoria St. Pam & Lorraine Tomlinson ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by p_mmartchenko

I was born over the shop at 1, High Street, then a MacFisheries where my Grandad was the manager until he retired at the end of October, 1956. We stayed there, with the shop closed, until moving to Downland Way, Tattenham Corner in ...Read more

A memory of Tadworth by William Armstrong

I was a little girl who was adopted to Cecil John Keeler and my first visit to Petham was as a 5yr old. My Granny Fanny keeler and had 5 sons. Dick.Ray.Ted.Cecil and Reg.Granny Keeler also had 3 daughters Daisy.Girlie and ...Read more

A memory of Petham by sjmurray278

I remember in the 1960s a little shop in Greenfield road run by Captain and Mrs Delano Osborne. I only vaguely remember the Captain, he died about 1957, but his wife carried on and died in 1969. My Grandfather ...Read more

A memory of Holywell by johnhaycock004

I worked in Sainsbury and pearks then that changed to maypole then liptons.can anyone remember the name of the store that sold tv and radio fridges and such,it was the fhw end.double shop.it was run by a guy named Mick..was chatting with a friend but just can't remember it's name.thank you.

A memory of South Ockendon by didiamond2000

We lived in Warwick Road Ealing W5 from the very early 1960s. I remember a real French onion seller doing his rounds on a bicycle and blind first world war veterans selling matches outside W H Smith. Also the final years of real smog ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by Timothy Robertson

I lived in Caishowe Road in 1948.My Grandparentslived in Edulf road and I used to visit them every school day on my way home. The 'village' as it was known then had a Cafe called Hanson s..Does anyone remember?They had the best icecream. It ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood

I too remember The Cabin. It was run in my time by Mr and Mrs Steer. My brother Terry Hancock used to do a Sunday paper round for them. When he fancied a lay in he would ask me to do it for him. I used to ride a butchers bike ...Read more

A memory of Lingfield by margaretfarrer807

Does anyone remember the name of the ironmomger shop on the High Street ? During the war we did not have electricity in Beaumont Terrace and our Wireless was run from an accumulator (later called a battery) that I used to ...Read more

A memory of Gosforth by donandmyrtle

Hello! to all people who have lived in Edgware around about the forties or fifties even later. I know it will sound strange but my time is running out as I have passed 80, just a shot in the dark, but perhaps out there is someone ...Read more

A memory of Edgware by David Pressinger