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I went to Northmoor back in the 1940s and stayed with my parents' friends Mrs Bastable and her family for 6 weeks. The house was thatched and just across the way from a line of trees called "The Causeway". I remember going ...Read more

A memory of Northmoor in 1940 by Joyce Heathfield (Nee Hove

8 Southall Street /16 Tan-y-Bryn. We, the Brynna Boys, used to run to school, Mr & Mrs Davies Head Master and thei two daughters, strict and friendly, firm and kind. I can only describe those happy days, Coronation ...Read more

A memory of Brynna in 1953 by Gary Edwards

I remember living at no 41, Louise Road, Stratford E15, during the Blitz, and attending Water Lane School. At school each day as the teacher called out our names for Attendance, I noticed how ...Read more

A memory of West Ham in 1940 by Robert Munn

During the long summer Sundays of 1947, the pleasures that were afforded by many Doncastrians were few and far between.Sunday, being a non-work day for the man of the house (if not the woman, Sunday dinner to make, pots to ...Read more

A memory of Doncaster in 1947 by Frank Mowforth

Born and bred in Grove Road off Luton Road, went to the schools of All Saints and Fort Luton. I found Chatham to be a friendly town with memories of seeing Arther English at the Empire, seaside at the Strand, being a 19th Medway west ...Read more

A memory of Chatham by Kenneth Blackman

The pictures on this site brought back so many memories, they made me smile and the warm feeling in my stomach is intoxicating. I moved to Blackfield in 1952 from Liverpool. My Dad worked at the refinery. I used to ride from Blackfield to ...Read more

A memory of Fawley in 1952 by Ted Kettle

I was born in Johnshaven at 9 Mid Street, my grandmother's house. She was Mary Wyllie, nee Laing, and my grandfather was Jimmy Wyllie. My mother's maiden name was Mary-Ann Wyllie. We moved to Fife when I was young, but I remember ...Read more

A memory of Johnshaven by Joan Whyte

I have photos of Walreddon Manor from my ancestors who lived there in the 1890s. One is similar to the photo here, but was taken in August of 1892, and the back inscription, written about the same time, said the children were ...Read more

A memory of Tavistock in 1890 by Cristy Watson

Does anyone remember a children's clothing shop named Rosalind which was located on the same side of the street as the chemist which had a dentist's above it and near the La Capanna end of the High Street? I was taken in ...Read more

A memory of Cobham in 1965 by Sarah Davidson

I remember the hut that was used as the changing rooms for all the outside sports, damn cold in the winter. Mr Lester was the Head at the time, mostly I remember the teachers Jim (Maths) and a tall teacher, very stern, ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1965