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I lived at 77 Arcot Avenue, Nelson Village from approximately 1954 - 1958 with my Auntie Molly and Uncle Tommy and Cousin Alan Dickson (whilst my mother Olive Winchester - nee Percy - was ill in hospital). I remember walking ...Read more

A memory of Nelson Village in 1954 by Sandra Stagg

Interesting photo: this timber-framed building is actually a 'Wealden' converted to 'Continuous Jetty' type. "Towards the close of the 15th century, an entirely new kind of dwelling appeared in ...Read more

A memory of Tenterden by Jonathan Gurr

My name is now Marie Moore but my maiden name was Jeeves. Memories of Cayton Bay 1960s to 70s will stay with me forever, my nannan, mam and her 2 sisters all had their own caravans on Wallis's Holiday Camp, our caravan number was ...Read more

A memory of Cayton Bay in 1963 by Marie Moore

I moved to Houghton Regis with my family in 1969 aged 6. Although my memories are not of Tithe Farm Road, I lived very close in Drury Lane from age 6 to 20, when I left for the Isle of Wight. My childhood there becomes more and ...Read more

A memory of Houghton Regis in 1969 by Steven Hemming

I remember paying £968.00 in Council tax in 2002, then the Tory party upped it next year by 27.50\%..I have since tried to get elected to curtail this stupidity..I will add more as I continue to live the dream of becoming a District councilor in Romsley.

A memory of Romsley by Stan Francis

Hi there people, nice to see memories of Taxal Edge on here. Please let's not get it confused with Taxal Lodge, 2 very different places, Taxal Edge and Taxal Lodge... I I have set up a Facebook group ,please search Taxal ...Read more

A memory of Taxal in 1989 by Lee Cockshott

I remember moving away from the slum clearance areas of Miles Platting and moving into our brand new semi detatched house off Lord Lane. The fields and woods offered an adventure playground better that any I had known; so ...Read more

A memory of Failsworth in 1959 by Peter Mc Gowan

One of my first memories was hiding underneath the sideboard in the dining room with silver ornaments on our heads; my sisters Judy, baby Michele and myself, Deirdre, listening ...Read more

A memory of Holywood in 1930 by Deirdre Sarnitz

Our family moved out of Tottenham to the green fields of Waltham Cross in 1951. In those days that was where the trolley buses turned around to go back into London and where the countryside began. There was greenhouses ...Read more

A memory of Waltham Cross in 1951 by Charles Youens

The queue of people waiting to the left of the picture would have been waiting for the trolley bus which ran from the terminal at the bottom of the high street (on the opposite side from The Odeon and a bit further down). The post in ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1955 by Philip Cousins