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What a wonderful vista up by the Windmill. This area featured in a film called SHADOW RUN with M CAINE. Brill tramway no more but what a memory. The old GREAT CENTRAL used to pass near and the area was called THE GREEN DESERT.

A memory of Brill by Nick Beard

During the 2nd world war, probably around 1944, I was on holiday with my parents and maternal grandmother staying in a cottage opposite the green. We often saw Italian PoWs cycling by to do local farm work. One rather blustery night we went ...Read more

A memory of Allendale Town by georgie134

I lived in this close as a child from 1953 to 1964. Fond memories of sitting on the green box at the end of the road. Also the tech fields. I live in Norfolk now but have been back a few times. Happy days

A memory of Dartford by alison.gant2857

Can still see the smoke in photograph of the old council refuge tip ( just off centre l/h side top of pic..) which was at the end of the Chepstow golf club the rubbish in those days being tipped virtually onto the edge of the woods ...Read more

A memory of Chepstow

Oh yes the swimming pool having races with the frogs in the green water, would not be allowed these days with health and safely

A memory of Bredenbury

I remember while at school with a 20 min walk to the church and or to the cinema to see the first showing of Disney's fantasia then walk back to school those were the days I was staying in the school from about 1964 to 1969 I ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by smager4

Lydia Hall There were some lovely buildings that have been lost to demolition , the elegant Georgian Pear Tree House that was the Doctors home...the "Dutch" house on the green....and does anyone remember the Windmill that was left to ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon

This is how long it is since I lived in Stokenchurch at "Rushmoor", Marlow Road. I left because my father was posted to Germany. My main memory is of a boy being sent to the Karenza cafe to get 6d worth of rubber rivets by a roustabout from the fair setting up on the Green.

A memory of Stokenchurch by David Craig Love

I was born in Hayes & lived on a council estate ,Kier Hardie Way. I had a happy childhood, lots of fields over the 'Greenway'& Kingshill Avenue. Went back in about 1985 & it was a bit shabby, then in 2000 & it all ...Read more

A memory of Hayes by Beverley Thouless

My name is Brian Newman and I was born in Barking in 1942. My old man was a grocer and his shop was Newman Stores in Ripple Road by the Harrow, or as we called it, the "arrer". There was a long row of shops either side of Ripple Road. I could ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Brian Newman