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I had just finished adding an Article to somebody else's about Living in Penge. Just as I was about to close I spotted an article by a lady who had lived in Samos Road, Anerley, and who had also attended St Johns ...Read more

A memory of Penge by Anthony Godly

My parents (Eirwen & Haydn Williams) moved to Aberbargoed from Gilfach to take over the newsagents in 1967 next to the New Duffryn pub when I was 11. Being a Bargoed lad I was very apprehensive about moving over to "the ...Read more

A memory of Aberbargoed in 1870 by Gareth Williams

Used to get the weekend bread from Dunns the Bakers every Saturday morning.Thought nothing of joining the queue.Also Halls which was nearer to the clockon the broadway Crouch End. What lovely times they were.

A memory of Hornsey in 1953 by Carol Tucker

My Aunt, Lily Hewitt, owned a 19th century greengrocer's shop down on the left side of this view. She and her Husband Frank (who died in the 1940's) had run the shop from well before WWII, and went most days to Manchester ...Read more

A memory of Macclesfield in 1957 by Peter Roberts

I am living in Tasmania. My Father W.Moscrop was the first Headmaster of this school, which I believe was in Martindale Road. I understand it was a pilot scheme and education methods have now moved on. From ...Read more

A memory of Heston in 1954

my memory of the home were going there twice. The first time from St.Marys hospital in Paddington Green. I was about 9 or 10 and my mum went to see the Almoner and i was taken to Broadstairs I am sure it was St.Marys home. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1959 by Janet Beavington

In January 1944 I was just over a year old and lived in Essex with my parents, John and Ellen (Nell) White. Mum and I were evacuated to Nelson, we travelled by train and shared the long journey with many service men. We stayed ...Read more

A memory of Nelson by Frances Foucher

I spent weeks in an isolation ward, my parents only being able to speak through a glass window. My many toys i accumulated after many weeks had to be left, until the morning I was due to leave a wonderful nurse called Tracy led me along a ...Read more

A memory of Nork by Michael Mackey

I spent the first 10 years of my life in Cambridge Road, Me, my younger sister, Janet and Brother Gary, My father was Gerald Thompson, there was an outside toilet and no bathroom. I remember Snaith's ...Read more

A memory of Cargo Fleet in 1964 by June Thompson

I lived in 26 Caledonia Street, from 1944 till 1953. I went to the National School in George Street. To get to school we had to pass Sadie Bells hens that she kept in her back yard but let them out in the back lane. They were ...Read more

A memory of Thornaby-on-Tees in 1950 by Norma Price