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I was born in Braunston in 1941 but was taken to Hellidon as a baby to live with my mother's parents, the Burbidges. In Hellidon, the Methodist church was closed during the war period, so I was taken to the Methodist ...Read more

A memory of Priors Marston in 1941 by Terence Wilcox

I remember the pram/toy shop on the corner, there was also a fabric shop - I think it was where Famished sandwich bar was (can't remember what it is called now..) I could buy a piece of ...Read more

A memory of Shoreham-By-Sea in 1968 by Barbara Gunn

Conclusion On my last visit it was hard to see where the village was. The small triangular field is now a park but it looks so small. The place I remember seemed so much larger than Small Park that is now there. Having been raised ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

I was born at 46 Caster Avenue in 1951, my name was then Sue Riley. My mother was Lilly, my grandparents were Jack and Maud Clare who lived at 17 Caster Avenue. I have happy memories of playing on the bloody field and the reck ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1956 by Sue Ford

I was born in 1946 and lived in Caldbeck Avenue. When I was 6 on the way to Cheam Common School one morning I was running trying to keep up with a motorcycle and ran into this lamp post and split my head open. The ...Read more

A memory of Worcester Park in 1952 by Derek Gibson

My fist home from 1953 to 1959 was in Welldon Crescent and my Primary School was Greenhill Primary. We went to Harrow Baptist and my father was the first baby to be Christened in the "new" Church, now demolished. My ...Read more

A memory of Harrow on the Hill in 1955 by Aileen Catterson

I was born in St Aubyns Ave, my maiden name was Cowan. I went to Cromwell Road Primary School in the 40's. My memories include playing on Hounslow Heath at the end of our road. I went on to the Bulstrode Girls School, the boys ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1940 by Patricia Symons

my husband believes he could have been in pinehurst he was only five his mum had turburculosis and his sister meningitis he can remember being taken by ambulance with his baby brother and has disribed the home to me with every little ...Read more

A memory of Pinehurst in 1953 by Marian Howard

THE KIDD IS ALRIGHT The daylight had faded away and dusk was now dim enough to coax the streetlights to pop on, their vague orange light slowly getting brighter as their bulbs warmed. Meanwhile inside the Hamblett ...Read more

A memory of Moston in 1972 by Brian Hamblett

We lived in Gerrard Street, Lozells, until I was about 6. My father had an allotment where we would go and play, I still have a photo taken when I was about 4 of my father, older brother, and myself at the ...Read more

A memory of Birmingham in 1952 by Paul Carney