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Our family moved to Northolt (Mildred Avenue) around 1956 from Harlesden and I left in 1978. I have great memories of Wood End infants/junior school. Playing near Northolt Park Station and anoying the station master who we ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Brian Holder

My memory is of working on nights at St Joseph's nursing home for people with learning disabilities. I co-ordinated the nursing assistants. At first it was an old building and then three new units were built after the ...Read more

A memory of Freshfield in 1986 by Valerie Mc Cumiskey

East Runton was my home until I reached the age of 11 when my family emigrated to Australia in 1966. What wonderful memories I have of Runton, the annual fete held on the road leading down to the beach, walking the dogs ...Read more

A memory of East Runton in 1966 by Lynne Johnson

I recall my pals and I going to Ayr harbour and picking up the herring and mackerel, which dropped off the baskets when the boats were unloaded, and selling them round the nieghbours' houses. Herring were 1 old penny and mackerel 2 old ...Read more

A memory of Ayr in 1955 by James Manson

My parents, Rene and Freddie Gook moved to Abridge in the mid fifties. They were eastenders who belonged to a cycling club and used to visit Abridge at weekends - their destination was Brighty's cafe. They were ...Read more

A memory of Abridge in 1966 by carol.gook

All our family holidays when I was a child were taken at Scarborough, where my parents and I stayed with two spinsters who were old family friends, in Whin Bank. I suppose I first went in the early 1960s, and my last visit ...Read more

A memory of Scarborough in 1968 by Jonathan Hutchins

The woods behind South Entrance were our playground. I lived at 5 South Entrance and knew every nook and cranny, and in the spring I knew where every nest was. Names that come to mind are our neighbours Julian and ...Read more

A memory of Saxmundham in 1955 by John Fisher

Grand parents, aunts, uncles with Winstanley surname buried at St John's. Staying at Tootle Terrace with relatives. Recent visit July 2010 met with octogenarians and older ones who have lived in this area all ...Read more

A memory of Whittle-le-Woods in 1930 by Sheila Cross

My grandfather John Bartholomew was born in Duntarvie Caastle in 1848. Because of the spring line which went throught the "field" the house was wet and eventually the estate built a new farmstead - Duntarvie. This was ...Read more

A memory of Duntarvie Castle in 1860 by Richard Widdowson

I lived at 10 The Avenue, we were the Hillsdons. We walked up Shotover Hill, swam in the river, played in the woods and never went home all day, when we went out to play the only words we heard were "Be home before it gets dark", we had ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley in 1950 by Phyllis Elswick