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Born under a table in the front room of No.7 Hall Road on 16/7/1944 while an air raid warning sounded to herald the German V1s presence above. I attended Aveley Infants and Primary schools between 1949 and ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by ted.hunwick

I was born in Banstead in 1940. My mum took us on the 80 bus to Burgh Heath pond, where we tried to reach the island . As a teenager I had a girl friend in Somerfield Close. It wasn't Heather. We went swimming at the ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath by Douglas Nurse

On the 2nd of September 1969, I walked through the main entrance of Bruntwood Hall for the first time, and was immediately in awe of its grandeur. My introduction to this, my new place of work, was inspiring, ...Read more

A memory of Bruntwood Hall by Rob Owen

I was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire, April 13 1951. At home , 7 Owl St, just off Parson St, in a one up, one down, back to back house with a small yard to the front. Keighley, in those days, was heavily into ...Read more

A memory of Kingwood Common by Malcolm Biggins

There was I sitting on the Esso petrol pumps of Dad's garage (Croker and Farrell) next to Trinity Church, waving my little union jack and watching the Queen go by. So many happy memories of growing up there, such as tea over the ...Read more

A memory of Fareham by tony.brown

I loved growing up in Middleton in the 50s. Except for the smell from the Pixie Pickle factory - always hated vinegar!. Late afternoon April 30 1954. Passing through the town were endless 'charrers' full of blue and ...Read more

A memory of Middleton by Paul Blackwell

born 63 Hargate lane which is now gone and fire station there went to the Hargate chapel for Sunday school my father played bowls at the blood tub in Hargate lane

A memory of West Bromwich by joanpaget

When I passed my 11+ in 1954 our class was sent to either Kettering Grammar School (for boys) or Kettering High School (for girls). That building in Bowling Green Road is now Kettering Borough Council's offices. There ...Read more

A memory of Corby by Pat Carlyle Aldaya Pat@Positivdesign.Com

I grew up in Lee, from 1948. My parents owned the bakers in the High street. We first lived in the flat above, with the bakery behind. We then moved to a flat on Marine Parade, not as posh as they are now! We owned the ...Read more

A memory of Lee-on-the-Solent by Sue Lane

I wrote this piece for a writing group exercise in April/May 2019, near my home in NE Scotland. LIttle did I know then that some of the memories would form part of my Mum's Eulogy just three months later. The ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by shea.carol