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My mum and dad owned the Greengrocers opposite what is now Sainsburys; in fact my sister and I were both born above the shop. Then my dad had a shop in Bellingham and we moved to Purley; in 1971 we all moved to Eastbourne where dad ...Read more

A memory of West Wickham in 1961 by Tracey Lyons

I am Paul Percy Robinson who always felt I did not belong in a town and perused with interest the origins of my family it took years, but eventually found a wee place called the broom house just up the bank at Eglingham and traced ...Read more

A memory of Eglingham in 2000 by Paul Robinson

Kirbycaneandellingham.com is a blog site where lots of information on the history of Ellingham can be found. Lots of photographs and old maps.

A memory of Ellingham by r.cooke33

Does anyone remember fishing in that dirty old lake? I have lived in Canada for the last 50 years on the West Coast and when I am out fishing for salmon I often think of that old lake, all the best to you folks, Clive.

A memory of Dartford in 1940 by Clive Jeffrey

I lived at Doxford Farm from l948 to l954, my dad worked on the farm and we lived in one of the cottages that is still there today. The farmer's name was Archie Turnbull. My best friend was Kathleen who also lived in one of ...Read more

A memory of Doxford Newhouses in 1951 by Lorraine Preston

I lived in Campshill Road SE13, I also went to St Marys C of E School. I have so many good memories of Lewisham, also of going to the Odeon, I saw the Beatles there and the Rolling Stones once in my teens. I ...Read more

A memory of Lewisham in 1953 by Margaret Davies

Does anyone have any knowledge of the Dixon/Spinks/Dodds families? My grandmother Hilda May Dixon was born in Brick Hill Cottages, little Ellingham in 1908 & her parents were James Alfred Dixon (bn 1874) & Alice Margaret Spinks (bn 1879). Thank you

A memory of Little Ellingham in 1900 by Tracy Buck

Hello, My family originated from east London (mainly Dagenham), but our branch 'emigrated to Battersea in 1964. Our first address was 22 Morella Road, right opposite Wandsworth common. I went to Honeywell junior ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1970 by Bob Robson

My mother worked in the Coop here during WW2.

A memory of Reigate by Sandy Norman

I lived at Doxford when I was little and spent a lot of time in the woods and playing by (and in) The Long Nanny which flowed behind my granny & granda's house. - loved that place. I went to school in Ellingham and I remember ...Read more

A memory of West Fleetham by Susan Sanderson