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After passing the 11+ at St Johns School, Milton Road, West Hendon, I attended Orange Hill from 1947. I had quite a journey, having to take the trolleybus along the Edgware Road then a walk down the Watling Avenue ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak by Ann Midson

I did my two years National Service with 75th HAA Regt.RA ,reporting for duty August 1950 after passing out from MONS OCS. Aldershot. Served with 288 Bty in a Troop commanded by Capt. Pinfold. I have lived in Canada for 54 years ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend in 1950 by Brian Mendes

I'm seeking information, any information, about my great-grandfather, William Dyer Anderson, who was a clergyman at the Church of England in Milton Damerel in the 1870s. He was listed there in the 1871 Census. ...Read more

A memory of Milton Damerel in 1870 by Kevin Anderson

I had heard of The Great Linford and can trace genealogy back to the one subjects that lived on the Great Linford although it is not named after any of my ancestors. In 2000, I had the opportunity to vist London and rented a car ...Read more

A memory of Great Linford in 2000 by Paul Linford

A memory of Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire. Interesting reference to Plant -a-tree-for-73 as I was the person who set this up. I also attended Milton School from about 1946 to 1950 when I passed a scholarship to go ...Read more

A memory of Milton Lilbourne in 1973 by Raymond Pearson

I was born in Buckingham Road in 1962 and lived in the same house (no.225) until I left for North Wales in 1985. I have many happy memories of living there, going to the Primary and Junior schools in ...Read more

A memory of Aylesbury by Vicky Williams

I was in the Sanatorium, the children's section, aged seven in 1949 suffering from TB, my mother was sent there the following year and stayed in the woman's section, also with TB, and unfortunately she died there after just a few ...Read more

A memory of Chandler's Ford in 1949 by Geoff Merritt

My nan and grandfather lived at Lindsay Cottage, Milton Combe. My grandfather was head gardener at Drakes Abbey, a short walk. I stayed with them every year for ten years from 1960. My nan used to send me up for milk at the dairy - I ...Read more

A memory of Milton Combe in 1960 by Kevin Searle

I spent 3 years at Dumbrell's Farm, Milton Street, Sussex. I was a little Birmingham evacuee (aged 9 years). I went to school at Alfriston, my 'Uncle John' took me fishing in the River Cuckmere and we went ...Read more

A memory of Milton Street in 1940 by Gordon Cooper

hello Ray,Thanks for the reply,I remember your name.my surname was Avis and Fred Avis was my dad and Maggie Robinson was my mum I have two younger sisters. The Bennetts did live next door to us their names are Bernard,Colin and ...Read more

A memory of Battersea