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Living in Hackney in east London as a kid at that time surrounded by bomb sites, it was great when being in the 6th Hackney cub pack, we were told we could go to Seasalter in Kent for a weeks camp. Coach down there, ...Read more

A memory of Seasalter by Gerry Wagstaff

I moved to Ireland Wood from Portsmouth when I was 4 years old with my Mum and dad who was in the navy. We lived at 42 Raynel Way. The house was built by the Council. Most of the houses like ours were made of prefabricated ...Read more

A memory of Cookridge by Robert Morris

Hi folks. I'm an old Dagenham native and a previous student at the Eastbrook School in Dagenham. I now live and work in Seattle and am actually writing my memoirs, which include my school days there. I've Google ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by Tony White

I was born in1942 at a maternity home in Honeypot Lane and came home to Heber Road in Cricklewood. My parents worked at the big Smiths factory at the top of Temple Road. I went Mora Road school , one of the teachers called Miss Gibbs ...Read more

A memory of Cricklewood by Kim Trask

Loved seeing the old play park which we simply called The Swings. It had a horse type swing just inside the gate to the left; a child would stand either end with others sitting in the middle, and the end guys would push forward and ...Read more

A memory of Billingshurst by Linda Underwood Nee Deponio

I was born on Church Hill in 1962 and my Mum still lives in the house. I remember walking to the shops in the village each day to buy provisions with my gran. There used to be a bucher, baker, greengrocer, haberdasher, post ...Read more

A memory of West End by Sylvia Mawby

We moved into the spacious four-bedroomed maisonette over Purley Radio in Purley Parade in 1955 and I attended Christ Church primary school, just over the other side of High Street (sadly demolished in 1967). A policeman used to see us ...Read more

A memory of Purley

Back in the seventies I drove to Staines to visit my long lost Uncle Basil who I hadn’t seen since I was eight. I drove into Staines from London and asked a newsagent how to find his address. Upon arrival, I parked and knocked on the ...Read more

A memory of Staines by John Hardie

I had my very first ‘Saturday job’ working at BHS in Hounslow High Street in 1956. My wage packet at the end of the day was fourteen shillings and eight pence! We used to stand inside a counter in those days, ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Carol Gaches

My parents married in 1966 at St Marys Church Ulverston, after getting married they rented a property from friends of my Grandparents , the property was called Rose Cottage , I was born in 1967 and lived at Rose Cottage until ...Read more

A memory of Old Scales by Karen Woodburn