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I lived in a bungalow in Broadbridge Lane (Redehall End) from my birth in 1957 to 1983. I always thought it was a great place to live, with a huge garden to play in, plus the surrounding woods and fields. ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield by Janet Tafe

My parents, brother and I moved to Loughton in 1959. Our next door neighbours (Mr & Mrs Angel) were already retired and called Loughton 'The Village'. My mum got a job working in the sweetshop next ...Read more

A memory of Loughton by Julia Spicer

I went to school in the village at the top of the brae, it's been knocked down and houses built. The harbour used to be full of local fishing boats, now its full of leisure boats. There used to be a station there but thats gone. ...Read more

A memory of Findochty in 1952

My dad had a sister and brother who lived in Cefn. His sister was my aunt Eliza, she lived in Heol Craigfab with my uncle Emlyn, cousins Denzil, Margaret and Douglas. His brother was Ike and his wife was Sarah ...Read more

A memory of Cefn Mawr in 1954 by Jean Blears /Nee Livesey

I am interested in contacting the lady, Margarite Cooke, who said that she used to live at Quarry Mount childrens home. The house address when I was there, between 1947 and 1957, was Quarry Mount, Greetby ...Read more

A memory of Ormskirk in 1947 by Margaret Robinson

The Jolly Waggoners was situated on the corner of Beggers Hill and Shortcroft Road. I lived with my family at number 28 just around the corner. My early memories were my dad, brother and I going down to the pub on a Sunday to play ...Read more

A memory of Ewell in 1960 by David Sparks

Myself and friends used the pond and Barn Hill a lot in the early fifties. I remember the row of poplar trees running up to the pond from Fryent Way. We mostly seemed to use the Kingsbury side of the Hill for our various ...Read more

A memory of Wembley Park in 1951

Just to say this is not THE MARKET PLACE , as a boy it was known to us as SMIDDY HILL . It's the gateway to the MARKET PLACE . The band used to play on the green on SMIDDY HILL on a SUNDAY . And the LETTERED BOARD pub is in those ...Read more

A memory of Pickering by anneandchibby

The shop / garage on the left was owned by Billy Buck if it was possible you could have moved it lock stock & barrel straight into Beamish the guy seemed to have got everything for push bikes & motorbikes further ...Read more

A memory of Swallownest by brain.green

my first job was at The Mayfair on Brixton Hill making underwear for M and S. It was a very noisy Factory full of sewing machines. They played \Music While You Work but the sound of machines almost drowned ...Read more

A memory of Brixton by vadergran