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I have been hunting around trying to find details of The Animals band's concert at Eltham in the mid 1960s. My family moved to Lee Green in the mid 60s, I moved to Kidbrooke School for my final two school years, ...Read more

A memory of Eltham

My friend and I, still best buddies to this day, used to go to The Mayfair every Saturday night. We loved Motown and Northern soul and still do. Then we progressed to The Femina, at the back of The George. The name ...Read more

A memory of Walsall in 1973

This picture shows clearly the row of small shops that greeted you as you left Freshfield Station on your walk to the village. Bowers (or was it Cross's) the bakers next to the railway track, baked ...Read more

A memory of Freshfield in 1955 by Peter Roberts

I was 5 years old and it was 1955. My father, William Venezia was stationed at Westdraton AFB. I went to St. Annes for the 1,2 and 3rd grade. My name was Amelia (Millie) Venezia. We lived on Meadvale Road in the ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1955 by Millie Mcilvaine

We used to live in Lower Morden Lane, opposite the cemetery gates! When I was little the fields opposite were still full of cows and horses, but I believe it has long since been built over with housing. I learned to ride my bike ...Read more

A memory of Raynes Park in 1965 by Penny Joyce

I was put in St Marys along with my two sisters, Betty & Maureen Killin. Our mum & dad separated so our mum put all my brothers away & an older sister; she was put elsewhere, none of us saw our older sister until ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow in 1946 by Theresa Preedy

Does anyone remember Bob`s Cafe ? This was a place just behind the old fire station, in the same street as the Youth Club. I used to come home on leave from the Navy and head straight for Bob`s Cafe. All the teenagers used to go there ...Read more

A memory of Redditch by Keith Downes

I first went to Zeals at the age of about 4 months, my grandparents lived in the row of cottages on Tulse hill. My grandparents where Mr and Mrs Hicks, with them lived my aunt who still lives there to-day, Phillys ...Read more

A memory of Zeals in 1952 by Ronald Taylor

Mother and me (few months old) joined my father, Leonard Sowiec, at Miners Hostel, Hardwick Camp, Doe Lea in Septemer 1947 having travelled down from Peterhead, Scotland where my father was previously stationed (Polish Free Forces, ...Read more

A memory of Doe Lea in 1947

My great uncle and aunt lived at Long Park when the station was known as Sidmouth Junction. My brother spent many holidays there, in particular during the war. Uncle Frank bred pigs as well as gereral farming. I used ...Read more

A memory of Feniton by Jane Sloan