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I was born in hillingdon hospital in 1956 and from the early nineteen sixties to nineteen ninety five we lived first long readings lane and then we moved to Doddsfield road things I remember most ...Read more

A memory of Slough by linenhall20

My father's mother came from Henley with strong family roots in Highmoor Cross, Shiplake and Rotherfield Grey's. My great grandparents lived at 2 Queen Street and had a huge family of 10 or 11 children in what seems ...Read more

A memory of Henley-on-Thames by lynnie.lw28

I had several really good holidays in Dymchurch in the early 1970's . I stayed with my family at White Gables Guest House , at the time run by a Mr and Mrs Beecroft. It was a beautiful thatched building on The Oval , very near the ...Read more

A memory of Dymchurch by davidblake864

i was brought up in Priesthill in the late 1950/60s and at that time it was quite a new housing scheme and was a great place to stay. My father and some of his friends started a tenants association for the scheme and we had ...Read more

A memory of Glanderston Dam by rosena

We moved to maldon in 1983 I was three moved from Walthamstow. I'm not going to lie being a teen in a small town is or at least can be mind numbingly boring. So as soon as I could I moved to bigger and better things but guess what ...Read more

A memory of Maldon

Who remembers Skeet and Jeffes.I worked there for 3 years in the 1970s .It was one big happy family.I played for their football team which was called 'Essjay FC'....get it.We used to work Saturday mornings then meet at the Red House ...Read more

A memory of Woking by blueandyj

i remember a tea rooms before you got to Blands called Mitchell's which had wood paneling and blue check tablecloths around the 1950 period. My husband lived in the flat above the butchers shop on the corner of Ealing road. Next ...Read more

A memory of Wembley

lived here now 47 years since last February of 2014 newsagent across green selling gobstoppers they were mighty big but enjoyable. the present shop turned into estate agents . the green is always kept tidy

A memory of Frimley Green

I began my working life as a junior clerk at the Wood Green Branch of the National Provincial Bank in September 1949. my starting pay was £2.13.6d a week. In those days we used dip in pens and bank statements were typed on a ...Read more

A memory of Wood Green

My parents Elsie and Sidney Minton were evacuated from North London to Frimley Green during the war. My Father was a fire-fighter in London. My sister Gillian and I were both born in the ballroom of a large house ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green by ruthymin