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I lived in ferndale rd ,next to the swimming pool from 1942 to 1959 ,went to Clarendon rd , woodthorpe rd and stanwell rd school. It was great living across the road from the park and the stream, trees to climb, fish ,tadpoles ...Read more

A memory of Ashford by Pat George

My grandparents (McNaught) lived in Henrietta Street, and my parents & I stayed with them for many holidays in the 60s and 70s. An uncle & aunt lived in George Street - they were retired teachers from Barrhill school. Another aunt ...Read more

A memory of Girvan by kennethcockburn

I wrote this piece for a writing group exercise in April/May 2019, near my home in NE Scotland. LIttle did I know then that some of the memories would form part of my Mum's Eulogy just three months later. The day ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by shea.carol

I was born at 12a Coronation Close, Blenden (near Danson Park and Bexley woods) in July of 1947. My family shared the house with my nan and aunts, Molly and Olive for the first 5 years of my life (we then moved to Temple ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by ttvrolfe

I was Carole Eadie Eldest child of 7 Happy memories Swinging on our garden gate Dancing at the Ilford Palais Pondfield Park paddling pool Standing on bridge near park and been covered in smoke from steam trains on our ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by Carole Eadie

When I was younger, my Mum and Dad moved from Liverpool and came to live in Crewe. We lived in the Huts from 1945 to 1957. I'm 84 years old now and I remember those days being the happiest times of my life. We lived at 53 Park Place and I lived ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by maycorbett

Recorded by Nicholas Reid, Canberra, Australia. I was christened in the Anglican church at Heston in 1959, though for obvious reason I don’t have any memories of ...Read more

A memory of Heston by Nicholas Reid

I was born in 1949 and lived 96 Reading Road Northolt Park. Spent many years in the area around South Narrow shops, Saturday morning flicks and at the station collecting bus and train numbers. My local station being Northolt ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow by Malcolm Harrison

I was born in Oldchurch Hospital, Romford and lived in Dorking Road until about 1963. I used to walk to Brookside school, as we did in those days, but it wasn't far. I remember a flood when the local river ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by Brian Mead

My maiden name is Whyte and we lived in the prefab in Memorial Road, from approx 1960 till 1972. Our prefab overlooked Savoy (Byron) Park, and neighbours included McFarlane, Rae, Roberts, Edmonds & Clark. While I attended ...Read more

A memory of Methil by Marion Myall