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I was born in Cookham in 1952. I attended Holy Trinity Primary School and sang in the church choir. One Remembrance Sunday I was given the honour of carrying the cross at the head of the procession from the church to the war memorial. I ...Read more

A memory of Cookham in 1952 by Peter Tisdale

I moved to Dagenham with my family in 1949.  We lived in Cartwright Road off Hedgemans Road.  I have memories of long hot summer holidays off from Finneymore Road School.  The days were filled with trips to ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1950 by Joan Cotton

I remember playing cricket on the green here. The cinema across the road was where we once listened to Norman Wisdom - from the outside, we couldn't get in aged 12! I visited this road July 2009 for the first time ...Read more

A memory of North Tidworth in 1965 by Peter Hayward

This is the photo in the distance of the house where I was brought up (from Dec 1952 to March 1964) with my three brothers, Michael, Alan and twin Roger, N° 1 Abbey Close. Our neighbours were Mr and Mrs Orchard with their two ...Read more

A memory of Hythe in 1952 by Philip Streets

I lived in Mossband in the 1950s, I left there 1958. I went to school in Gretna and remember Miss Davidson the English teacher and Mr Glasspool the science teacher and his wife too, Pop Liddle was the headmaster. ...Read more

A memory of Mossband Ho in 1953 by Francess Jones Formally Daugh

I moved to Burnt Oak in May 1940, to 84 Fortescue Road. I was 4. My memories are like a batch of video clips, as follows: Moving in. Removal men trying to get a wardrobe into the front bedroom by hauling ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1940 by David Brusselen

Just looking at this photo brings a lump to my throat. We lived in Blackhorse Road just off the High Street. The shop in the photo is on the corner of Blackhorse Road. I was 15 yrs old in 1965 and the Beatles were topping the charts ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup in 1965

My wife moved to Sutton 1950 aged 4, now aged 60 and living in Norfolk we are rekindling memories of such a warm and inviting town. Memories come flooding back. The railway station, the cinema, the old tree outside Trueforms where my wife ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1963 by David Buettner Banks

My memories of our familý's involvement in Sanderstead Church is only from the late 1940's and early 50's. I was a pageboy at the age of about 8 or 9 yrs old at my sister's wedding.  Then, one of my older brothers was a choir boy ...Read more

A memory of Sanderstead by Eric Lovett

Iremember when Ry and Tania took over the Roma and we had the Maltsters at Badby. And I remember when the takings went missing from the 'music on the green' charity event last Sat, June 2008. [Well, someone has to leave a comment.]

A memory of Newnham by Marcus Hume