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And so i became a full teenage worker, ha ha , off to earn all that fabulous money, to buy all i wanted and roll around every where in style, be like the grown ups , drink beer down the pub or up the pub in ...Read more

A memory of Menithwood in 1966 by Nicolas Fumarola

Hi, my name steve, I lived on J block from 44 to 48, My aunty Rachel and uncle bob wood lived in the same landing ,my granny wood lived in 4 M block, I lived with my brother jack and sister Sylvia until my mother ran off with ...Read more

A memory of Byker in 1944 by Steve Oulsnam

When I was 9/10 years old my sister would take me to Saturday morning matinee at the Ambassador Farnham Road. I loved the 'westerns' and 'cops and robbers'. The wagon train would be surrounded by the Indians but we would all cheer ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1955 by John Wilkins

As a toddler in the early 70's I have fond memories of going shopping with my mum. Cross Street and Hyde Road are unrecognizable today compared to how the were. There was still some heavy engineering as well. I remember standing by the ...Read more

A memory of Gorton by martin19692010

I have so many happy memories of my childhood in Camberley. I lived in Stockwood Cottage, Crawley Hill. My parents worked for the Thomas family in Stockwood House. Sadly it's no longer there but now there are many ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by sarahchampion4

In the early 60's I worked at the far end of Montagu St, in the Ironmongers of Tutty Ltd, when their business and premises were bought by the Kettering Industrial Co-operative Society. Eventually it closed and the remaining stock ...Read more

A memory of Kettering by Adrian Speakman

My earliest memories are during the war of hiding down the Andersen garden shelters in King Edwards Saturday Road and St Erkenwald Road with my parents and brothers listening to the shrapnel pinging around us as the ...Read more

A memory of Barking by cliffordsmith961

My name is Alan Naber and in 1949 I was five years old and started my school life at Red Lion Road school. This is an account of how I saw life at that time with a few additions from other students I am still in ...Read more

A memory of Tolworth by oldcyclist

I was 9 when we returned from Australia in the summer of 1967, we lived at 37 Farley Road after three different houses in Littleheath Road all belonging to friends of my parents, who conveniently were away on holiday by ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by Martin Cooper

I started at St Anne's in 1970, in Upper Transition and left in 1979 after taking my O levels. I took my A levels at Richmond upon Thames College. Being a Protestant in a Catholic school, the ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by denise.r.willmott