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This picture was taken before they put the railings round the pond. One Sunday on my way home from Sunday School at Christchurch, I was feeding the ducks and my Bible flew ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1955 by Pam Odam

I can't believe I've just found this page. I was looking at the area as my wife and I are looking at buying a pub in the bridge and I thought I'd see if the old home was still there - but stumbled on this site. It made my spine shiver ...Read more

A memory of Taxal in 1860 by Vincent Farlow

Hello Willesden Kids, I was born in Willesden, Dean Rd. in 1947. grew up there until I was about 12 -14. I remember the Davis family across the road, (particularly Janet Davis - I was sweet on her, my first love, ha ha), and my mates ...Read more

A memory of Willesden by Bill Hort

1948 and onwards; I have always lived in Leadgate - born in Ponthead or 'Shanghi' as it was known then (sorry to one of your readers who said Shanghi was the bungalows). I remember we had a sweet shop called Wintrels, it was nothing more ...Read more

A memory of Leadgate in 1948 by Sandra Stokoe Was Mawson

My parents, Arthur and Olga England, ran the Hostel at Drayton Parslow back in the 1960's for the London Brick Company. The Hostel was situated opposite Love Row, where the Hostel was is now ...Read more

A memory of Drayton Parslow in 1963 by Paula Ward

In the early 80's my dad was walking our dog in the park when he came across an eagle. Turned out it had been stolen from Colwyn Bay Zoo. He captured it with the dog's lead, ended up in the national press and got £100 reward. My ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by Helen Wilson

My 3 x great grandparents were married in St Peter ad Vincula, in 1823. Their children were all baptised in the Independent Church. My 2 x grandfather and his girlfriend Hannah, who came from Kelvedon, went up to ...Read more

A memory of Coggeshall by Beryl Chandler

I grew up nearer to Queensbury but no pages for that little spot. I can recall playing on the streets almost all day, the streets were safer then. We played five stones and whips and tops, we whipped the heck out of ...Read more

A memory of Edgware in 1950 by Erica Mary Firth

I grew up in the same house until I was 18, from 1946 - 1964 when I moved to London. My dad was a butcher for East Fife Coop and my mum worked at the farm prepacking potatoes. I have great memories of the cul-de-sac. I ...Read more

A memory of Methilhill in 1950 by Anne Ihde

My mother lived in Dunmow from 1932 until 1946 when she left to live in Edinburgh. My mother's name was Rosalind Frecknall and she and her family lived at The Close initially, then The Downs. Her father, Claud Frecknall, taught ...Read more

A memory of Great Dunmow in 1930