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I can recall going to the Tithe Barn in 1961 where they were holding a jumble sale, and buying my mother a wind up gramophone for a shilling. There were some old 78's with it which mum kept for many years. I was 8 at the time and living ...Read more

A memory of Bishop's Cleeve by Bill Palmer

Myself and friends used the pond and Barn Hill a lot in the early fifties. I remember the row of poplar trees running up to the pond from Fryent Way. We mostly seemed to use the Kingsbury side of the Hill for our various ...Read more

A memory of Wembley Park in 1951

My name was Mary Butterworth and I was born at 25 Egerton Street in Winton. I left Winton Senior School in 1946 and began work in a baby linin shop on Patricroft Bridge. The shop was called Turners, next door to Tatham's the leather ...Read more

A memory of Patricroft by Mary Smith

In 1950 my mother ,Jean cairns, traveled to England to have her first baby, me. She was unmarried at that time. It wasn't until 2011 that I found where 4 grasmere court was. This was the maisonette that we ...Read more

A memory of Barnes by Michael Cairns

We moved to Horley in 1952, when I was 10. (Dad worked for Mr Coutts repairing radio's & TV's.) Mum, Dad, & 2 brothers, Robin & Colin. A third brother Crispin Allan (after pub owner) was born there in 1953, after we found him ...Read more

A memory of Horley by annjack69

I was born in Tongham 1947. I remember going to Tongham Church School before the school in the Cardinals was built. Also walking up Pole Road and seeing just trees and fields there. I spent a lovely childhood there with my parents and ...Read more

A memory of Tongham by philip.frenchasco

I was in palmerston house in 1962 ran away twice with some other kids caught by the police in a barn on a farm,they were not happy with me after searching all night

A memory of Romsey by Michael Mole

I am not sure of the name that was given to me way back in 1948, so my age would have been about 7 years old,I think the person who put me there was mrs Bates or she could have been using her maiden name of Hancox.I don't ...Read more

A memory of Brynna by Ric Amos

I too attended the Convent of The Sacred Heart in Barnes. My name is David Gayton. I am presuming that it was little known that boys also attended the school. ( I was always led to believe that there had been several ...Read more

A memory of Barnes by d.gayton.334

My family moved to Selsdon in 1951. I was 4 years old. We lived in Selsdon Vale on our pig farm called Woodley. I went to Selsdon School. It was the happiest time of my life. I so well remember the village as we called it ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by plzettler