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Further to Gary's memory I was the Julie that he lived next door to but my surname was Evans. For practically all of my life I have lived in Trevor and still see many of the people that I grew up with. ...Read more

A memory of Trevor in 2009 by Julie Cooper

I used to live a few doors from auld Jimmy Sample and his wife Carrie, his son John was married to June and they lived in Francis Terrace. They had their rag and bone yard down the Winnin, anyway I would spend summer nights, weekends ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1955 by Jimmy Burrows

When I was about 5 years old I remember my mum picking me up from Smallfield school on her bike, I was in the back on a little seat when a doodlebug roared overhead, and the engine switched off ... My mum panicked, and pushed me off the ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1943 by Michael Wright

I lived there as a young child from about the ages of 2-14 years old (1960-early 1970s). As a young child Elmer Road seemed to be at the end of the world. The main road heading east hit a ...Read more

A memory of Middleton-on-Sea in 1969 by Barney Cotton

It was about 1953 when we discovered pluffers and ca caws. The pluffer was a device we used for a pea-shooter. This was a straight stem from a weed and it was about an inch or so in diameter, hollow through the centre and ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1953 by Jimmy Burrows

Henry Waits the butchers, small shops that sold sweets from a jar and fireworks. Penny for the guy, small children waiting at bus stops with the 128, 231 and 144B to try and pry a penny towards fireworks. Girlfriend (Rose Gritty) ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1950 by Roger Davis

My dad, Cecil Edwards, had a newsagents and tobacconists shop in Grafton Road. We lived behind and over the shop. One of my abiding memories is going to Woolworths in the High Street to spend my saved pocket money on Christmas ...Read more

A memory of New Malden in 1955 by jennyelse

I don't know what made me google Delamerites but was amazed to find this website. It seems I'm not the only one with bitter memories. I hated every single minute of every single day and night and was one of ...Read more

A memory of Delamere in 1954 by Doe Solomon

This building, now a museum was in the 1940s the home of a famous old Andover gentleman Mr A C Bennett. He wrote a book about Andover St Mary's Church and played the organ in the church. He was also my piano teacher ...Read more

A memory of Andover in 1940 by Terry Clary

My father was in the Navy and we lived at Ferry Inn during 1952. There were three other families living there, the Thorntons and the Burtons. The Burtons were related to Shackleton, the explorer. My father and his ...Read more

A memory of Rosneath in 1952 by tonythecriminologist