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During the course of research I have traced this name in my family tree back to 1689 and it looks like my direct branch all lived in the St Agnes area up to around 1800,many of them at Skinners Bottoms. I am ...Read more

A memory of Skinner's Bottom by jeremy.smith112

I was born in Barking 25.04.1921 and I am now 92! I had four sisters and one brother. We all lived in Fanshaw Avenue with our parents, so anyone that reads this of that era, can relate to the shops and the ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1930 by Winifred Lines

I worked at the Bakery for about two years, this was my second job after leaving school, which was the Bishop Ramsey Church of England School which opened in 1980 taking over Ruislip Manor and St Martins C.O.E school that was in West ...Read more

A memory of Ickenham in 1981 by Wayne Barrett

If anyone is interested in the history of Harrison Gibson's late 50's early 60's I may be able to help with a few names etc, Alan Macer

A memory of Ilford by alpamacer

I attended this school as a weekly border in about 1960-61. At the time Helen Shapiro's first record was number one in the hit parade and Lilian Bailey was out head girl. The school was in a rambling old ...Read more

A memory of Harrow on the Hill by rhantique

My father Charlie Nutt and his colleagues ran The Fowey Radio company which gradually set up small branches in several Cornish towns, one of these was St. Blazey. I think problems with staffing etc arose as a result of the ...Read more

A memory of St Blazey in 1930 by Rosemary Freeman

August 2012. Its a small place Newcastle how about this for a coincidence. I was out on a walk between Wylam and Newburn and as I passed the Tidal Stone (which I mention in my stories) I met this man walking his dog, we chatted and I ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1910 by Jimmy Burrows

I attended Bridgend Technical College from 1961 to 1966 studying electrical installation. I was an apprentice for English Electric Company which had a branch office at St David's House, Wood Street, Cardiff. I worked on ...Read more

A memory of Bridgend in 1965 by Tom Armstrong

My father Basil Leader was manager of the Co-op Funeral service which used to be the site of the Angel Inn and we lived in a maisonette above the premises. At the back were two branches of the river Colne - a fast ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1954 by Denise Mangles

My great grandparents were married here 20 August 1859. Their names were Thomas William POOLE and Mary Ann TUCKWELL and they had a family of 11 - eight born in villages close to Sandwich and three born in Southland, ...Read more

A memory of Sandwich in 1870 by Elizabeth Beer