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I was living at the time at the top of what was called Chalk Pit Avenue, then an unmade and often muddy road in bad weather, at the bottom of the garden was a field and across the field was a fairly large house with ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's Cray by Derek Stocker

In old age, I like to remember my school days at Kennylands Camp. It was the first to be used for evacuation and I was in the first intake. It was a delightful spot and within walking distance of a lot of Thames villages and towns. ...Read more

A memory of Sonning Common by alexpunch

I was born at 18, Cranleigh Gardens on the 23/05/1936, my was born in Whites Cottage, Kings Street Southall onthe 26//091905 my grandfather was Southall first fire officer my ...Read more

A memory of Southall by juron2009

After the war Dad found work as an assistant in a long established family-run department store called Moulds. Situated in Leatherhead High Street, it was an imposing sort of place with double glass doors set well back from ...Read more

A memory of Leatherhead by Brian Simmons

does anyone know Sheila swinhoe who moved to barking road east ham in the 1950s her mother was called daisy and her fathers name was james she moved from sunderland with them all those years ago if she remembers me Charlie winter I would like to hear from her

A memory of East Ham by philip.winter

My name is Linda and I was born in 335 Cooksey road, Small Heath. I went to Goodwin School in Jenkins street until we left Birmingham in December 1960. My fondest memory of my school days was during the winter the ...Read more

A memory of Small Heath by wilinfairy

This was my classroom our teacher was Mrs Williams. It had a large black stove to heat it in the winter. We used to go across the road for morning and evening assembly.Mr.Wardle was the headmaster,tweed jacket with leather elbow patches. Each evening we used to sing Now The Day Is Over.

A memory of Mere by brianneparker

I attended Redditch County High School from 1962-69. This is a picture of the senior block and one of the quadrangles. All the corridors connecting the classrooms were open to the elements, even in winter, so the rain, snow and hail came in ...Read more

A memory of Redditch by lesleymiller3451

We moved to Sandringham road in the early 60's I went to Southchurch Hall HS for boys. I remember the technical drawing class room was a portacabin to the left of the main gates, the woodwork classroom was at ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea by johndwood

I obviously don't remember the common in 1911, but I did live in Old Common Road number 15 from about 1943 until 1955. Where the children are sitting was The Common, and a herd of Fresion cows were often grazed there. Old Common Road ran ...Read more

A memory of Cobham by trevor.cole