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My family lived on Mountview Road N8, from 1959 until 1971. We were blessed with a ground floor flat with cellar, in an old Victorian House at ,No. 35. We were opposite the reservoir, so had a ...Read more

A memory of Crouch End by kb

I lived in Town Court Crescent with my parents, Norman and 'Babs' Treliving, from 1957 until 1974. The house was one of many designed by the architect Basil Scruby, whose name was carved in ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood by margot.rohan

IT'S DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE OVER 55 YEARS HAVE PAST SINCE I WAS LAST IN PEN-Y-BANK. MY FATHER WAS A COAL GETTER IN MORGANS LEVELS, A HARD MAN THAT WENT BY THE NAME OF LEN THOMAS, OR BETTER KNOWN AS LT. I WAS ONLY 8 YEARS OF AGE ...Read more

A memory of Pen-y-bank by rthomas

My father would put me on his bycycle crossbar and took us from Elthorne Rd to the allotments via Whitehall Road and Vine Street. Cricketfield Rd was (is?)a dead end. A footpath to the left passed by a nursery ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

My Mum worked at Sainsbury's in East Street in the late 50's - to early 60's. She used to 'knock up' the butter from the huge slabs into the small half pound packs, all while the customer waited. She also used to bring home the first ...Read more

A memory of Barking

After my grandfather's death the family home at Bishop's Castle was sold and his daughter, my aunt Daisy Probert moved to a rented top floor flat in Cound Hall. At that time the Hall was home to a rich selection of characters living in what my ...Read more

A memory of Cound by cjdprobert

I grew up in Chiseldon - Windmill Piece from 1953 until 1965 and would like to see any photos of the snow in Chiseldon for the winter of 1962/63. We didn't go to school for I think 4 weeks after Xmas and there was snow still on the Matlborough downs well into March.

A memory of Chiseldon by tomski1951

I lived in Timperley from the age of seven in 1953 till the age of fifteen in 1961. Our family lived on Heyes Lane opposite the Congregational church and next to an empty lot I remember the incredible bonfires we had on Nov 5th ...Read more

A memory of Timperley by britpaint

I was born in Colindale in 1937. My memories of Twickenham are of a piscatorial nature. I took up angling aged 10 or 11, a friend and I decided to have a go on 'The River', we had fished the Grand Union Canal and river Gade at ...Read more

A memory of Twickenham by Jack Luxon

I'm 70 now and still have great memories of Kingsbury where i lived from 1950 until 1960 with my parents Dick & Joyce and brother & sister Steve and Lynda. We lived in a Prefab just 5 doors down from Kingsbury swimming ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury by Barry Draper