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The left hand shop of the pair on the right of this photo was still called London House when I was a young lad in the late 1960's, going to Hosey school. I recall it had large glass jars with sweets in them but also sold ...Read more

A memory of Westerham

I was born in 1948 over a corner shop in Churchill Street. We moved away before I was 2 years old, due to my bad health. My parents were William Brierley (who worked at Frodshams, Grosvener Road) and Mary Conlon. My only ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick by Mary Scheurer

We moved from Dagenham to a newly built council house in Lee Walk in 1961 and I really enjoyed my time at the Lee Chapel South Junior school. I can still remember some of the wonderful school assemblies that took place, ...Read more

A memory of Basildon by Elaine Richardson

In 1978 I had my first Saturday job at Gunners in Tonbridge (on the corner of Lyons Crescent and the High Street - now Parkers Kitchens and Bathrooms, with the original building gone). Gunners was a very old-fashioned ...Read more

A memory of Tonbridge

HI. Nice to see the photo and comment . I was born in 1945 ,half a mile inland at the crescent, an half circle of 15 brick bungalows. probably built in the mid 1930's. I worked on the Farm mentioned it was called Mount ...Read more

A memory of Aldbrough by Richard Michael Robinson

I have discovered that this hotel was owned by my 2nd cousin twice removed on my maternal side of the family. Mr Cyril and Mrs Grace Ayles are my ancestors. I discovered they owned this place from their probate listing. I found a ...Read more

A memory of Tintagel by Dawn Hill

I think this photo must be earlier than 1965, as the bridge at the bottom of Salisbury Lane has not yet been built across the brook - it's still a ford. If you look in the other photo dated c.1965, the bridge has by then been ...Read more

A memory of Over Wallop by Katherine Webb

I think I was about 4 when I went to the convent school in 1940. We lived in Southampton and the bombing was dangerous. I remember the picnics on the river, the nuns tucking their habits up to milk ...Read more

A memory of Laleham by sonyadench

My grandparents lived in Hornsea and my parents and I would always spend our summer holidays with them. Meeting up with many of my parents friends, we had a big changing tent on the beach, all the adults sat in a massive circle ...Read more

A memory of Hornsea by Vicky Hill

I used to visit Aveley a lot with my family as a kid in the 1960's early 70's. My Grandmother and Grandfather lived in 75 Hall Avenue. Lillian Maud Challis and Samuel Joseph Challis. They moved there just after my Mother, Laura ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by alanharman1962