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Like the other contributors I was a patient at this fabulous rehab centre, in my case it was twice (1973 and 1974) in restoring a mangled left leg following a motorcycle accident (yet another "sorry mate, didn't see ...Read more

A memory of Farnham Royal by Bob Unsworth

I lived up at the Three Pots on the A5, just opposite the pub of that name, me and my mum and dad had just moved there from Wellesborough near Sibson when I started at Burbage infant church school in 1955. On my first day at school, ...Read more

A memory of Hinckley in 1955 by Ralph Lees

I used to stay with my aunt and cousin Joy Culley in Shirley Grove. I used to go to meet my uncle Syd from work down Cuckcuhall Lane or maybe it was Nightingale Lane and have a ride home on his crossbar of his bike. I also ...Read more

A memory of Highams Park in 1946 by Patricia Hamilton

This is very much a shot in the dark. My parents, Jim & Eva Davidson, moved to Barnhurst in the late 1930s and lived in a maisonette, ground floor I believe. My father worked at the Woolwich Arsenal ordinance factory and I ...Read more

A memory of Barnehurst in 1940 by Gordon Davidson

I moved into Erith in 1971 to the new riverside flats of Bosworth House. The town was then being constructed and I used to see it grow into the then first stage of the 'concrete jungle'. I used the Erith Trades club and enjoyed ...Read more

A memory of Erith in 1971 by Ron Waghorne

The village school was very small and later converted into a home, but I will always remember Mr Riley the headmaster, an ex-Policeman who drove a very flashy sportscar to school (Equipe- something on the ...Read more

A memory of Leigh in 1970 by Robert Denning

Dear reader, I have received some lovely messages since writing a few memories I thought I would add a few more. The Rock Inn I use to stay with my great uncle/aunty's public house, namely the Rock Inn, in 1958- 1965. ...Read more

A memory of Waterrow in 1960 by Julian Bishop

I remember Greenford so well. I was born in Ealing in 1943, and moved to a prefab at Invicta Grove in Northolt in about 1950. Greenford was just a bus journey away from home, and a walk on a sunny day. I remember the ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1960 by Leslie Poole

We used to live on Grove Road in the 1960s and 1970s and, being a tomboy, I would also go exploring with our two dogs. One of my favourite walks was up Heber's Ghyll - sometimes following the path up through the ...Read more

A memory of Ilkley in 1961 by Judy Popley

I remember the lad that used to have the hot dog bike on the burns every weekend, that was about 1963. I drove the buses down Chester in 1967. Good times, never to come back.

A memory of Chester-Le-Street in 1967 by David Kitching