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My father was Noah Clements his sister's husband George Graham had a furniture store on Main street in Stevenage mum and I used to visit when going to Aston during school holidays to visit her sister Edith Wright Graham's had two ...Read more

A memory of Stevenage by Primrose Croteau

Can anyone remember the sweet shop on corner of Crown Street and Qubeck Street opposite the Empire Cinema it was run by a lady called Daisy . I was working at the Post Office and we were her best customers .On some Sundays my pals and ...Read more

A memory of Darlington by tonyandval43

I have lived in Frimley all my life, my Dad was the local Police officer - ending his career in Frimley Police Station but he also worked in Camberley, Woking, Farnham etc and in Elstead as one of the first village bobby ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by alisondearmer

Yes, I remember Paper jack, my mum used to give him old papers but I don't think he ever put newones on! Hey, you must also remember Prince Monolulu who used to sell his 'Dead Cert' horse racing tips in Surrey Street market on big race days - I wonder f any of them ever won?

A memory of Croydon by frank.aylard

Back in the 50s...The Rag and bone man use to call down the rd ..The pe-fabs .. The corner shop ..Old air raid shelters ..The alley that ran behind the houses Kids could play safly in the street I remember many niebours then like The ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet by anne.e

I lived in Roydon Street in the late 40's and early 50's. The names I remember are the Kirbys, the Mulhollands and Vicky Robbins who was the same age as me. Both my parents were born in Battersea, my dad's family from the Sheepcote ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1950

I worked at Shepperton Electrics just across the road from the Bull in around 1968/9. Used to lunch at Bull and had a girlfriend at the time, Anne Sink, from Acacia Avenue. Shepperton Electrics opened a 2nd store in the High Street and I moved on to work in London. Good days and memories.

A memory of Shepperton in 1969 by Barry Lamb

I lived in 14 Halliwell Street near Ordsall Park. I remember when the horse pulling the ice cream cart kicked a car on Hartington Street which put a right dent in the wing. There was a right old curfuffle. Loved Salford and Ordsall, best years of my childhood.

A memory of Salford in 1966 by Alan Bleasby

We used to have French students stay with us and at the end of their visit there would be a banquet at the old Town Council Centre in Treaty Road. I have happy memories of the boating lake at Inwood Park. We lived at Hounslow ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1965 by Michael Daly

My friend and I would take the bus from Hounslow bus station, and dressed in our Sunday best (50's style) go walking along the River Walk from the bridge. I have a photo of us taken by a street photograther who ...Read more

A memory of Richmond by Patricia Symons