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I was born in Croydon 1950 and as a child use to play where the Fairfield halls now stand their use to be a car park and a fireing range and opposite side of the road where the nestles building stands was a fire station

A memory of Croydon by johncurtis51

Moved here in 1942 were my father worked for B.A.C underground at Hawthorn as a foreman working on gear inspection. With the recent 70th anniversary on Tv its only now that I realise what my parents had gone through with the ...Read more

A memory of Corsham by farrant186

Does anyone remember the veg and flower stalls on the Crown pub car park and winkle and shrimps on a Sunday , my grandmother Mrs Smith had them from the 30s and my uncle Freddy Smith carried on the business until the 60s ....please , thank you

A memory of Morden by shirley.lile

Eastville Park swimming pool was built in 1905, and the lake in 1909, with the present boathouse dating from 1925. Since then, local road building has resulted in the loss of the original boundaries of the park and its walls, gates ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

I was born in Streatham Road in 1948 and lived there until 1968 when I had to leave to get closer to my work. I looked out the bathroom window onto Figges Marsh and often played there. I saw my first film at the Majestic, my ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1960 by Paul Trevor Bale

My parents moved to Elm Park (Mungo Park Estate) around 1957, when I was around 18 months old, with my two brothers (John and Terry). I attended Scargill infants and junior school, in Simpson Road, and in 1966 went to Brittons ...Read more

A memory of Elm Park in 1966 by Bob Amies

My name George Conquest, I lived at 12a King Street before it was rebuilt. I used to play in Mary Stephens Park, and the swan pool, the 'rec', and the sand pit at the top of King Street where C&V coaches were based. I ...Read more

A memory of Wollaston in 1951 by George Conquest

By the late 1960's ICL had absorbed much of the country's computer industry and had several manufacturing centres at Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and Letchworth. It needed a base for ...Read more

A memory of Hedsor in 1970 by John Howard Norfolk

I remember once after being warned by Mum & Dad not to climb up the rocks the the castle, but my mates talked me into it. Just got up near the top when there was a shout and a couple of Bobbies headed towards us. Off we went down ...Read more

A memory of Kirkcaldy in 1960 by Billy Allan

I was born in Vicarage Road and went to Rainsford Way Primary School. This was near the Hornchurch Bus Garage and us boys would watch the big red Routemaster buses swinging round in that tight space with screeching ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch by Peter Valleley