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My sister got put in this place .. she told me of how the staff were horrible.. when your parent visited there was always a member of staff present so u couldn’t tell what was really going on in there .. she said if u got any toys or ...Read more

A memory of Hornsea by Helen Clifford

I can remember being here in about 1969. As soon as I seen the photo I remembered being there many times as a baby. Can anyone tell me what the building by the pool was used for? Thanks.

A memory of Nelson by A S

I was 5/6 years old and lived with my two sisters, older brother, baby brother and mum & dad in a cramped caravan that was given to us after the war. We were called 'gypsies' but my dad worked at the Woolwich 'arms ...Read more

A memory of Datchet by John Wilkins

In 1952 I lived from a baby, below the record shop in Pier Road. When standing looking down towards the river, it was on the right hand side. The access was via a track that ran parallel to Pier Road, behind the shops. We had sleeper steps ...Read more

A memory of Erith by Susan Morgan (Nee Davis)

My mum Dorothy Fewtrell and myself Margaret use to go to the market in the mid 50s - we would come home with baby rabbits and young chickens - it was a fun time. I think I was about 13. I used to go dancing above a shop in Dartford ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by Margaret Jopson Nee Fewtrell

We'd been married some four years before we could afford to take our honeymoon trip; our little daughter was just a year old. I'd never been "east of Boston", and air travel with a toddler was a challenge. Nevertheless, this ...Read more

A memory of Chipping Campden in 1997 by Jill Murtagh

William or 'Billy' as he was known was born in the house at 38 Crown Lane Theale on the 24th. September 1911, the eldest son of Frederick James and Matilda (Gladys) Parsons and their house was along ...Read more

A memory of Theale in 1910 by Hazel Parsons

My nana was born in Hackney in 1907. She was born to an unmarried mother in the Salvation maternity hospital for unmarried mothers on Mare Street, Ivy House to be precise. She stayed in Brent House mother and baby ...Read more

A memory of London in 1900 by Karen Surtees

I remember living at 12 Church Street when I married my first husband, and taking my baby James home there. This street remains as it has been for decades.

A memory of Bicester in 1984 by Nicola Jones

As a youngster I, along with two other brothers, attended the RED school in West Barnes Lane (infants and juniors) and when old enough, I moved over the sports field to the White School (seniors). My brothers moved on ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park in 1944 by Neil Mac Gregor