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I was there approximately 1956 for about a year. I missed my parents as I came from Kent but Nurse Reid was my auntie and the matron was my godmother so it made it a little easier although I was not given any privilege's . My ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island by jmedmunds

I was born at 15 Scotch Row and named Alan Blight in 1927. My dad was William John and my mother was Mary Ann nee Suter. I had two younger brothers, Richard and Vincent. I went to Gilfach Goch mixed school and remember my standard 5 ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch by davidhill1

I grew up in Nunhead in 1946 ,things that stay in my memory about those times are the mini railway on Nunhead green that carried children around the green , it came and it went I don't know who ran it, also the three pubs the ...Read more

A memory of Peckham

I was actually born in Hyde in 1939 but moved to Bredbury in 1940 where Dad worked at Exors of James Mills until his retirement in the sixties. We lived at 5, Newlyn Drive off Bents Lane and I lived there until my marriage in ...Read more

A memory of Bredbury by enovert68

A 1834 will of Yeoman John Greenfield or Grinfield, who died in 1834 at Horne in surrey mentions his grandson John, who in 1834 was under 21. Could this be John Greenfield of Hayes Kent's son ...Read more

A memory of Horne by Gemma Gemma

I remember my first day at the Royal Kent School – 8th November 1948 – as recorded at entry no. 1450 in the school's original Admissions Register. It was a few weeks into the Autumn term, as in ...Read more

A memory of Oxshott by Rose Phillips

i am the Tony Williams that used to live in Hatherop road, Infant, Junior, Senior Schools Hampton. i moved to Bristol in 1953, i now live in Frome Somerset. I had lots of good happy memories of Hampton especially going fishing ...Read more

A memory of Hampton by Anthony Williams

Born in Purley Hospital in 1947, we lived in Bramley Avenue for the first 2 years of my life, but of course I have no memories of that. We then moved to 30 Grove Wood Hill, which is off Woodcote Grove Road. I had ...Read more

A memory of Coulsdon by Peter Harvey

Down Bilsdean Creek where fresh and salt water meet, the bladderwrack rehydrating incoming tide chases tiny trout upstream to the overhanging hazel branch sanctuary of dappled dancing sunlight where they flit back and ...Read more

A memory of Bilsdean Creek by John Soltys

I was at this school from about 1961- 1966 after passing the 13+ exam. I went to Hall Place first, what a wonderful place it was! I remember Miss Moore who was the headmistress, we had Mrs. ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by vikkifenlon