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Eyes closed I can recall at will... my childhood spent at Battle Hill.. As I walked amongst those tall tall trees, it stirred a thousand memories. The Steel Igloo, swings,and triple bars, the plough made out of twinkling ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend by James Bridgewood

I lived in South Warnborough 1968-74 at 'Thatch End' and latterly The Old Parsonage. Both were on Lees Hill. From here I was collected and went to school in Alton. My sister attended Long Sutton Primary. Her headmaster was ...Read more

A memory of South Warnborough in 1968 by James Pratt

My auntie and uncle, Ted and Kitty, lived in New Kyo in the sixties. Uncle Ted was the caretaker for (I think it was) the Miners Institute and they lived in a house next door. There was also some connection with a sewing factory. They had a ...Read more

A memory of New Kyo in 1967 by Hilary Clough

I remember dressing up in my cow-girl outfit, Saturday matinee on Factory Lane at the pictures, the manager worked so hard to organise everything. I have a photo showing us all, happy memories. My mother used to to go the ...Read more

A memory of Harpurhey in 1952

Our family lived at 11 Cumberland Rd and my two older sisters were born there too we all attended Eldon Re school We never evacuated during the war. My father was a pub pianist used to play at (The Cart Overthrown) and the (Plough), ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton by regb2ten2

I was born and lived in maysoule road in 1938 on the corner of maysoule road was a off licence called gogays and a news agent on opposite owned by the same gogays there was a hair dresser on plough road run by jack ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by kenneth.crick

My name was cook and we lived in durham building. I remember schooling bakery in plough road next to St Peters church, across the road was len's secondhand shop where my mum used to buy some of our clothes, also there was a ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by hazeljarrett55

My name is Peter Harrison and I lived in Farnham Common and then Farnham Royal in the 60's and 70's. My father had an Insurance Brokers in Mackenzie Street and then in the Farnham Road opposite the Crown Pub. When I moved ...Read more

A memory of Slough by dcpharrison

How a Family that came to south Cambridgeshire Clifford John Masters, My Story I was born in 4 Chaucer Cottages Foxton on the 9th February 1940 The houses backed onto the “park” all ...Read more

A memory of Barrington by masters.clifford2

During the week the second world war ended (not sure whether it was (VE or VJ) I was camping in the village with a party of Girl Guides from Keighley, West Yorks. We were led by Miss Clough who was the Keighley ...Read more

A memory of Burton in Lonsdale by mcbarrett