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Well, I've just moved down here from York. It's pretty nice and I have a few memories of the park and the church. It's very pretty.

A memory of Rillington in 2009

I have very happy memories growing up in Battersea. My very special memories are of me and my friends Jackie Heath and Geoffrey Marshall going to Battersea Park and going into what was called the Jungle back then. We ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1973 by April Gagg

So many happy memories of Maesteg - where do I start? I was born in 1947 and lived at No 3, Plasnewydd Street until I was about 19. My best friend when I was young was Paul Spracklen (with whom I re-kindled ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg by Nick Davies

I was born in Rothwell and am a true Rodillian. My birth certificate shows the registration district as Lower Agbrigg, and I was christened at Woodlesford church. I can trace my father's family tree in Oulton back to ...Read more

A memory of Rothwell in 1959

I was born at my grandmothers house no 30 Queens Road in August 1945. Mum, dad and me later moved to no 18. I went to Collyhurst Infants School in 1950 to 1956. My best friend was Cynthia Wilson, she lived in Smedley ...Read more

A memory of Harpurhey by Ann Burstow

I grew up in Hewson street, my parents were Peggy and Ernie Gills and we lived in our grandparents house (Meggie and Bill (Scotty) Jackson). I loved a Sunday when all the family would call to see us - the tiny flat would burst ...Read more

A memory of Sheriff Hill in 1968 by Maureen Gills

Reigate Priory County Secondary School to give it it's full name was my last full time school. I went here at 11 and stayed untill the summer of 1960 when I turned 16. The fields in front of the school were, and still are, part of ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1955 by Bill Tingley

I was born at Mayday Hospital. My parents still live in Baring Road and my mother has lived there from the age of 13, as my grandmother had the house before they did. I vividly remember playing 'up and down the road.' It is so sad ...Read more

A memory of Addiscombe in 1955 by Jacky Hughes

I lived in the Red Bull from age 6 to 23. I have so many good memories, from playing in the surrounding countryside - the chalk pits, the clayhole reservoir, the woods, the ruined cement works etc. The village ...Read more

A memory of Eccles in 1951 by David Clifton

I went to school at the house, in the grounds, of Boston Manor Park from 1951-1953. I have very fond memories of this school, Miss Stevenson being the head and Mrs Clark the other teacher. We used to do nature walks around the ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1951 by Susan Silva