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My great-great grandfather was George 'Dood' McKie and he lived in a house about six doors beyond the Graham Arms Hotel which is shown in the Francis Frith photo number L203002.  He was one of those Longtown characters who are ...Read more

A memory of Longtown in 1880 by Chester Forster

In 1969, my father, a MSGT in the USAF, was stationed at RAF Wethersfield. While waiting for base housing, we rented a beautifully situated place named Barn Cottage, a 600-year-old converted stable. Our landlord, Mr. Ainsworth, ...Read more

A memory of Thaxted in 1969 by Bonnie Wood

My family moved from Goodmayes to South Woodford in 1927 and my first memory was of my father waving welcome to 31 Lansdowne Road as we arrived in a Daimler hired car! At Churchfields School, headmaster Mr Walford, we ...Read more

A memory of South Woodford in 1930 by Ralph Smith

I was born in 1945 in my aunty's cottage in Searle Street, which ran from the corner of the Station Hotel below the railway line embankment where we would wave at steam trains as they went past. ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell in 1950 by Deidre Parry

My grandparents, Albert and Marjorie Walker, moved into the Red Lion in 1954. Following my grandfather's death in 1967 my grandmother continued as landlady until her retirement in ...Read more

A memory of Lowick Bridge in 1954 by Angela Athersmith

I was born in the back bedroom of my nan and grandads house in Wellesley Road Wanstead. We did not have much but all worked together, my great aunt Flo and uncle Arthur lived in the basement, they also had a bedroom ...Read more

A memory of Wanstead in 1948 by Janice Webb

I remember great times. I lived at the Laurels, Smallfield Road. All I can remember is fields and fields, and opposite was The Bluebell Woods, we used to go out and walk for miles. Our family had a corgi called Lofty. He used to to ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1951 by Sally Rufus

During my time in training as a 16 year old student for just one year I had lodged at my grandparents, Fred and FLorence Clarke. Quite surprisingly whilst coming from a small hamlet nestling within Oxfordshire I settled in ...Read more

A memory of Stratford St Mary in 1975 by Mark Clarke

After the blitz in London, my mum rang her uncle in Newton Stewart. As a result of that call, we spent several months living in Newton Stewart. The uncle owned the 'K' shoe shop in (I think) Victoria Road. His ...Read more

A memory of Penninghame Ho in 1940 by Mike Stanbridge

I lived just behind the Duke's Head from 1945 till the late 60's, and I believe this was where my parents met before World War II. My dad was working as a part time barman and my mother was sent by my grandmother to ...Read more

A memory of Wallington by Dave Hamer