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I was born in Draycott Road, Chiseldon, short walk away from the camp. My early memories are of the Sunday morning church parades of the different regiments who were stationed there. The troops, in full military dress, along with ...Read more

A memory of Chiseldon in 1940 by Joan Collins

I remember going down to the Rec a million times, but mainly remember the soccer ground on the right, the bandstand, the back of the WVS where I had lunch for a few pence because Mum was at work in Pirelli's, and the the ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh in 1944 by John Scott

This memory is from the year of the Coronation (1953), I was 10 then and the street parties were on, we had ours in Spencers Steel Works canteen and we got a Coronation mug. We went to sleep by the sound of the steam hammer ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1953 by Jimmy Burrows

I was having a trip down memory lane the other day and thinking of those summer days making camps up in 'the bunny fields' and fishing down at the marshes, in 1960-65. It seemed most of the village boys went, ...Read more

A memory of Crowhurst in 1964 by David Power

I was born and raised in Llandarcy, where as for all the people whom lived there was a safe and friendly environment. I now live and work in Thailand as a teacher, but I still have found memories of my beloved Llandarcy. School ...Read more

A memory of Llandarcy in 1970 by Keith Evans

I attended Southfield School in Gravesend, Kent and we had a week's summer camp at the Isle of Thorns, what an adventure, we were away from home for the first time, it was a holiday never to be forgotten even after all these ...Read more

A memory of Chelwood Gate in 1958

I am the boy on the bicycle in the foreground of this view of The Upper Farm camping site. I am a member of the family that ran The Upper Farm business. My father built the swimming pool which is featured in other photos. Bernard Burbidge

A memory of Box Hill by Bernard Burbidge

I lived in Tollers Lane, Old Coulsdon 1946-59 before moving to Coulsdon Rise. Farthing Downs was one of our favourite play spaces. Walking down the rough lane opposite our house to Tollers Farm, on down into Happy ...Read more

A memory of Coulsdon in 1952 by Richard Everest

I was just going through the stories on this site, of my old childhood days, in Edgware, Burnt Oak, Colindale and Kingsbury area, and I remembered those cold days where we almost turned blue at the Kingsbury swimming pool (a ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1950 by Dave Miller

I have so many happy memories of Purley on Thames. My older sister lived at No 1 River Gardens in the latter part of the 1960s until the middle of the 1970s. As kids, my brother and I spent many, many happy days playing in ...Read more

A memory of Purley on Thames in 1969 by Clive Parker