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Cannington - always will remember my stay with Dr Christmas as an evacuee - big house, - surgery around the back. Used to be taken out in the car on occassions, with his wife (a nurse) - stayed outside in the car awaiting a baby to be ...Read more

A memory of Cannington in 1940

I think my uncle was the caretaker at Garfield Road - not been down to the recs for years, are they still there? We used to go to the rec from school at Queens Road, also we walked down from school to play cricket ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon in 1980

My family moved to The Avenue in Wembley Park from Liverpool in 1948 when I was just a baby. Early childhood memories include De Marco's ice cream parlor and Wembley Market with it's fish counter. Wally Kilminster's was brilliant. I went ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1966 by Ian Grierson

Hi, I was in Hopedene in January 1968 till May of that year, my mum changed her mind and let me take my baby home which I was elated about. Two years ago I saw a name of one of the girls in there who also lived in my area; her ...Read more

A memory of Elswick in 1968 by Lynn Taylor

The same company from the eighties are still sitting together in the noughties (2009) !! Catherine, Kirsty and Jacqui Sala, Greig and Shirley Ann Beveridge, Vikki Law, Sarah Diggan and the infamous but loveable rough Jim Morgan! ...Read more

A memory of Kinglassie in 2009 by Catherine Sala

My granparents, Sid and Nancy Harris, nee Podgers, lived and went to school in Broadwoodkelly. They lived in the rectory, Silver Trees, when I and my sister Liz were growing up. We loved visiting and sleeping in this ...Read more

A memory of Broadwoodkelly by Jude Reed (Nee Harris)

It was great fun walking from Inverugie, near Inverugie Castle, along the east river bank, past Babie Duthies rock to a spot across from Ravenscraig castle. There was a ford about 2 feet deep you could wade ...Read more

A memory of Peterhead in 1956 by Graham Mitchell

One of my early memories growing up in Walker was of sitting on the step to the back yard in my grans lane and seeing a group of people all dressed up in their Sunday best. One of the women was carrying the most ...Read more

A memory of Felling in 1950 by D Olly

I lived in a flat which was part of Duncombe Hall which was later knocked down and flats built on the land - still called Duncombe. It was fine old house - my flat was the servants annexe above the kitchens. I used to walk ...Read more

A memory of Staines in 1966 by Lynda Gale

I remember severe winters growing up in Birdsedge, they were beautiful and exciting but harsh. My little sister was born in Jauary 1963. My parents were the caretakers of the primary school in the village. I remember my dad in his ...Read more

A memory of Birds Edge in 1963 by Linda Wheelhouse