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My father was the village policeman until 1958 and we lived in the Police House which doubled as a Police Station (there was a counter for public use at the front of the house). We left for Corby in 1958 when I was 6. My memories ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Halse in 1957 by Alan Hamilton

Having been a choirboy at the only church that I knew of actually in Southwick that being St Michaels and All Angels and this is not a photograph of that church, could this be in Kingston.

A memory of Southwick in 1961 by Dave Cross

This picture with the distinctive lighthouse is of Kingston Beach, behind it and a little to the left was a church hall where the 5th Shoreham Scouts met. I believe it is demolished now......the church hall that is.

A memory of Shoreham-By-Sea in 1959 by Dave Cross

My name is Robert Madgwick, and I attended St. Andrew's as a Choirboy from the early 1950's until I went to Boarding School in 1957. My sisters Rosemary, Doris and Jean were all Sunday School ...Read more

A memory of Surbiton in 1954 by Joy Madgwick

I have a picture at home with my great-great-grandmother feeding chickens by the trees on the left taken around 1880. My great-great-grandfather, Joseph Smith, was the village wheelwright. I have relatives who have ...Read more

A memory of Wheaton Aston by Steve Evans

For very many years the dancers and musicians of Whitethorn Morris have performed in the streets at Wimborne Folk Festival each June and have been fascinated to see another team known ...Read more

A memory of Winterborne Kingston in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk

I was born at 30,Cherry Tree Ave , in 1940 ,being a war baby we grew up hearing the sirens ,my mother would pull down the Blackouts ( like a roller blind but covered in a thick black material) then many children would come to our ...Read more

A memory of Staines by Janet Mains

I remember the Bakers at the corner of Longfellow Road. My parents lived in Merrilands Road and my mother and I would do our shopping in Worcester Park and sometimes at North Cheam or even Sutton or Kingston! Fond memories.

A memory of Worcester Park in 1952 by Margaret Bond

I am trying to find aveue that was probably in South or South East London from 1928 onwards called "Woodcocks". It is mentioned in a diary I am researching ...Read more

A memory of Putney by Carol Smith Tavinor

I lived in Sunbury from 1955 to 1967 , I went to St Ignatius school and then to St Teresa's Convent. Loved both schools so much. Had a wonderful childhood there, sunny days ,playing out all day in the summer. I remember going ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury by mariawmoore23