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I remember South Harrow very well my mum and I would go there every Saturday to do the shopping and we would both carry it back walking to Reading Road. I used to go to Saturday morning pictures at the Cinema in ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow by moko123

I worked for John for 10years running the sports and social club. He was such a good man, always fair, I often have him grief but we remained good friends.Much respect.

A memory of Dagenham by gill.finch

Hi all I lived in charmydown for 7 to 8 years .I can remember the first day we arrived. there were Hurricane planes still on the run way. we lived in the officers hut 1 lime grove ..

A memory of Charmy Down by cathterry11

I grew up here ...happy memories , loved the lake and fun fair , surrounding countryside , would be either sat on a jetty with my feet in the water watching the boats come and go , or hiding in the dense shrubbery at the top of the hill ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere by ami.gore65

My stepfather, Mr John Few, was at Oak Bank between 1942 and 1947. He was a teenager whose father was the head gardener billeted at the lodge alongside the golf course. John and his older brother Eric worked at the school. John's ...Read more

A memory of Seal by g.boylan

We moved to Littleheath Road circa 1957, I was a pupil until we moved in 1960. I remember: Colin Smith, Mervyn Allinson (spelling?), Janice Russell, and her friend Judith Hardman, Peter Martin, and that is it as far as full ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon

I was born in Southlands hospital in 1932. In 1935 I moved into 14 West Road Fishersgate and (when old enough)went to Fishersgate Infant school. In 1943 we moved into 21 Fishersgate Terrace, which at that time ...Read more

A memory of Southwick by colinwadey1

Born 1946, Wilmington gdns. Memories abound of my sister as carnival queen, going to the fair and winning goldfish that always died. Fishing for tiddlers in the park. Even had a stranger help me to tell the time in the park, harmless but ...Read more

A memory of Barking by micksasse

The May and Baker factory, close to the railway station at Dagenham East was once one of the largest factories in the area. The company was best known for developing the drug quinine to combat malaria, often simply ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by alandvi.187

I worked on the Croydon Advertiser from about 1959 to 1963 and met my wife Frances Dowsett, who was also a reporter there at the office in High Street. We used to lunch most days at Batty's Bar, upstairs in a pub on the corner of ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by barber.david01