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My father, a post office engineer, was transferred from Stoke Newington to the Larkswood exchange in 1936. I was seven years old when we moved to 49, Malvern Avenue. I first attended Thorpe Hall school, then later Selwyn Avenue ...Read more

A memory of Highams Park by Frank Cann

I remember the fire that destroyed this lovely hotel. Prior to that I was working at the Hunters Inn Hotel and Blackmoor Gate was my local. They had 4 great Danes which towered above the bar. Two were lost in the fire, also a young lady who ...Read more

A memory of Exmoor by Carol Ash

I was 5/6 years old and lived with my two sisters, older brother, baby brother and mum & dad in a cramped caravan that was given to us after the war. We were called 'gypsies' but my dad worked at the Woolwich 'arms ...Read more

A memory of Datchet by John Wilkins

I was in Crossfield House Children's Home for 7 years from about 1958 to about 1965. I loved Gerrard's Cross, the primary school & I loved the village itself. It was fun for me as a young boy out of the ...Read more

A memory of Gerrards Cross by jpbrown888

I lived in Combe Martin from 1972-77 at that time the Earl of Rhone festival had been dead for a number of years.. myself and another lady called Pamela Watts decided we would revive it... and to that end it is why it is ...Read more

A memory of Combe Martin by Dee Kingston

My father, Dr. Alexander Brodie Davie, was a GP in the Cranford/Hounslow area from 1938 until his death in 1978. He had a surgery at 723 Bath Road Cranford and then in Hounslow. My mother was a nurse at Hounslow Hospital where she met dad ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Alastair Davie

Family history tells me that my grandfather, G J Morris, was the proprietor of this bakery before he died in 1940.  My uncle, H J Morris, ran the tobacconist, newsagent, sweet shop on the corner in Wallington.  I was born in ...Read more

A memory of Carshalton in 1930 by Elizabeth Smith

Being conceived at the end of the war I don't have memories of it of course, but my late brother, my mum and sister had lots. The only street party I remember was the Queen's one in Mostyn Road where we all got a cup ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1953 by Fred East

I was in school in Long Sutton and worked part time for Phillip Stow the butcher. I had to go round customers' houses in the morning and take orders for their meat requirements.  I then went to school. After school I ...Read more

A memory of Long Sutton in 1963 by Brian Frisby

I lived in Seaforth Avenue for many years living opposite the Elim Gospel Hall. I worked at Chessington Zoo for a while after leaving Beverley Central School, then worked at Carters Tested Seeds in the small seeds lab dept before ...Read more

A memory of Raynes Park in 1949 by Donald Mac Gregor