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I can remember my mum taking us to Watford market, I just loved it, I was about 8 or 9, and loved looking at all the cheap jewellery, and coloured rubber balls, and toys, it had such a magical feel about it to me. Mum always had to have ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1955

We lived almost opposite the pub and my sister and I would sell ice cream on cricket match days from the little side room off the front car park. My father donated a set of Matchbox yesteryear models which adorned a ...Read more

A memory of Potter Street in 1962 by Ron Ping

I was born in Colindale in 1937 living in Sheaveshill Ave. We had an Anderson shelter in the back garden in which I would sleep all night when bombing was bad, it was easier than getting me up when the sirens started at ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1940 by Jack Luxon

On September 15, 1949, I started attending Mount School at the ripe old age of 4 1/2. The School was located in the Market Place. I travelled with a small group of students from Eppleby to Darlington and then on to Bishop Auckland ...Read more

A memory of Bishop Auckland by Alison Glass

I was evacuated from Hackney with my brother and sister in 1939 until 1942. My brother and I stayed at the gardens with Mr and Mrs Rawlinson my sister across a field stayed with Mr Blakeney. We were chosen at the village hall. The church ...Read more

A memory of Cockley Cley in 1940 by Leonard Wastell

My Grandma, Grandad and Auntie Annie lived on Market Street all their lives. They moved into the houses when they were brand new - they had a building at the bottom of the little garden which incorporated a ...Read more

A memory of Mottram in Longdendale in 1965 by Cheryl Charles

I wonder if any one remembers the cockney kid Fred, who moved into "The Elms" back in 55 at the wonderful age of 15, went to school in Sandown for almost a year until graduation, ended up with the Royal Mail until I ...Read more

A memory of Newchurch in 1955 by Frederick Townend

We lived in the Parade, down by the station.  The fish and chip shop was run by a rather large gentleman. eventually something happened, and we took it over. The soldiers would pack it out and there would be a long queue outside on Friday ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood in 1955 by Pat Weedon

In this picture one can see the town hall in the background and next to it now is Price City (2008), prior to that the Co-op. When I was a child this building used to be the Hungerford Cafe. I used to look ...Read more

A memory of Sandbach in 1959 by Gillian Mitchell

I started my SRN training in 1973. In those days the Nurses' Home still exsisted but the view was obscured by the more recent additional buildings to the Infirmary, which included the Education Centre. However the Home was still ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn in 1973 by Susan Walsh