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Memories are funny, they come and go and during this time of lockdown I've thought quite a lot about my childhood. We lived in Amberley Road, very close to the Raglan School entrance in Raglan Road. The ...Read more

A memory of Bush Hill Park by Sharon Kenealy

The road branching to the left is Lampits Hill Avenue. The telephone box there used to be used by the local Bobbies in order to check in with their sergeant back at the station. I had a classmate called Russell who's dad was a ...Read more

A memory of Corringham by thestockies

I can not remember exactly when i was there was 70,s or and 80,s i remember all the chorea we had to do i cant remember what house i was in i was there with my 2 sisters on 1 occasion my sister was ill in ...Read more

A memory of Fornethy Residential School by linda_p2000

I was an evacuee to Cefn |Hengoed, My mother said that |I was 6weeks old when we got there and I was born beginning of November 1940. I understand that after being placed with different families we finished living with Mr & Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Cefn Hengoed by patcheeseman

For a small rural community Cold Ash was a busy village in the 1950s. Collins’ Farm, three shops, four pubs, a coal merchant, and two garages all provided local employment. In addition the Convent with its farm and ...Read more

A memory of Cold Ash by grahamfsmith

Hi I have just read the article "memories of St. Peter's and Broadstairs" by Ronald Taylor, written in 2012. His memories of his childhood in St Peter's could have been mine, I remember everything he mentions including my ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs

As a child, I lived at 24 Sunnyside Road Ealing W5 not far from Ealing Studios, from when I was born at the start of the war in1938 until I was 16 and my parents moved to Harrow on the Hill. I went to Hamilton House ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by grahameanthony

Adrian, first my apologies for such a belated response to your fond memory but in my defence, I only came across it recently whilst searching for photos of the school. I too remember a Mrs.McDermott but only have a vague ...Read more

A memory of Pyrford by Peter Williams

Born in Hardwick Hall Sedgefield During the war '42. Brought up in old West before Owton Manor est etc. Remember walking the streets during war with Mum after air raid sirens etc. and standing in queues with our ration coupons for ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool by kiwa170642

The gentleman in this photo is my grandfather Mr James William Arthur Reffold late of the Pump house that lays to his left behind the shop.the horses name is Jimmy he was a large ginger horse. I lived in Shackleford through the ...Read more

A memory of Shackleford by dreffold