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I remember during the 2nd world war years I used to go swimming at Brentwood. The steps in this photo leading to the pool is where I saved a young boy from drowning. In those days the young boys who could not ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood by James Chalkley

My parents, Zack and May Burn had a bakery and grocery shop on Station Street during the 1950's. It was the whitewashed building at the far end of the photograph. In the 1960's they bought "Eignbrook", further along Station ...Read more

A memory of Misterton by Joan Norton (Burn)

My wife and I, were to go to the Alford Carnival where upon on going through the Turn style; still clutching the change given to me on paying for our tickets, there was a man which was stood some twenty feet away from the ...Read more

A memory of Alford in 1990 by Roland Mitchell

My father, Emlyn Jones was from Betwys, born in a house up near the lead mines in AberLlyn forest, now a ruin. My taid (grandfather) Hywel Jones, lived in Bro Gethin Terrace, my nain (grandmother) Mair, died before I was born, aged ...Read more

A memory of Betws in 1961 by Eirian Pascoe Jones

I was a London lad, sent to the boarding school just off the Danbury road, called Sandon House School. I had some wonderful days there (and some bad ones), but that whole area of Sandon, Danbury, Great Baddow, and ...Read more

A memory of Sandon in 1966 by Alan Cook

Adams had a poultry farm in Duck Pond Lane (left hand side of Sainsburys). They lived in a big grand house at the bottom of Woodchurch Lane; it fronted onto Prenton Road West. There was a plaque on the outhouse ...Read more

A memory of Oxton in 1954 by David Wharton

We moved to Lyminge Close, Twydall in 1960 from our wartime built pre-fab in Wigmore when I was 15 months old. Pictured are the 'modern' post war shops but there was also an older red-brick parade opposite. Out of shot on the right of ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham by John Fernandez

My g.g.g.grand parents URIAH HOUGHTON & SARAH SNELL. Uriah was the sixth child of Uriah Houghton & Ann Linney. He was baptised on September 25, 1791 at St. Nicholas' Anglican church in ...Read more

A memory of North Boarhunt by Robyn Thompson

My grandfather, W R Edwards moved into Manchester House from Tal y Bont in the Conwy valley with his family, a wife and 4 children around 1910. He ran the grocery business from the shop also dedelivered groceries to ...Read more

A memory of Gerlan in 1948 by Brian Garston

In the latter part of 1959 my father John Maile established himself in business at 37 High Street, Chislehurst, selling wallpaper, paint and Wolf power tools. This site formerly traded as Bowmans ...Read more

A memory of Chislehurst in 1959 by Chris Maile