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I spent a few days in London for the Queens Diamond Jubilee last year. I decided to pay a visit to where I use to live in Welling. After reading some of the stories it certainly brought back memories. Like going to the Embassy on ...Read more

A memory of Welling in 1950 by Ron Collins

Hi this is a stab in the dark but maybe someone will know of something. My Nanna was a small girl during the war. She was born Annie Elizabeth Gordon in 1935 in Gateshead. Her and her older brother Luke Skelly Gordon B 1932 ...Read more

A memory of Tir-y-berth in 1940 by Gav Liddle

I worked at Laneswood, Mortimer West End 1964/65 when it was a children's home run by Berkshire County Council. I was told that Queen Wilhelmina stayed there when she first came to England from the Netherlands in 1940 and was there for some time.

A memory of Mortimer in 1940 by Sandra Dodsworth

Uxbridge was blessed with 3 cinemas; The Odeon, the Regal and the Savoy (the oldest of the three it stood on the corner of Vine St and the High St). The Odeon, I think, had the biggest productions as it had a wider ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

I was born in 1954 and lived at Park Crescent until I was 18. I went to Holy Trinity School at Sunningdale. Mr Pitts was headmaster and I remember Mr Jenn, Mrs Challis and Mr Williams. My sister Gean used to ...Read more

A memory of Sunningdale in 1960 by Liz Goss

Went to Eastbury School, Dawson Ave. Was friends with Joan Petchey, Jane Peterson, Joan Palmer, Wendy Roberts, Doreen Spooner, Janice Bridgeman,Linda Etty, Heather Saint. Now live on Canvey Island as do Doreen and ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1966 by Kathleen Perry Nee Martin

This was a year that the war finished, my sister and I had not long returned home from Nottingham having been evacuated to avoid the V 2"s. I remember that tables had been set up in the middle of the street and food appeared ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1945 by David Fuller

I had forgotten Suiters 'quirky' cash system but I do remember another store called Manettas which was to the right of Uxbridge station. In 1966 it caused an uproar in town as it displayed a topless dress, which was the ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Kathy Mc Nally

I came to live in Meopham in May 1953 when I was 5 months old. I lived in a house called Kesteven right on the bend in the road at Meopham Green. Derham's the bakers was opposite, where Ken Derham used to bake all his ...Read more

A memory of Meopham in 1953 by Melanie Everett

I am a Blaen boy, born in 7, Wind Street, just came across this site. I remember some of the names mentioned. I was born in 1946, my mother was Cath Drumm (nee Walters), my father was Sean Drumm from Tullamore, Ireland (ex R.A.F. where he ...Read more

A memory of Blaenllechau in 1950 by David John Drumm