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I started Edmondsley school the year before the new build around 1969 the builders used me as the measure for heights of mirrors , doors and other equipment in the school , mr Oakes was our lollipop man! Mr ...Read more

A memory of Edmondsley by dargud01

I was a 15 year old in 1954 when this picture was taken. I was a pupil at Hendon Technical College in that year I and started work at Stanley J Lee the Drapery and Fashion store opposite the station. I worked there on Saturdays and ...Read more

A memory of Edgware by shellysgrandad

Does anyone remember the the big empty house over the plannie ?that we called the haunted hoose ,in the 1950,60 ,also the huge big rock we all used to sit on when we were youngsters,i think that it is a residential care home for the ...Read more

A memory of Carntyne

Hi looking at the photo the extension was completed just prior to Christmas 1965 Hopefully just a little detail that may be of use Jeremy Many thanks for this information - our archivist will make an update, Ed.

A memory of Chobham by jeremy.carter30

Hello everyone. I have just registered. I have been searching for info on platts common around 1948 onwards. I used to live in Hague Yard at platts common when I was little. It would be great if anyone as info. I would be most grateful. ...Read more

A memory of Hoyland by griffiths_lynn1

My 3rd Great Grandparents lived at 23 Seagate, Irvine in the late 1800s. Their surname was Burns.

A memory of Irvine by annettekerr

Bentalls was a big shop, especially if like me you'd grown up in small villages & army bases. I can remember seeing a bespoke luxury car being parked between the escalators. Not having a TV at my aunts house in ...Read more

A memory of Kingston Upon Thames by bru.enzer

During WW2 my uncle Bob was billited in the area, and my mother took me up to visit him. I was only a child, but I have a memory of being allowed to stand on this bridge while it was being turned. Was this possible? I also have a ...Read more

A memory of Selby by derekjay

I had just started at my boarding school The Sacred Heart Convent In Hove Brighton when the first bomb of the war fell , we were hastily evacuated to Shropshire ,the first term we shared with another school, the next ...Read more

A memory of Lutwyche Hall by enid.g

When I first moved to Worcestershire - or Hereford & Worcestershire as it was then - I had a temporary post under the Job Creation Scheme. We were working for Malvern Council, doing such delightful work as glass fibre ...Read more

A memory of Bromyard by bru.enzer