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I was born in Cricklewood NW2 in 1942 in 1949 we moved to 121 Fairmead crescent Edgware Middlesex this was a new council estate being built for familys moving out of the London area , At the back of our house was a ...Read more

A memory of Edgware by Ian Purdy

Does anyone remember Dreamland up to the early 1970s? I have many happy memories of Dreamland and the Lido at Cliftonville. In Dreamland there were 3 Roller Coasters. The Scenic Railway at the front which ...Read more

A memory of Kingsgate in 1970 by Ian Nicholls

My mother's name was Alice Margaret Ellen Davis who was born 6 January 1915. Her mother died when my mum was just three years old on Christmas Day 1918. She was buried in the churchyard in Galgate. Her father went to ...Read more

A memory of Galgate in 1920 by Sue Elms

I have just spent the weekend with my father, his father was the keeper at the Dreamland Zoo in the summers of the late 1920s/early 1930s. My grandparent's (and my dad's) home was a living wagon. My grandad - Leonard Robinson - upset my ...Read more

A memory of Margate in 1920 by Donna Reeves

My grandparents moved into 12 Aberconway Rd when the houses were built at the end of the 1920s. My grandad picked the house off plan as it had the largest garden and he loved gardening. My dad and his sisters lived there until the war; ...Read more

A memory of Morden by Anne Ironside

Actually this is not my memory, rather my brother's, now deceased. My brother was a Sick Bay Attendant stationed at HMS Rosneath. At the time many troops were coming back home with all sorts of injuries, he collected from ...Read more

A memory of Gourock in 1946 by Mike Fogg

Today in 2010, I am researching information for my daughter who will be 50 on October 2nd 2010. She was born in Holbrook Maternity Hospital. At the time of her birth my wife and I lived in Peet Street, off Uttoxeter ...Read more

A memory of Holbrook in 1960 by Brian Shaw

I was born in 21 King Street in the Miskin 23rd May 1952. We moved to Perthcelyn when I was 4 years old. I had a great time at Perthcelyn, a friend of mine used to live in No 48 Brynheulog. I used to live in 49 ...Read more

A memory of Penrhiwceiber in 1964 by David Mead

Looking at these photos brings it all back for me. My parents ran Ashtead Riding School, Ashtead Woods Road, for eight years until 1969 when we moved to Sussex. I still remember Nash's garage as seen in the Craddocks Parade 1961 ...Read more

A memory of Ashtead in 1961 by Nigel Parker

I have read with fond memories the recollections of others on their holidays at Bucks Mills and thought I would share mine. My family and I came down from Nottinghamshire for many ...Read more

A memory of Buck's Mills in 1955 by Alasdair Gordon