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I was a boarder at Merrion House prep school from 1944-1946 when the school was run by Mr & Mrs Brummell-Hicks. It was quite a small school with only two 'houses': the Watsons and the Gerrards. I was a member of the former. ...Read more

A memory of Sedlescombe in 1944 by John West

Hi. I was born in 1945, Barbara Campbell Arbuckle at Northcote Road. My family's name was Arbuckle and my grandfather was a police man at New Malden police station with a picture of the generations of Arbuckle ...Read more

A memory of New Malden in 1945 by Barbara Hudspeth

Hi everyone - new to the forum! My late dad was born in Kings College Hospital 1936 and lived at 5 Conderton Road, Camberwell. The house was bombed in 1941 and they re-settled in Harbour Road and later over to Feltham. My dad used ...Read more

A memory of Peckham in 1940

My Father Bill Owen made a lovely little caravan and pitched it on Gorselands caravan park in the mid to late 1950's through to 1966 and I enjoyed the most magical time of my life spending lots of long summer holidays with ...Read more

A memory of Swyre in 1960 by John Owen

I was born at no 7 Ashmount Road N15, went to Earlsmead school, all the roads was open then due to me being run over when very young so all residents got together and got the roads closed to through traffic. The small park was our ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1946 by Victor Wrigglesworth

Hello Old Fogies! [you must be an old fogie like me if you remember Retford at that time..Hehe.] I first came to Retford at the age of about 7 months. My mom and dad got a letter from Birmingham saying not ...Read more

A memory of Retford in 1940 by Bob Williams

Further to my other memories. I have just found a picture of My Father & I having just returned from Brick Lane. Everyone knows Petticoat Lane by Aldgate East Station. My Dad avoided it because he thought it sold mostly ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1951 by George Davidge

I lived in Mount Felix for nearly 20 years, first at No. 1 and then at Flat 4. It was a magical place for children to play and so near to the river, which when I was older, I was able to go for walks and fish in the river plus ...Read more

A memory of Walton-on-Thames in 1940 by Eleanor Cole

Having been born in Camberwell Hospital in 1935 and after being bombed out of three different houses during the war around Queens Road, (St Mary's Road, Consort Road and Raul Road), my sister and I were then evacuated to ...Read more

A memory of Peckham by George Highsted

Hello my name is Derek Harrington. My Aunt was Nellie Combes who was the cook at Fingringhoe Hall and my mother was Doris Harrington who cleaned the rooms at The Hall. We had just returned to England from ...Read more

A memory of Fingringhoe in 1945 by Derek Harrington