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I have discovered that my great-grandfather was Horace Everrett who was a gamekeeper at Westwood Park around 1940. His wife may have been called Emma and their daughter, Emma, married Frederick William Gately on 28th ...Read more

A memory of Droitwich Spa in 1940 by Cheryl Charles

I was born and bred in Smethwick, my nan lived on Windmill Lane where i spent most of my time as my mum was a barmaid at the Cape of Good Hope pub opposite the Mitchell and Butlers Brewery, it's now a Macdonalds. ...Read more

A memory of Smethwick by Angela Narbett

I lived at 4 Fairlands Avenue, Buckhurst Hill. My parents moved there just before the Second World War, and I was born in April 1939. I well remember W.C.French Ltd's yard next to Fairlands Avenue fronting the ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1940 by Richard Moules

I can remember the suppliers of food and the taxi rank on the island at the Clock Tower - their pies were particularly nice and the taxi drivers very friendly. At the same place the freshly loaded coal wagons used to park ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath in 1940 by Peter Lake

My memories of Manor Park were that on a Saturday morning we used to go to the Granada cinema for Saturday morning pictures. The cinema was right next to the park and we used to go in the park on our way home. I lived in ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1950 by Ann Jaramillo

I went to Downshall Infants and Primary up to the age of 12 when I then went to Ilford Country High in Gants Hill. I remember the daily walk along Meads Lane calling for a sour grapes gob stopper that would dye our mouths ...Read more

A memory of Seven Kings in 1963 by Linda Bell

The Barley Mow, we went up there for my sister's hen night, and ended up at the caravan park down Green Lane. I have just visited it, well last year actually, and didn't realize it was such a lovely park, ...Read more

A memory of West Horsley in 1970 by Loraine Roles

My grandfather Eddie Williams lived in no.2 right opposite the hut where he played darts. He was the pianist for the Dorian singers.

A memory of Cwmcarn in 1958 by Stephanie Morris

I lived at no 5, neighbours were George Sharples, Peter Humphries, Charlie Chedell. I went to Winsor Road School. We used to play on the railway sidings, and donkey bridge. In the winters we would go over to Peel Park and slide down ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1954 by Peter Brennan

My grandparents lived in a cottage fronting the River Humber where the Humber Bridge is now. My grandfather worked in the whitening mill near what was then called LITTLE SWITZERLAND. It is now, I believe, a country park. Their ...Read more

A memory of Hessle in 1940 by John Holt