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One of my earliest memories was of falling in the dyke with my best dress on, I was around 18 months old and on Mrs Smith site which I think was close to Dover Lodge. I remember the delicious milk from Wrigglesworths which ...Read more

A memory of Staining in 1960 by Lorraine O'neill

My parents moved to Cranford in 1938, I was 3 years old. My dad was a pastrycook / baker and had got a job with a local firm in Cranford across from ‘The Berkeley Arms Hotel’ To the left of the hotel was a cherry orchard. A bakers ...Read more

A memory of Cranford in 1940 by Pamela Harman (Keene)

I think I might have been here in the 1950s, I was sent here after I left hospital with pneumonia and brochitis. I was sent there for 6 weeks. I remember they made you drink hot milk, yuk. My parents never came to visit, I think it ...Read more

A memory of Broadstairs in 1955 by Babs Coker

I've been researching my family tree, and found out that my g/grandad lived at 17 Park Place, Cross Lane, Salford. He married Annie and they had 4 sons, Charles which is my grandad and 3 other sons named Walter, Richard and James, which ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1890

I lived in Elm Street and went to Parc Lewis school, Wood Road 1 year only, and Hawthorn Secondary Modern until 1957. My friends and I killed more Indians and Germans than anyone else on the mountain behind ...Read more

A memory of Rhydyfelin in 1950 by John Davies

My parents moved to Cranford in 1938, I was 3 years old. My dad was a pastrycook / baker and had got a job with a local firm in Cranford across from ‘The Berkeley Arms Hotel’. To the left of the hotel was a cherry orchard. A ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1946 by Pamela Harman (Keene)

Looking straight forward, the house to the left of the white one was the home of the Smith family who had several children. My grandmother used to pass on any goodies she had to them. Her name was Mrs Maud Ashton and she lived in the ...Read more

A memory of High Lane in 1950 by Pat Ayres Nee Ashton

I attended Manor Street School from 1943-1949 ish. I also lived at No17 Manor Street shown as one of the white cottages seen virtually joined to the school wall during those years. It's exactly opposite the entrance to the Bus ...Read more

A memory of Braintree in 1943 by Sheila Ambrose

Country born and bred, I regularly stayed with aunts and uncles in Seven Kings and Barkingside My regular haunts were Valentine's 'Cranbrook' and Barkingkside Parks as well as the disused airfield known as Fairlop. The latter being a ...Read more

A memory of Ilford in 1949 by John Wicks

The lady standing on the left hand corner is at the top of Waterhouse Lane. Beyond the man leaning against the lampost is the start of Rainsford Road. The first 2 smaller houses that you can make out, on the right, ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch