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Born in Purley Hospital in 1947, we lived in Bramley Avenue for the first 2 years of my life, but of course I have no memories of that. We then moved to 30 Grove Wood Hill, which is off Woodcote Grove Road. I had a ...Read more

A memory of Coulsdon by Peter Harvey

Now, this is a long shot, but does anybody remember going from Gorse Park Primary School in 1956 or 1957 to do a P.E. demonstration in London? We went by train with MR. FLOOK and stayed one or two ...Read more

A memory of Stretford by Alan Mc Caffrey

One of my very first memories was of a family holiday spent at the HF Cliff House around 1961 - I would have been 4 years old and my brother Stephen maybe 18 months. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Marske-By-The-Sea by Jane Lester

Light-years before the introduction of the mobile phone, Welling in the 1950's had mobile networks of its own. These were weekly delivery services to households in and around local streets. As a young child I was always ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Bernard Schofield

I remember the many years, 1964 - 1975 attending “night school”, and also working at Southend Tech, Engineering Dept. All gone now, first the original College building which used to be where the Odeon cinema is now, ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea by Alan Rivers

Ottawa has been my Home Base for nearly fifty years, having lost my faith of a future in UK during a troublesome strike by miners which was crippling the UK economy - no doubt the miners thought that the closure of the ...Read more

A memory of Ottawa by Edward Williams

I grew up in Welling in a house on Ridley Road. My mother lived in that house for over 60 years until she died this past January. I have 3 sisters - that was a tiny house with 1 bathroom, at times we seemed to really fill the place - felt more ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Louise Daring

No electricity, outside toilet, built in copper in the kitchen. All cooking was done on a coal fired oven that also heated the kitchen. The kitchen was the main room in the house, parlour (lounge) was only ...Read more

A memory of Cadley by Anthony Goodson

I am a Ugandan, trained at Walton Hospital School of Nursing from Nov.1966 to 1969. I enjoyed loved training and working at Walton hospital. The nurses hostel was very good - we had a pantry /kichen on the ground floor which was ...Read more

A memory of Walton by Priscilla Musidihe

On Sunday last I was informed by a dear friend, that the Black Horse / Lavender Goose is no more. Sold apparently for development project. How sad that a building with such history is now nothing more than rubble. Another important ...Read more

A memory of Gomshall by susan.hibbert53