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Can anyone remember a farm "show" being held on Figgs Marsh? I think it would have been in the 50s, I remember there were cattle and bulls in pens and people being taught how to milk cows.

A memory of Mitcham

A new Army unit was formed in 1967 and took over the depot in Norman Road, Rusholme. This became 33 Signal Regiment which was part of the new TAVR. I had been wondering about joining the TA for ...Read more

A memory of Rusholme in 1967 by John Howard Norfolk

I loved Bailiff Bridge - I was there from 1943 (when I was born a Baldwin) to 1961, when I came to college in Hull and settled nearby. I loved my school, with its large shelter in the playground; I loved Miss ...Read more

A memory of Bailiff Bridge in 1949 by Wendy Cross

The journey from our home in North Essex to my grandparents’ home in North Derbyshire took almost a full day back in the 1950s, allowing of course for periodic stops along the way. The first, usually at ...Read more

A memory of Glossop in 1955 by Mrs H. L Sharpe

The pub was the "Bull and Victoria".

A memory of Dartford by Ted Stock

After the Second World War and during the austere period of rationing, among the items that were in short supply was coal. People would burn anything in order to keep warm, and many were the trips that I ...Read more

A memory of Intake in 1947 by Frank Mowforth

Hi all. My brother and I were evacuated to Skipton in late 1941 from London. As we all sat on the floor in some large hall in Skipton after out trip up from London, people were walking ...Read more

A memory of Broughton in 1941 by Robert Munn

I was born at 16 Roding Avene, the prefabs right next to the River Roding. Across the main London Road was Delayneys, also the Masters Match factory with its tall chimmney. I remember seeing the chimney being knocked down, the man at the ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Yvonne Tilbury

I have very fond memories of Croydon, especially Reeves Corner which has now been destroyed. I was born on Fairholme Road in 1974, but moved to Wallington when I was three. But we shopped in Croydon most Saturdays, ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1980 by Elain Barbet