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My then boyfriend told me to take the throttle of his 650 Triumph Bonneville - putting eye makeup onat the time I believe - said I’ll have the clutch . When I say open her up just let her go - so I did! We went over the Blackwater ...Read more

A memory of Blackwater by hillibeen

Living in our family home, walking to primary school, all the kids knew eachother in the neighborhood. Watching my 2 elder brothers walking side by side, hands in pockets, up the road. I loved them so!!!!!! As the years went on ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton

1946. When the war ended and my father came home, my parents brought me to Hiram from Bournemouth to see his parents. They lived in one of the small cottages just up from the hotel on the Heathfield Road, on the opposite side from where ...Read more

A memory of Horam by a.mesher1

I used to live in The Meadway, and went to St Johns infants School-a few memories of playing on 'the boxes' at play/lunchtime. These were actually old beer crates, and long before health and safety spoiled ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Richard Morgan

This picture shows both the Barton road bridge and the swing bridge carrying the Bridgewater Canal across the Manchester Ship Canal in the 'open' position. I used to visit this site as a child when ...Read more

A memory of Barton Upon Irwell by Roger Hare

I was born in Hayes at 3, Botwell Lane which was a big old house (now grade 2 listed) divided into three flats. As a young child it was a creepy old place and said to be haunted. I believe nuns lived there at one point and during the ...Read more

A memory of Hayes by m.claxton

We moved from 76 Princes Road in 1957 to the other end of Teddington, to 143 High Street, opposite Kingston Lane. My parents bought the house for about £1400 (yes fourteen hundred) as a refurb project. It still had ...Read more

A memory of Teddington

Well, I would like to bring a little history of our wonderful school in St Leonards back to life with the real colour and warmth of the time when I was there in the early ...Read more

A memory of Great Parndon by John Franks

My great grandfather, Alfred Barber owned Great Nelmes House from about 1900-1935 until his death. My late mother loved the house and was extremely upset when she heard it had been illegally demolished in 1967. As a child I remember ...Read more

A memory of Emerson Park

I stayed in Denhead and used to play down the den almost every day. We used to go to school via the gap either next to Ciff Bells house or the gap next to smiths shop. We used to go along the cliffs behind the scrappiest then straight ...Read more

A memory of Kennoway by John Walker