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I spent most of my childhood at Marbury. My parents moved south from Scotland when I was 5yrs old around 1953. Like many others who lived at Marbury my Father worked at I.C.I. In fact I think at that time Marbury was owned by ...Read more

A memory of Marbury in 1954 by Bill Mac Kenzie

I remember this parade of shops being built. Left to right was Ely's the greengrocers, next door was Mr Hill the butchers, then Humphries the grocer and then Ashworths the chemists.  A little further on to the right was Schearers the ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet in 1930 by Peter Hancocks

This is taken from by St Andrew's Church looking back towards Cheadle Hulme.  We lived on Hulme Hall Road at that time.  One or two years later I attended Sunday school at St Andrews and also Junos which was an organisation similar ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle Hulme by Bryan Baskerville

I always remember the Cricket Green as the lazy hazy days of summer.  My father played cricket here, I don't remember the name of his team, but we had to sit and watch him.  I liked it when the crocuses poked ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1959 by Carole Baldwin

now then what year was stanhope cut off on all sides crawley had snow allmost up to the telethone line going to frostley was immpossible in fact it was about 6 days we were stuck in for latest jobs snow clearing most ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope

Now then, what year was Stanhope cut off on all sides, Crawley had snow almost up to the telephone line, going to Frostley was impossible, in fact it was about 6 days that we were stuck in for, latest jobs were snow ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope in 1978

I was born at 15 Factory Road in 1936 and left to work in London in 1954. I cannot recognise the shops in the High Street photo. 'Detective' tells me that the view must be from the Factory Road/High Street corner, ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh in 1950 by John Scott

I was born in the 'Potter Street' Perry springs in the 1960s, wow how Harlow has changed from my day, I remember Wellford's corner shop also Wrights Dairy... And it was great going to the schools in Potter Street. Now the swimming ...Read more

A memory of Potter Street in 1962 by Graham Nash

I moved to Irby in 1957 and remember the sandstone cottage that was there before the library. I think a lovely girl called Prudence Cottrell lived there and she had a strawberry roan pony that was always in the garden. Mrs Matthews had the corner ...Read more

A memory of Irby in 1959 by Susan Reid Povall

This was about 1954. The Salvation Army was a large hut on Millfield bank, they did lovely pie and pea suppers now and again for about threepence. Every Sunday evening from six till about seven the Salvation Army band would play on the ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1954 by Jimmy Burrows