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The building in this view with the clock was, in the 1960's, a bank, I don't recall which one but maybe Barclays. I do recall on entering it, the main service counter ran parallel to the High Street and behind it under the windows facing the ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Chris Scott

I lived at 78 Park Ave South, Hornsey from 1943 to 1959. I was 4yrs old when we moved in. My first memory is wheeling my doll pram with my parents from Crouch End to our new apartment. We were two houses away from the narrow ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey by Netta Lawrence

My father’s auntie and uncle lived in Colerne high street for many years and he spent quite a lot of his youth visiting there and with me and my Mum and sister when I was a child. His aunt was called Kathleen Johnson and his uncle was ...Read more

A memory of Colerne by Andrew Evans

I Lived at 14 Barnsley Road Platts Common from 1950 until 1957 when we moved to 46 Kingswood Crescent. I went to Market Street school where Mr Ellis was headteacher. I remember miss Mac Parkalin, Mrs Hill, Miss Norcliffe, ...Read more

A memory of Platts Common by David Webster

My Grandfather, Robert Keir Armour, left Scotland to go to America about the year 1891. His home was 20 High Street, Dunfermline. His father was Alexander Armour who owned a carting business. ...Read more

A memory of Dunfermline by James Keir Baughman Sr.

This photograph brings back many memories of the Coleford of my childhood. The area round the Town Clock has changed a few times over the years mainly to accomodate the increase in traffic. The building on the far side of ...Read more

A memory of Coleford in 1955

Just to the left of the picture, the junction of Elizabeth Street with Cottingham Road had a bollard in the middle. Coming home from band practice by bike (Corby Silver Band used an old stone building, perhaps once a barn in the 'old village'), ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1962 by David Walker

I too was evacuated to Westbury when I was about 7 years old, some time around 1940 to 1941. I lived on Warminster Road. We stayed with a family originally from Sydney, Australia. I remember when the street ...Read more

A memory of Westbury Leigh in 1940 by Brenda Lowery

That was a wonderful write-up by Carol about Sunbury Road and it brought back so many memories of my childhood. I was born in Fulham in 1932 and in 1934 I moved with my lovely parents to Feltham where we first lived over the back ...Read more

A memory of Feltham by Ralph Burton

I was born in Park Royal Hospital in Dec 1948. I remember Woolworths in Wembley town had an exit on a corner of the high street and there were trolley buses all round. We used to shop for toys and games in George Arthur's which seemed huge to ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1956 by Janet Cockman Nee King