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I remember going to the shops in Hounslow High street with my mum and dad. The ABC cafe which had rows of perspex boxes with different cakes and sandwiches in each one. MacFisheries, and a department store which I think was called ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow

In the bottom left corner of the photo is a row of four white bungalows. My father --Ron Bartlett built these and several others on the estate from about 1959 onwards. We lived in the top one. The house immediately to the right of ours ...Read more

A memory of Mochdre by Colin Bartlett

My grandparents (McNaught) lived in Henrietta Street, and my parents & I stayed with them for many holidays in the 60s and 70s. An uncle & aunt lived in George Street - they were retired teachers from Barrhill school. Another aunt ...Read more

A memory of Girvan by kennethcockburn

I was born in Bagshot but moved to Camberley in 1955 when I was 8. I attended York Town Primary School which was, and on checking the maps still appears to be, located on the other side of the London Road, a bit ...Read more

A memory of Camberley in 1960 by Liz Schultz (Nee Berry)

My name is Lindsey Lewis (nee Overend). I was born in Horsforth 1971 and my parents,along with my two sisters, moved to Clarke Street in Calverley from Bramley when I was two weeks old. We were the first occupants of number 21 on the ...Read more

A memory of Calverley by Lindsey Lewis

I have been researching my name which is very rare and found that a Scottish family of that name were farm workers at Cleugh Head Farm in the 1851 Census. I cannot find any subsequent ...Read more

A memory of Low Row by John Minelly

I was born at no 2 Shop Row near the Philadelphia cricket club, and my grandad used to take me to watch the cricket. Could anyone tell me where I could find old photographs of Shop Row? Thank you, H.Robson

A memory of Houghton-Le-Spring in 1930 by Henry Robson

My father was born in Ford Street Hockley Brook Birmingham in 1936. He was the youngest of 6, 2 sisters and 3 brothers. Ford Street consisted of a row of houses on one side and factories on the other side. The houses were 2 up and 2 ...Read more

A memory of Birmingham in 1940 by Raymond Parlett

I was 8 years old when I arrived in Blandford. It was lunchtime on a Sunday a week before the Somerset and Dorset Railway closed on the 6th March 1966. My dad was in the Royal Signals and he was being posted to the 30th ...Read more

A memory of Blandford Camp in 1966 by Raymond Parlett

Left Potter St School at 14 years of age. Two years later, without any particular aptitude or skills, I found my way to Marabelle Fabrics. Styled as a wharehouseman, I cycled from Field-End road everyday except Sundays. The ...Read more

A memory of Northwood in 1948 by Peter Giles