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My family moved to Osborne road in litherland as my father got a job in Norwest, we lived in a prefab, i remember all the children coming together to play ball tick, hide and seek, skipping and hopscotch and we called the ...Read more

A memory of Litherland in 1958

Growing up in the Queens drive, Bury lane estate. we would all gather as children and walk down chorleywood lane and toward the common, ending up at the Chorleywood road then crossing over into Solesbridge lane. The ...Read more

A memory of Rickmansworth by Gillian Cooper, Nee Roberts

As a girl i lived in Ruislip, but, having passed the 11+, went to Notting Hill and Ealing high school, travelling by bus every day. The school was in Cleveland Road, from the art room you could look over the wall of St Davids home and ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1956 by Anna Wynne

A memory in the back of my mind from my mam . Would any one out there remember if there ever was a pond or fountain in the town centre at shotley bridge? My mother was a bell one of 9 i believe . Time changes ...Read more

A memory of Blackhill by David Walker

I worked in Salford Custom House from 1961 to 1963 as a Departmental Clerical Officer (DCO). This was the start of my career in HM Customs & Excise and I have happy and very clear memories of walking to work down Trafford Road, over the ...Read more

A memory of Salford by philhirstconsultant

At the top of this short road was a village shop, we would get lollies in there. Across the road to "the Hollow" [ now completely overgrown] and then on to Limes Close to see friends. Boris Karloffs house at the bottom of this ...Read more

A memory of Bramshott

The Caprice was a rather cool place to hang out back in the 60's. I have no idea what at first attracted myself and my 'best friend' Jean Jones to hang out there. I think her older sister Shirley may have told us about it. We were somewhat ...Read more

A memory of Morden by Maggie Buckingham

I was born in 1950 and we lived with my mothers parents at 53 Burns Ave. Their name was Clark, ours Lyon. I think neighbours were Knights. I went to North Road infants, then Dormers Wells juniors as by then we had moved into ...Read more

A memory of Southall by valstroud

I used to live in the little cottages at the bottom of Chequers Lane. 7 of us in a 2 up 2 down, outside loo - no bathroom. There was a ditch running all along the back of the cottages and all us children had hours of fun playing there ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1953

Wolseley Bridge has some memories for me going back to late 1968 and throughout 1969 as I was a pupil at St Bede’s School in nearby Bishton Hall. My mother was matron at the time and as we were mother and son (father died in ...Read more

A memory of Wolseley Plain in 1969 by John Richard Jones