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I’m Don Spencer. I entered homeleigh orphanage in 1954 at the age of 7. After a period in reception, I was transferred to home 10, a house for boys, run by miss Shaw as our mother. A ginger haired bad tempered woman, who took ...Read more

A memory of Horncastle by Donald Spencer

I remember so vividly the Croydon Airport building which, fortunately, is still there and protected for all to enjoy. I recall one particular day looking up into the sky from Scarbrook Road (where I was born at number 33 in ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Keith Andrews

I was surprised to find no memories recorded for Auchinairn, even though it is a small place, so the following is a start. When I was about the age of 10 in the mid 1950's my mother told me ...Read more

A memory of Auchinairn by vernoncoles

Not so much a memory, more of a mystery! Sorting through some old papers, I came across a driving license issued in April 1952 by Kent Council to my dad. The address was given as 'Greetings', Benenden, Kent. The mystery is that I was born ...Read more

A memory of Benenden by John Andrew

From 1975 we lived in one of the council maisonettes, Baden Powell House, which are still opposite the parade of shops in Lower Belvedere. I remember it was such a great place to grow up, knowing all the neighbours by name and being ...Read more

A memory of Belvedere

I was born in 1948 in the house then called 'Melita' a thatched house divided into three, it is the house at the very top of the holloway up on the bank, Mr. and Mrs. Lucas lived one side, Mr. and Mrs. Bezant the other, my parents were ...Read more

A memory of Whiteleaf by Brian Bainbridge

I remember Selsdon well as my family lived at 68 Edgecoombe, the long road on the opposite side of the wood at Selsdon not to be confused with Selsdon Woods. We had two ways to get to Selsdon shops. Through the woods opposite ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by Martin Brookes

My friends and I used to cycle. To Wembley stadium from Wembley House. School to play netball !!!!

A memory of Wembley by Janine Fogden

I'm trying to remember the teachers at Fulbrook School. I started there in the mid fifties . My name then was Amanda Lawrence; house captain for Windsor, when in the senior class. From what I remember, the teachers were History - Mr. ...Read more

A memory of New Haw by Amanda Scott (Nee Lawrence)

I remember happy times at the Vine public house . It was renamed Crampy’s , due to Cecil Bowles ( the landlord ), being nicknamed Crampy. His little wife Marge used to work behind the bar also . We loved Marge . When Crampy was out of the ...Read more

A memory of Wickham Market