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Does anyone remember the Picadilly Café in Market Street Kingswinford. We all used to meet there. All the motorbikers from nearby places used to come and play the Juke Box, drink our pepsi and have a fantastic time. ...Read more

A memory of Kingswinford in 1965 by Christine Turner

I remember the police box outside of Elthorne Park. Sometimes the light on the roof would flash and a policeman would answer it.

A memory of Hanwell by Nick Beard

As a young boy my family used to go on holiday to my uncles farm at Howey.  His fields went down to and over the track next to the Howey signal box.  Sometimes we would be invited up to the signal box which was very exciting. ...Read more

A memory of Howey in 1950 by Fred Friend

I used to have shorthand lessons with Miss Robinson ( I think I have the name right it was a long time ago) she lived with her sister in a chocolate box cottage which backed onto the church yard. Both the sisters seemed elderly to me then I ...Read more

A memory of Oxted in 1969

Born in the North Mid like most people my age (1931), I lived my first 25 years at Tottenham Hale, at the end of Brograve Rd., facing the Station Green. The green had a nice fence around it before the war when hundreds ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton by Peter Mackin

I can't remember the icecream parlour but I remember the feller on the banana stall at the bottom of the steps shouting "Narnas get your Narnas all day " also my cousin and myself used to collect old fruit boxes for firewood and take them ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by symons

Like others in these comments ,I to went to Courtlands Primary School and remember well the building of Moat Mount School. In the early sixties the Landlord of the "Royal Scot" was a Mr Mullen and his son Dave sat next to me in ...Read more

A memory of Mill Hill by charlie.port

These are not my memories but those of my grandma, Beatrice May Fell. She was born in 1899 in Covenham St. Bartholomew in a small two up two down semi near todays Mill House Restaurant. Her family later moved within Covenham to what we ...Read more

A memory of Covenham St Mary

I am trying to find information about the old boxing club my dad was Tommy Bray born in 1885 he was I know involved both boxing and later training my brothers Tom and Jim both boxed and dad often talked of a man called Heath ...Read more

A memory of Redditch by tonybray

1957 came to live with my parents at Prestwich travel agency (later the candy box) near Plaza cinema and st Mary's park. Was at Stand boys Whitefield (which I hated) used to go riding and helping at Dampiers stables Whitefield. I was about 13 then.

A memory of Prestwich by Brian Allen