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I was born in Model Cottages,1934. in the Village at that time there was a bakers, (my father was one of the bakers he only had to cross the road to go to work), a grocery store next to the public house, post office, butchers, ...Read more

A memory of Swanley in 1930 by Sheila Almond

I grew up in Combpyne but I remember that we used to have a van that came up to the village from Musbury 2 or 3 times a week with everything any body might need from paraffin to bread.  I remember the man who owned the post office ...Read more

A memory of Musbury in 1960 by Anne Symons

Grange Farm was the place to go for all teens.   You could swim or just hang around with friends.  To get there we walked across the fields and over the bridge across the Roding.  Now of course this place is no more.  A great loss.

A memory of Chigwell in 1957 by Kathleen Rice

I was born in Springfield Road, Old Oxted in 1951.  I attended Beadles Lane School and Oxted County Secondary School.  I recall Old Oxted High Street when it was the main A25, before the by-pass, when the village shops consisted of Deans ...Read more

A memory of Oxted by Jenny Baker

I was a 13 year old boy from Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. My father was a Sergeant in the US Air Force, assigned to Burtonwood RAF Station. We rented a flat at 35 London Rd, Stockton Heath. It ...Read more

A memory of Stockton Heath in 1956 by Jay Wilcox

I used to visit my aunt and uncle in the middle to late fifties. They used to live at the bottom of Smock Alley in a large bungalow.  I remember walking up to the post office and cross roads. ...Read more

A memory of West Chiltington in 1956 by John Tomkins

My 11th great grandfather, William Thomson [or Thompson] was Vicar at All Saint's Church from 1603 until his death in 1623. Don't know if this is the original church or not but wanted to post the 'memory' anyway. His descendents moved to the "colonies" in 1635.

A memory of Westbury by Sally Pavia

I just stumbled across this site, and I had to post some of my memories here!  I remember so much of Hatch End, (I'm going to run out of characters in this box - may have to add anther one).  I remember Budgens and also ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End by Sharon Scott

Does anyone remember my mother and grandmother?  My mother Sheila, married John Edwards and moved to Jersey in 1959.  Lily lived in Warborough till her death in 1979. She lived in Gravel Walk, Warborough until approx ...Read more

A memory of Warborough in 1955 by Lesley Perry

My father Stan Long started Meadvale Garage in the thirties, I'm not sure of the precise date. When he purchased it, it was a derelict rat infested old builders yard and stables. He and my mother "May" together with my uncles "Les" ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1930 by peter