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We didn't need a gym, we got our fresh air and exercise outdoors. Couldn't wait to catch up with friends after school, John, Kevin and myself went to Saint Cuthberts Catholic School, the only Catholic family living there at ...Read more

A memory of Crook by Mary Harker/Bainbridge

I have three photos taken in Luton of my ancestors taken around 1903, 1907 and 1910, two of weddings and one of a family group. Would you like copies of these for free? Also, I have another one of Castle street but have misplaced it at the ...Read more

A memory of Luton in 1900

I met my first wife in WGC. I lived in London and she lived in Knella Road. She worked at De Havillands on what was the the Hatfield by pass. I would travel from Kings Cross to the WGC station. I ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City in 1958 by Roy Barnacle

Hello, I was a border at Bacton for about a year and then went to Hunstanton School when I was 14 years old. I remember a girl called Jenny Daglish, I think she came from Blakeney. Anyone who wants to talk and remember good and bad times.

A memory of Bacton in 1959 by Mrs Dunthorne Nee Everit

When I was a child, my family stayed in the house then called "Fresh Field" on the corner of August Lane and Ride Lane (we were in the UK on 6 months home leave from the Far East where I grew up). ...Read more

A memory of Farley Green in 1967

Hi, I'm looking for anyone that grew up in Long Street or Claremont Road, Sparkbrook in the 1950's or attended Christ Church Junior and Infants school. My family lived opposite the school ...Read more

A memory of Sparkbrook in 1955 by Ken Barlow

Now, sadly, the Abinger Arms Public House is closed. This view, if taken by the same point, has not changed at all, apart from a bit more traffic coming via Guildford to Dorking and vice versa.

A memory of Abinger Hammer by Lianne Matthews

In my late teens (late 1970's), I made friends with a girl whose dad owned and lived in, what we called, Alderstead Fort Farm, which was at the top of Shepherd's Hill. It was a bit of a trek to walk up there from Merstham, ...Read more

A memory of Merstham

I was stationed at 104 Veh Coy (AFV) RAOC in the early fifties as an eighteen year old conscripted soldier. I have tried all ways to find any details of the camp and had no luck at all. I would appreciate it if anyone can recall ...Read more

A memory of Royston in 1951 by Douglas Gisborne

I was a pupil at the school for one term only, the summer term, which from what I remember was wet. I remember playing cricket & football, if it was wet, we would play table tennis or snooker. We ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1964 by Robert Clark