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I moved from Houslow to Isleworth in about 1961. We lived off the Thornbury Road in Eversley Cresent. I used to play in Osterley Park and walk my dog there as a child. It's a beautiful park. My elder sister Wendy and I ...Read more

A memory of Osterley in 1965 by Mike Beetham

I remember spending the first twelve years of my life in Haltwick, we lived in Sunnny Side Cottage, my brother and I would go down past the pub to get water from the well and we would play in the woods and fields. We moved to Dane End ...Read more

A memory of Dane End in 1946 by Pete Young

I remember hopping over the wall into the school yard when I was late for roll call, and getting the cane for snowballing the headmaster from behind (I think I was about 6 at the time).

A memory of Gilberdyke

I went to Whitchurch Grammar School as a boarder and we went to church every Sunday in crocodile fashion. We all put one penny in the collection! On Saturdays we went to Woolworths, the best shop -and bought licorice comfits for ...Read more

A memory of Whitchurch in 1956 by James Cracknell

My memory bank has been activated by the contributed items about Hugh Bell Central School, though my recollections of Hugh Bell are older than those published on this website. My years at Hugh Bell were 1938 ...Read more

A memory of Middlesbrough in 1940 by Harry Killick

Lived further down the road in the village, the semi-detached house on the left. The first was occupied by the Bowlers, newsagents, next door the Waterfall Bros. I helped at the farm to the right for a bit of pocket money. The ...Read more

A memory of Two Dales in 1960 by David Wilde

I was a pupil at Downshill School, Dockenfield Manor, sent there in 1946 or 42 at the age of 6½ or so. The headmaster was a small, self-important and often sadistic man. Of the other masters, Major Faro was a born sadist - "a double ...Read more

A memory of Frensham in 1942 by Michael Nassau Kennedy

Interesting to read John Scott's recollections of Chamberlayne Road Boys' School. Strangely enough, I can remember nearly all the teachers. I started in 1942 in Miss Stockwood's class, then progressed to Miss Scott, ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh in 1942 by Anthony Lawford

In about 1972 we as a family moved into West Challow, although with being at a young age I hated it, since moving from Wantage and my friends this it seemed was in the middle of nowhere. I used to cycle most days to Icknield, ...Read more

A memory of West Challow by Mark Clarke

This was 1958 the time when I seriously got into drainpipes, drapes and rock 'n roll music. I was at Walbottle Secondary Modern School. I used to take in the leg width of my jeans by hand using a needle and thread to ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1958 by Jimmy Burrows