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Hello I am trying to gather information about a family named Harding who lived in CHURCHTON DRIVE Morden in the 1950s. My father was Michael HARDING, he married Doreen in 1960 and left the area, to live in Wales with his wife. ...Read more

A memory of Morden in 1958 by Dee Whittle

A relative of mine, Francis (Jack) Dillon attended Frimley School in the period 1907-1911. He went on to become a radio producer for the BBC and has an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography recording his attendance at ...Read more

A memory of Frimley in 1900 by Pat Gannon Leary

For over 36 years from 1844 to after 1881, Sarah Susannah Jell born in Ringwould about 1804 lived in Finglesham as the wife or widow of Thomas Norris, agricultural labourer. He was the son of ...Read more

A memory of Finglesham in 1860

While Bristol may be better known nowadays for being home to Wallace and Gromit than to a top-class university, its college has gained a reputation as a science leader, particularly in medicine and engineering. Founded in ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

Hi, I have often visited Caister but never visited the lifeboat station. I am trying to trace a male relative called Blogg and I wondered whether there was a list of lifeboatmen lost or served in service from Caister between ...Read more

A memory of Caister-on-Sea by Richard Fuller

I lived in Dagnam Park Drive near Sedgefield Crescent and remember............Petersfield, Hilldene and Whitchurch shops, the "1st, 2nd and 3rd" woods as we referred to them, starting in Dagnam Park Drive, heading ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1957 by Ken H

Before leaving to live abroad I lived only two miles from Boscobel and so I often took my bicycle for a spin around the lanes. When I was a teenager a friend had a car and sometimes we found ourselves driving past Boscobel ...Read more

A memory of Boscobel House by Michele Alberto

I wasn't a resident in Minster Way, but as a small boy I used to visit my St Ethelberts School friend Adrian Kenny there every weekend. About 1960 it would have been. This road and its housing was really a relic of the ...Read more

A memory of Langley in 1960 by Peter Rainey

Memories of Norbury and Thornton Heath are still vivid for me as I revisited the area a couple of years ago and many of the places I recall are still standing. Sadly, many are not. The Rex cinema was a favourite ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1950 by Viv Doyle

Hello. I have just found an old postcard of this image! It belonged to my late great aunt's husband. I'd love to hear your stories if you lived in this village around this time or have a relative who did!

A memory of Ightham in 1900 by Jenny Sharp