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There may be someone who remembers from Strone School, we had some good times in the Second World War, we did not how bad things were in Europe. It was the time we had the RN and the subs in the Holy Loch and ...Read more

A memory of Strone in 1940 by Hugh Wilkie

We lived at the corner of Cleveland St and Vittoria. My dad was a docker. Life wasn’t easy, but we had lots of mates and family in the area. My friends were the Hickmans from Vine St. Audrey Wilson Vittoria St. Pam & Lorraine ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by p_mmartchenko

I attended the primary school, just down the Maldon Road from the garage in the photo, which was run by Mr Holmes.  The sweet-shop behind the pumps was popular with us kids!  Headmaster of the primary school was Mr ...Read more

A memory of Great Totham in 1960 by Peter Saunders

My earliest memories were in Fulford, York, at the tail end of the 1960s before my parents moved me to South Yorkshire at the age of six in 1971. My father worked at what was then called the Labour Exchange in York. He was later ...Read more

A memory of Fulford in 1969 by Timothy Mann

Hi everyone I went to Fornethy in the late 70s I went there twice and most of the teachers were brilliant only for a wee old grumpy one don’t know her name she would always be knitting and took the ...Read more

A memory of Fornethy Residential School by Susan Mccallion

I was at the school 77 I think possibly 78. I remember trying to run away a couple of times & also being mortified at having to stand naked in a queue while we were ‘bathed’ 2 at a time in a small room, & ...Read more

A memory of Fornethy Residential School by Deborah Wade

My grandparents lived at 1 Northcott Villa Forest Road. Opposite them was Hector Coombs the shoe mender. My grandparents didn't have electricity, and my grandfather's radio ran on an accumulator. We used to take this to be ...Read more

A memory of Waltham Chase in 1958 by Margaret Arton

The number 12 bus went past it and it cost me 2 pence each way from Crystal Palace. The bus stoped by the Libary and we ran down to the Baths entrance. It seemed masive that vitorian fronted building. Up the steps to the ticket ...Read more

A memory of Forest Hill by Wayne Ruffle

I lived on Daglen(sp) drive opposite the flats in the early fifties. Dad worked at Ford in Dagenham and older sister Brenda went to Bonnyfield? Primary. We played football on the grass outside the flats wandered in the ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon

I was born in 1936 so I am probably one of the oldest people with fond memories of Barking. I first went to Gascoigne School and can remember having to practise wearing a gas mask during the war- horrible smelly rubbery ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1930 by Pamela Purnell