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I remember walking up (what seemed like then) the long steep hill every morning to go to Lound School... apparently the old one..with the stone walls around it, and the Vicors house across the road. There used to be ...Read more

A memory of Chapeltown by Mark Carter

I was at Mount Pleasant School as a boarder for 6 years from 1946 to 1952. The school was in Dalmeny Road but apparently was taken down in 1965. I have been trying to find anyone who attended this school. Before going to ...Read more

A memory of Southbourne in 1948 by Michael Chambers

My parents were born in India. My grandfather settled in Africa and had a good job. When my father got married he stayed Africa where all my brothers and sisters were born. My dad was a carpenter by trade; he arrived in ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1962 by Amy Bhambra

I can add information about the September bombing and suggest that one reason for the low number of casualities was that it was a time bomb that landed on Bell Vue Terrace. Aunt Alice and Daisy lived ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1940 by Richard Pealling

I loved St Anne's. Great theatre, music and games, an all-round education. I'll always think that I got a great education there and I'm sad it's been pulled down. I wish I could find some of my class mates; Wendy Dew is ...Read more

A memory of Sanderstead in 1953 by Monica Woodgates Brett

I'm responding for the second time to Tony Harper's memory of the Club posted back in 2009. I've tried to track him down in Queensland, Oz through local papers, this site and other means, without success. I and some of his ...Read more

A memory of Dunkeswell by Barry White

This was the day our house burt down in Oakland's Avenue, 5 fire engines - now that was a day to remember.

A memory of Wistow in 1870 by Alie Tilley

It's funny how we forget. I had forgotten all about this pool until I saw this picture. I shouldn't have though I still have the scares to prove I was there. If I remember correctly there was a waterfall in the ...Read more

A memory of Gosport in 1969 by Alyson Smith

The picture is of the bottom end of Church Street; the old Morris Traveller was my father's car and it is parked as seen outside 72, Church Street. I was born in Edenbridge, and lived in this house until I was 17. I ...Read more

A memory of Edenbridge in 1958 by Lesley Peters

I still have fond memories of walking home from Amherst Primary School during the late fifties & early sixties. At the Shoreham Lane junction with Bradbourne Vale was a footpath which led down to the Darent....ideal for walking ...Read more

A memory of Riverhead in 1960 by Paul Semark