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My gran Emma jane Stacey and grandfather Walter john Stacey lived here . My father used to take us on the cremyl ferry across to Edgecombe and then we would bus it to Millbrook.. Sometimes we would be ...Read more

A memory of Millbrook by manchuella

I can vividly remember Blythe Mansions, I used to go there with my late mother to visit an aunt and other relatives who lived there, I can still see it now, there were two sections of the estate as I recall, with two half ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey by john.cashin64

I was born at 53 Potter Hill, it was great in those day's. Mrs Jones had the shop at the top of Potter Hill, same row as the Church was on. We were 4 doors away from Codge Frank, the chicken and egg man. Nita was at the fish and ...Read more

A memory of Pickering by anneandchibby

Hello. Although I spent all of my early life - that is up to the age of 21 - in Penge, South London, I also spent some time(s) in Ash (Kent) during August to December, 1963. I have already written about my early life in ...Read more

A memory of Ash by Anthony Godly

Queen Anne's Place, Bush Hill Park Queen Anne's Place was actually quite posh, and my mum, brother and I used to catch the train from here to go shopping in Enfield Town in the 1960's and early 1970's. The ...Read more

A memory of Bush Hill Park by Sharon Kenealy

For me the memory of Carn Barges brings with it another story. That of the life of Derek and Jeannie Tangye. For a number of years they had been looking for their ideal escape from it all place to live. One day whilst on holiday in ...Read more

A memory of Carn Barges by linda

I lived in South Norwood from 1957 to 1973 and my grandparents lived in Anthony road Woodside. I'm sure the photographs You are showing of the war memorial and horse trough stand on Woodside Green not South Norwood. I know both are SE25. ...Read more

A memory of South Norwood

When my father retired from the Army my parents bought a semi detached house in Chesilton Crescent, part of the Verne Estate. Built by Comblin and Waklin (They claimed they were the best builders in the South). It was ...Read more

A memory of Church Crookham

At this time I was a resident at a K.C.C. children's home at Hadlow near Tonbridge Kent. During the summer holidays a friend - Paul Thornton - and I though it would be a good idea to visit London, with very little ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's by briang7jwx

QUEEN ELIZABETH GRAMMAR AND DARLINGTON IN THE 40’s and 50’s I was born and lived for 18 years in Pensbury Street. Then Hargreave terrace. And grateful for the 1944 Education Act. Still. ...Read more

A memory of Darlington by Robin Matthews