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My earliest memories of the seaside are from the 1950's. We lived in Bexleyheath and - like most people - did not own a car in those far off austerity years after the war. For this reason our summer ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea in 1952 by John Howard Norfolk

As a lad, in the fifties after Sunday lunch, my father would drive my mother, my two sisters and I to Seasalter. The beach was made up of pebbles and shells, not as comfortable as the sandy beaches further into Kent, on the other hand ...Read more

A memory of Yorkletts in 1958

Hi, I am searching for information on my grandfather Ronald George Scurling Jones, Or my Great grandmother "Mam Gin" from Haverford West, West Wales. My ...Read more

A memory of Trealaw by wales1972

I was born in 15 Seaford rd. in 1954. Tottenham then was like a village where everyone knew everyone else. I can clearly remember rag and bone men with their horse and carts, ringing their bells yelling "old rags and ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by John Martin

I was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, but then lived in one of the cottages, I think which was called Scragg's Farm in Cowden, Kent. My parent's, Frank and Beatrice, are of Italian heritage and worked as housekeeper and ...Read more

A memory of Chiddingstone in 1964 by Rose Anne Falcone

I was born and spent my early years in Burslem but for 10 years (from 1951), Tunstall became an important part of my life. Brownhills High School gave me a wonderful education. More than 60 years later I can still see and name most of my ...Read more

A memory of Tunstall in 1961 by Joan Aucock

Oh, what memories came back when reading other people's; I was one of five children that went to Emmanual School. I have 3 brothers and one sister, we attended there between 1953 - 1964; there was Megan, Dennis, Noma, Trevor, ...Read more

A memory of Streatham by Norma Mc Gill

I was born in 1946 and raised in west Acton. Went to John Perrin school and yes the head master was a piece of work, I think he was called Mr. Hatfield. When I was 8 my parents finally agreed to allow me to have my ears pierced after me ...Read more

A memory of Acton by Madeleine Rance Matthews

Dumpton School had moved to Crichel from Broadstairs in Kent on the outbreak of the Second Wolrd War. I have vivid memories of my time as a schoolboy at Crichel, attending Chapel, rambling in the grounds, swimming in the large round ...Read more

A memory of Crichel Ho in 1940 by Peter Loup

In the 1950s our family company " T. Smart & Sons (Contractors) Ltd " supplied large pit props to A. E. Johnson at Gorsley Wood who had a sawmill there . The timber was cut up into coverboards that were sent on the Kent Coal Fields.

A memory of Gorsley Wood