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I was but a lad of 8 when my folks bundled us all off to a wide land downunder. Since 1968, Australia has been my home. I often speak of my fading memories of Queensbury, my walks through the village, living on 'The Mountain', ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury in 1968 by Stephen Mckinley

I remember shoe inspections, and length of skirt and "divided skirts (shorts) had to be a certain number of inches above the knee but not many (perish the thought!) This was Prince Henry's Grammar School. The younger girls had to do gym in their ...Read more

A memory of Evesham by sandraclifton07

Hi my name is Terence Stone (Vic) as I was more commonly known and I grew up in a wooden hut in Battery park hut number 2 and have many very fond memories of my childhood but sadly I cant find any trace or photos from there the ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton by woodyturner1

The Sandeman Family moved to Four Elms in 1950. We moved from Bexley Kent. Winnie and Richard were my parents my brother Mark had just been born in September. We moved to Wendy's bungalow, just on the corner next to the post ...Read more

A memory of Four Elms by gavin

I was born in Great Bridge in the 1950’s in Slater Street, I went to Fisher Street School until I was eleven. I remember Irene Edwards sweet shop and Teddy Grays on the the canal bridge just before the market. I loved ...Read more

A memory of Great Bridge by dianeworley1

On the right hand side of this photo is the Post Office, & on the extreme right is the Delivery Office ‘deck’. This is where the lorries of mail were unloaded. These would arrive through the night, & the mail unloaded ...Read more

A memory of Great Malvern by bru.enzer

I think it must have been 1952 or 3 when I went to live on Kingwood Common with my parents in the old nissen huts left by the German POWs, and afterwards by Polish refugees. We knew the place as Kingdom Camp, or just 'The ...Read more

A memory of Kingwood Common by richardhayes516

Hello, I hope this is the right place for posting this I am researching my late fathers ancestry/history and hope you can help. I have very recently found out he went to Smallwood school,Tooting. I guess this would be from ...Read more

A memory of Tooting by itsnotnormal

We moved from Chelmsford to Radcliffe in 1968 - I was 2 years old. I went to Lorne Grove Nursery and my memory of that was the Rocking Horse Toy. I hated sharing it!! I was about 3 or 4 and I remember being so upset at being taken ...Read more

A memory of Radcliffe on Trent by Claire Suzanne Izard

In a previous memory of mine I mentioned that the village of Upper Boddington was without mains water in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s . I lived in the School House with my parents, Pat and George Bishop. My ...Read more

A memory of Upper Boddington by Peter Bishop