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The two photos are of Deal War Memorial Hospital on London Road. My brother's godmother, Margaret Paxton, used to be Matron of the Hospital. My father and brother had operations there, my grandfather passed on there and my godmother was a Head Nurse.

A memory of Deal in 1947 by Francesca Wellard

I need your help. The man who modeled for the statue seen in this photo is my grandfather. Unfortunately, the museum has the wrong man as the model, a relative with a close name who wasn't even born when the statue ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool by Diane Fulton

My family were evacuated during the second world war from East London , they were put into some cottages in the village, my mum died in 2002 and her sisters have died since then, apart from one who is in her eighties. I can remember ...Read more

A memory of South Petherton in 1942 by Christine Jeffrey

My gran and grandad lived Chopwell and I had great memories of going there in sixties and seventies but they have all died and I have no photos or info on them. My gran was Ellen Mallin (formally Clark) and married to James Mallin and had 2 ...Read more

A memory of Chopwell by Walter Mallin

My Father was born in Wallyford in 1925 and his Mother and Father lived in St. Clements Cresent until the late 60's. We used to go there by train from King's Cross in the summer holidays. There was no train (except the Pug!) at Wallyford so ...Read more

A memory of Wallyford by Vera Wilday

My mother was born in Wallasey in 1931. Maureen Brown. She married a US Air Force Sgt. Jim Humphires in 1955. In my early teens we were stationed in Germany and my mother, brother and sister lived with my grandmother (Mary Brown) in the ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey by Patricia Reid

The pictures on this site brought back so many memories, they made me smile and the warm feeling in my stomach is intoxicating. I moved to Blackfield in 1952 from Liverpool. My Dad worked at the refinery. I used to ride from Blackfield to the ...Read more

A memory of Fawley in 1952 by Ted Kettle

My mother was born and brought up in west auckland in the 19 20 s she lived in a small miners cottage in a small street which I think was called New Street lived there with her parents 2 brothers and sister I remember going there when we ...Read more

A memory of West Auckland

I was born in Richmond in 1937. Moved to Isleworth in 1940 attended Isleworth Blue School in 1942, then attended Busch School in 1943 until 1944 then returned in 1945 till 1946. I remember Mr Smith, Mr Sutton, Mrs Crow and Miss ...Read more

A memory of Isleworth in 1943 by Valerie Williams

This is what Dad had to say when I emailed him this site and the photos from 1955. Dad lived in Oakley from childhood until 1987, when as a family we moved to Adelaide Australia. I myself lived in the village from ...Read more

A memory of Oakley in 1955 by Gary Dean