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south side gt west rd..aerial photo 1937 by east side Sutton lane lower..beside ace spades petrol garage...looks like hotel complex.1937 2 marquees tents..long oblong pool..bathers .people on bikes pull up to watch...opposite master ...Read more

A memory of Heston by Yvonne Butler

My grandfather used to live in a huge house in Uckfield called Red Tiles. He used the house as an antiques showroom and was living there from the early 1960's until about the mid 1970's. I'm trying to find some information on the house ...Read more

A memory of Uckfield in 1967 by Debbie Todd

I was only 4 years old when this photo was taken but clearly remember WALKING across the frozen river to it with my dad and sister 3 years later in 1963 from my granddad's garden, which is almost opposite the weir, which is next to the lock .....

A memory of Pershore in 1963 by Gary Boughton

I spent many a summer at this level crossing as my grandmother, Kate Griffiths, lived in the house at the far end of the terrace. In fact the man you can see in this photo of 1965 standing in his garden is my grandfather, ...Read more

A memory of Penrhyndeudraeth by John Griffiths

I was born in Hurlingham Road, off The Pantiles during the war. The air raid shelters were still there for many years, and the allotments. School was a walk to Bedonwell Primary, joining others on the way. Weekly ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1947 by Mary Wright

This photo shows the common looking southeast towards Liphook. The common was a favourite haunt for Canadian troops and local girls during WW2. Spent many hours gathering bracken for bedding for my rabbits, and roaming across ...Read more

A memory of Passfield in 1940

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

This twin screw motor vessel at the Jetty belonged to our family company, the Southend Motor Navigation Co. Ltd. She was built for the company in the 1920's by the local Hayward's ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea in 1950 by Julian Wilson

From the year I was born (1968) until the mid nineties I was brought up in Ealing Village, just off Hanger Lane. I have many fond memories of doing such things as building camps behind the tennis courts or in the White house, riding ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by Alex Breski

I was born in Pimlico in 1946, but always have the fondest memories of my many visits to Leytonstone to, whom I knew at the time as, my Auntie Joyce and Yugoslavian Uncle Michael who lived in Vicarage Road during the ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1955 by Arthur Bell