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My name is Jim O'Hanlon. I am 66 years old. I have just discovered this site and have seen a couple of places written about which provoke many nice memories from my childhood and early teens. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by johanlon2002

I was at the school 77 I think possibly 78. I remember trying to run away a couple of times & also being mortified at having to stand naked in a queue while we were ‘bathed’ 2 at a time in a small room, & ...Read more

A memory of Fornethy Residential School by Deborah Wade

Yep, it was definitely Goodness Records from when I was born in SW17 IN 1974 until I started spending all my Saturday job wages there in 1990.... About 92 name might have changed to Jingles but still the same guys running it, along with the shop up the road towards Tooting Bec

A memory of Tooting by Katherine Dyer

I was 9 when we returned from Australia in the summer of 1967, we lived at 37 Farley Road after three different houses in Littleheath Road all belonging to friends of my parents, who conveniently were away on holiday by ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by Martin Cooper

My grandmother, Rosa Hayden, nee Stonehouse, lived at the bottom of The Devil's Punchbowl and later at Forked Pond. Her husband, a Boer War and WWI survivor was gamekeeper at Forked Pond, even though he lost an ...Read more

A memory of Thursley by maylin1951

I just read Martin Doonan's memories of Burgess Hill at London Road primary school . I lived in Burgess Hill from 1960 to 64 . Looking at the old photos bring back great memories . I was in Martin's class and remember ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill by keeperalallangardiner

When I went to Leysdown in the 1960's there was a wonderful farm, we walked through the farm to get to the beach. It was lovely, for someone who lived in London, it was great. I saw cows up close, sheep up close, then we saw little ...Read more

A memory of Leysdown-on-Sea by artytricks

I knew Thornton Heath very well, from the early 1950’s through to the end of the 1960’s. Shopping with my parents at Woolworths (opposite the clocktower) and ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath by d_harwood

we used to live in a terraced house at 30 South street before we moved into 2,Byron Avenue.on the corner.Dad worked in Swan Hunters shipyard and Mum worked in the Co-op on the Black road.Dad drank in the Clock pub.Mums family ...Read more

A memory of Hebburn by vernon.bruce

In 1955 I went to little Ealing junior school and I remember being taught by mr Lim. In 1958 I went to Acton County Grammar School where I was bullied mercilessly but in those days all the help you got was "ignore them they'll soon stop" ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by Gill Cooper