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I was born in 16 Dagmar Avenue. Then moved to 95 Oakington Manor Drive when I was 4. Our house at OMD backed onto the stadium and I remember I was in the garden when England ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by ukpa

It’s a rather sad fact that you only come to appreciate a town several years after you have left it. At the age of 19 I was sent to live and work in Stafford between 1964 and 1979, before ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by nimrod01

The house in the foreground is not the post office as the title of this postcard suggests, the post office is actually across the road in the background of the shot. The main house in the photo was known as Pink House and was where ...Read more

A memory of Waterrow by hilarygunn

I remember going into the Book Club while waiting for the bus to go down Crowborough Hill. We occasionally missed the bus if we got too engrossed in a book. We used to get off the bus from Tunbridge Wells and then take ...Read more

A memory of Crowborough by mikebuck08

My name is Alan Moore and I was born at No.7 Church Street on the 18th December 1944. Apart from 12 years I spent down Bolton on Dearne, I have lived all my life in Thurnscoe, and that I am proud of. I was a Co-op milkman ...Read more

A memory of Thurnscoe by moorealan040

These were the original gateposts that marked the entrance to Nork Park. These originally where placed at the entrance to The Drive, that leads to Nork Park. Later in the 1930's, they where moved to their present site at Ruden ...Read more

A memory of Epsom

I moved to Groombridge with my family in 1960, My dad worked as a railwayman. We lived in the Station House. I don,t really remember the early years because I was only 18 months old when we moved into the village. I ...Read more

A memory of Groombridge by nickeckersley

We lived in Lower Gordon Road..... I used to be sent to get my Mother's shopping here. I remember the post office - the lovely cluttery feel... the sweets. The first savings book and the first of my many collections. The ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by janiedyer55

School 80 kids age 4 to 11 but you knew everyone. Boxing Day - Tug of War, men against women with one or two men dressed as women. Riding bikes through the Ford. Also the other Ford that was unsuitable for motors. The post office ...Read more

A memory of Llancarfan by lesleypuncher

On the corner of Oaklands Road and Boston Road was Platts store. All grocery items could be purchased and at the back was a post office. Hanwell had two post offices the other being in the Broadway.

A memory of Hanwell by Nick Beard