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It's a shame that there are no memories of South Hornchurch yet - so let me be the first. I lived in Blacksmiths Lane from birth in 1947 until I married in 1973, but retained close links as I was also the local ...Read more

A memory of South Hornchurch by alandvi.187

My name was Linda Gardner, I lived at 3 Hamlet Street, Ardwick from 1950 to 1962. I remember Carole Day across the road and we used to play together, also Francis Warrender around the corner on Coverdale Street. We played ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick by lindaevans5

As Pulborough lad of 1950's vintage I remember The Chequers well as Impasses it every day on my way to catch the train taking me and many others to School (The Weald)in Billings Hurst. I also remember it burning Down in the mid ...Read more

A memory of Pulborough by kevinmillsno3

I recall Mr Harry Shaw and his car. He was a philosopher and social commentator as much as a teacher. He taught me much more about life than he did about technical drawing. In fact, my class always tried to get him to ...Read more

A memory of Northwich by Michael Mackay

I worked as a labourer at Gibbs Mew Brewery between November 1967 and April '68. It was a stop-gap job as I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life at the time. The work was boring and the days dragged but it was a job and I ...Read more

A memory of Salisbury by al.birkett

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

I was born in 1945 in sunningdale ave, hanworth, started infants national school in park road , then orial sec mod, then Debrome in boundries road next to the girls school lafone Hanworth has change quite a lot ...Read more

A memory of Hanworth by shephardr59

As a child between 1964 -1969, a friend of mine recalls visiting a corner shop, possibly an off licence located at the end of a street, somewhere in the Great Barr ...Read more

A memory of Great Barr by studio500

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

I remember this cafe on the corner opposite The Bell pub and in front of what was, or became, the National Westminster Bank. They sold Glojoy lollies - the best flavour being spearmint which 'creaked' when you ...Read more

A memory of Upminster