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My fourth set of memories carries on with shops in Barking. Previously I had recalled those along from Fanshawe Avenue to the station. Over the other side past Cambridge Road was Lloyds bank on the corner, my wife ...Read more

A memory of Barking by geoff.purdy

Stumbled across this site and have enjoyed the memories of old barking and the shops it had, thought that I should add my recollections and fill in a few blanks from the sixties and seventies, so starting from the Bull Pub and Heading ...Read more

A memory of Barking by andycairns

My Mum worked at Sainsbury's in East Street in the late 50's - to early 60's. She used to 'knock up' the butter from the huge slabs into the small half pound packs, all while the customer waited. She also used to bring home the first ...Read more

A memory of Barking

Greetings from Canada! O how this picture brings back memories. I was raised on nearby Argyll Street in the late 50's and 60's, and the area shown in this picture encompasses virtually all of my childhood... But also within this ...Read more

A memory of Corby by Kenneth Kerr

Hi Mike I wonder when you worked for Sainsbury. My Mum 'Ellen' or you may have known her as Helen worked there on the butter pats. It would have been in the late 50's

A memory of Barking by solalla

One of my lasting memories is watching the cars going to Ascot for the races in the 1950's, sitting on a seat in front of the Holt School on Reading Road, taking car numbers and admiring the fashions. The cars were amazing - Rolls Royce, ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham

I'm 70 now and still have great memories of Kingsbury where i lived from 1950 until 1960 with my parents Dick & Joyce and brother & sister Steve and Lynda. We lived in a Prefab just 5 doors down from Kingsbury swimming ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury by Barry Draper

I attended Denbigh Road school in 1944 at the age of five and had advanced to both junior and senior schools by the age of twelve. My sister Margaret took me in on my first day but I was not too keen on staying as I ...Read more

A memory of Luton by ducatee

yes remember the bull demolished i and built Macfisheries supermarket in its place left my job with my mate Dave Palmer, we were both employed by Billy Horsborough who was the manager for better buying supermarket and the green grocer ...Read more

A memory of Tonbridge by mercia2005

My name is Carl Wilkinson and I was born in 1954 and up until I was 14 I suffered from very bad Asthma my doctor said I had a church organ in my chest that was out of tune, so I was sent there I think in 1959 for the better ...Read more

A memory of Woodhouse Eaves