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I went to Devonshire Hill School from 1940 - 1946 then to St. Katherines College. Always done my mum's shopping when I was little as I lived in Rowland Hill Avenue. We shopped at the nearest which was in Cambridge Road and ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1940 by June Hamilton

Another chap I clearly remember in the year I worked at Law Junction was Roy Hamilton who lived in a cottage overlooking the station. Like the old gentleman who was frequently drunk, Roy was also disabled and walked with the aid of ...Read more

A memory of Law by John Cunningham

My grandmother worked as a nurse at the Royal Arsenal and was killed by a V1 flying bomb on July 27th 1944; she was in the Taylors shop at the time. 4 killed and 73 wounded. Unfortunately Daisy swopped duty with another ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich in 1944 by Barbara Saunders

I first knew the hospital when I was admitted there in 1956. It was a beautiful building. I have seen photos online of how it had been left to go to ruin. I have also heard it was going to be demolished for a housing ...Read more

A memory of Taplow in 1956 by Susan Rumble

Does anyone remember the Royal Hotel in Batley, it was on a corner I think of Bradford Road and a road that went up a very steep hill to a village. Lived there from 1963-1965 and went to Park Road School. Looking for a photo of the pub ...Read more

A memory of Batley in 1964 by Sandra Browne

I worked for Airwork Services in the late 1960s and there were people from Royston who worked there, there was a girl called Linda who worked on the camp hairdressers and a couple of others, I can't recall the names but I still have ...Read more

A memory of Royston in 1967 by First Name Last Name

A memory that I shouldn't recollect. I could have only been about 4 years old and I can remember staying at Heath Lodge with my family. It was I think used as a halfway house for families waiting for housing in the ...Read more

A memory of Royston in 1964 by Alun Jenkins

My grandparents, John and Ginny Loftus, lived at Rumbyhill farm from the 1920's until they retired about 1950. This was the old Rumbyhill farm, subsequently the name was given to the farm across the road. My mother grew up at the farm and ...Read more

A memory of Crook in 1940 by Cathy Armstrong

Further to the note I found on your site from Rosemary Richards. I too was born at Rumwood Court ( I believe my mother called it Rootes Hall). I was born at Rumwood Court in late 1939. I have a photo of a room in ...Read more

A memory of Langley in 1930 by Derek Bluck

I lived in Southdown House, opposite the Gas Works, from 1960 until 1978, when I got married. We had moved when I was 5 from Northwood Street off Livery Street not far from St Pauls square. I attended Cromwell Street ...Read more

A memory of Nechells in 1965