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I have just read about a memory relating to Emery Down Church and it has made me think about my childhood again. My grandparents lived in Northerwood Avenue, Swan Green in Lyndhurst and we regulary stayed there as ...Read more

A memory of Emery Down in 1978 by Wendy King

In answer to the above I’m 66 a week or so younger than Joe Jordan. My grandpa was John PEDEN my mother was his daughter Helen (Ella) my uncles and aunt were Alex, John and May we lived at 50main Street in Commy ...Read more

A memory of Cleland by idglect

The thing that really annoyed me about ST. Paul's Cray when it was first built and we moved there early 1949 was that there were no shops!! Long walk to ST Mary Cray high Street! The first thing that was built were ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's Cray by brianallenross18

I was born in red lion lane in a two up two down with loo down garden path only the row of poplar trees remain the railway went above and mount of rubble from the pit lay at bottom of our garden for years there was only 1house in red ...Read more

A memory of Norton Canes

I went to a school called Fedsden Hall, in Roydon in Essex, in 1950-53. It was a wonderful place run by Mrs. Katherine Clare. Mrs. Clare lived in a big, beautiful Georgian house on the property, with her husband, who I ...Read more

A memory of Roydon by canadagoose

I grew up in Kettlesing after moving there as a toddler in 1971 and leaving in 1984 but my dad remained living there until he died in 2013. I attended the village school until leaving to go to secondary school ...Read more

A memory of Kettlesing by Sharon Wansbrough

When I was fifteen we moved back to Arbroath from Canada. My sister and I went to the dancing for the first time. I just loved it, and my dad was always good at giving me a sub to get in. That's when I found out that my dad was dancing ...Read more

A memory of Arbroath in 1960 by Lynda Cargiull Taylor

We lived at 18 The Bridle Road (off Foxley Lane) for many years. Attended Collingwood Boys' School (Wallington) - great school for punishments; Woodcote Secondary (like a holiday camp after Collingwood) and Purley Grammar ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1964 by Douglas Mitchell

My name in the 1960's was Pamela Ambridge. I was born in 1958 and went to Hillbrook Infant School. I remember the teachers there were; Mrs Tinkler (nice), Miss Bedford (she smacked me!) and Miss Shoot (nice). ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1965 by Pam Crooks

My father’s family moved to Rhyl in 1891 and my mother’s family in 1925. My parents fell in love on Rhyl Golf Links. Even though they settled in Portsmouth after their wedding, family bonds held fast and we spent every ...Read more

A memory of Rhyl in 1940 by Anne Joseph