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My dad worked for BR, as it was then, and we moved from Rochester, Kent, to Swanley in about 1963. He worked in the Control Room which was on Station Approach and we lived in one of the railway cottages, that had yet ...Read more

A memory of Swanley in 1963 by Linda Chenapa

My mother, Doris Pace, was born in Chingford in 1909 and lived in Eglington Road. She belonged to the tennis club and used to go shopping in Station Road. Her Nanny, Annie Hilling, lived in Willow ...Read more

A memory of Chingford in 1930 by Diana Dioszeghy

I cannot resist bringing more memories of this time to the fore! Just behind the photographer is the fish & chip shop and café, on the right was the bus station and garage, the wood hut behind the van ...Read more

A memory of Pateley Bridge by Robert Goulding

I would like to share with your readers that my father Alban Crossley was born in Staveley and his mother Ethel Crossley (nee Bateman) worked in the bobbin mill in Staveley. Unfortunately my grandfather Michael Crossley died ...Read more

A memory of Newby Bridge in 1930 by Ann Brennan

My father, Emlyn Jones was from Betwys, born in a house up near the lead mines in AberLlyn forest, now a ruin. My taid (grandfather) Hywel Jones, lived in Bro Gethin Terrace, my nain (grandmother) Mair, died before I was born, aged ...Read more

A memory of Betws in 1961 by Eirian Pascoe Jones

I have a photo of my great-grandfather walking down Broadway. I'm unable to make out anything elso on my photo. He vacationed in Sheerness in Blue Town during the 1930's. I'd like to know the name of the steeple that is across from the ...Read more

A memory of Sheerness by Donna Webb

My Great Grand parents owned Stevens Boat Yard and tea gardens at that time. I can't see if the name Stevens is clear on the building at the front of the point of the island but that is what its says. The ...Read more

A memory of Abingdon-on-Thames by liz

After dad got his first car, an Austin A30, he used to take me and my younger brother out for trips a little further afield, and Wire Mill Dam was one of our very favourite places. We'd be armed with a jam jar and ...Read more

A memory of Sheffield in 1959 by Jean Smith

I have just bought a print of Frith's postcard of Courtney Street in 1955 and am delighted to see the premises named "Stilings Pharmacy" on the right of the picture. My father ran this business for the Misses ...Read more

A memory of Newton Abbot in 1940 by Philip Richards

Although the car park has been tarmacced, very little else has changed. Much has been extended and developed around this building. See current photos of this same image on http://www.hiddenhorsham.co.uk/39/39.htm

A memory of Horsham by M