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I was brought up in Sir Oswald Stoll Mansions where disabled soldiers were sent to live; there was a clinic there for their wounds to be dressed. We were the Maxwell family. There was a group of children we ...Read more

A memory of Fulham in 1953 by Irene Carroll

I have great happy memories of Tennyson Street just behind Seaford Road, Salford. I was born in 44 Tennyson Street to an irish mam, I was the youngest of three with two older brothers. My mam said in them days, 'I could ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1986 by Donna Odonnell

as a child i always remember croydon high street to be very colourful and fashionable, i used to love going to allders bargain basement,there was something for everybody,che quevara,c&a`s,martin fords,kennards,there were so many shoe ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1969 by Carol Reid

Hope someone can help - mum is trying to find an old schoolfriend called Barbra Coleman who lived in Fairwop. She married a polish man and had a little girl Natasha that I remember meeting when they called down ...Read more

A memory of Uckfield by Barbra Breeze

My memories of Grays go back to the 1940's and 1950's the war years and before the London over-spill estates Of Belhurst Park and Basildon arrived. I was born and lived at 106 Bridge Road with my parents ...Read more

A memory of Grays in 1940 by Albert Wm Gosnall

The time was late 1950s early 60s. At the time I was on drums and vocals with local Ilford groups. Most Saturday mornings would find me with a mix of local band people chatting in Ron's basement with Chick and Joey ...Read more

A memory of Ilford by Keith Harman

My Granny Gazey lived at 2, Bridley Moor Road. Because she was crippled with Rheumatoid Arthritis my Mum visited her every weekday morning to prepare food for the day and clean for her. Some of my earliest memories are playing ...Read more

A memory of Redditch in 1951 by Patricia Heming

In 1940 at age 1, I was moved into 123 Nelson Road with my parents and older brother.It was to be my permanent home for the next 20 years. Nelson road was split into two parts by Weston Park, the scruffy end between ...Read more

A memory of Crouch End in 1940 by David Hammond

I had the great misfortune to attend St Josephs Primary Roman Catholic School, Stanford-Le-Hope in the early to mid 1950s. The nuns there were far too fond of wielding bamboo canes split halfway down the ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1953 by Peter Clamp

I was evacuated to Torrington in 1940 during the Blitz. My two elder siblings, brother and sister, went to a farm somewhere in Devon. My mother, her new baby (my younger brother) and I went to Torrington. Mum ...Read more

A memory of Taddiport in 1940 by Tom Ware