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If you look closely, just behind the R.A.C. sign, you can see a sign for The Green Room, which was a delightful little tea room run by two sisters I think. It was very elegant and seemed to belong to another time altogether. I ...Read more

A memory of West Byfleet by mcvirgo

Family history tells me that my grandfather, G J Morris, was the proprietor of this bakery before he died in 1940.  My uncle, H J Morris, ran the tobacconist, newsagent, sweet shop on the corner in Wallington.  I was born in ...Read more

A memory of Carshalton in 1930 by Elizabeth Smith

Opposite the post office at the end of the parade of shops was a dry cleaners owned by what I thought was a rather posh lady who would call me Poppet. My mother cleaned house for them and sometimes I would be ...Read more

A memory of West Drayton in 1953 by Barry Hawgood

The Hallams belonged to my family (my father's line - Charles Arthur Champneys Hodgson) for many years, until the 1950s l believe. l would dearly love to know any information about the Hodgson family who lived there, pre-second ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green by Evie Hodgson

In the middle of this picture is a bus stop where the London Transport red double-deckers on routes 98B and 209 stop. Both routes ran to Pinner in a westerly direction and I would stand at this stop many hundreds of times ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1960 by John Howard Norfolk

My family including myself lived in the coastguard houses from 1949-1956, we, myself and my friends spent many hours on this beach and surrounding areas I attended tynemouth primary school and then linkskill sec modern my father bought a ...Read more

A memory of Tynemouth by brianinch7

The Haven was built by my grandfather, Walter Butler, for his wife - Rosie. I'm trying to source photos and memories of the cafe for my dad, Ronald Butler. He has wonderful memories himself and grew up there. If you've anything to offer, please let me know!

A memory of West Malling in 1940 by Sue Butler

This is the original Heroes pub (double-fronted building on left of photo), named after the soldiers returning from the battle of Waterloo who set up camp at Waterloo having marched from Portsmouth docks on their way to London. It ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville by Meryl Davidson

This is a photo full of memories for me, too. We lived in Tatling End (Brokengate Lane) from 1941 to 1954, so Gerrards Cross was more than familiar to me! In the photo on the right, you can see the garage/petrol station ...Read more

A memory of Gerrards Cross by Gerard Gilbertson

This 1953 photo shows Bristol's Horsefair in Broadmead not long before the rebuilding of Broadmead after the blitz of theSecond World War. Broadmead runs between Union Street and Penn Street, and was a part of ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1953 by Paul Townsend