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I am wondering if anyone has any old picutures of the above schools, I went to both of them. Sadly the old infants class rooms have gone now and approx. 10 years ago the original junior school was ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Valerie Waring

I was born in Hornchurch and attended North Street School, I can still smell the greens from the canteen. We had little beds put up in the hall and after dinner we had to have a little sleep before afternoon school, ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1946 by Doreen Trigg Ne Birleson

I was born in Sutton at Hone and lived there until I married in 1963. I remember many of the names recalled in the memories on this site. My maiden name was Bradley and I had two brothers David and Raymond. I went to ...Read more

A memory of Sutton at Hone in 1940 by Mavis Fuller

Six of us lived in a 2 up 2 down property in Sutton until I was 18. No bathroom, and a toilet in the garden which backed onto an alleyway that ran the length of the Trolley bus garage. Imagine, when I reached 10, mum allowed my younger ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1954 by Anita Jeffery

Yes, Sutton had it all it was a great place; parks and ponds to skate on in winter.

A memory of Sutton in 1960 by Nick Turner

Hello. Just been looking at some of your letters. I remember Jack Hopes farm in Norton, my mate worked for him for many years and also Mr Clowes. I do remember him, I worked down Askern pit and I ...Read more

A memory of Askern in 1964 by John Lancaster

I could go on and on with memories. Myself and my parents moved from London to Arbour Way, Elm Park on 24th August 1953. I went to Ayloff School from 1954-1960, when I left to go to Suttons Secondary. We moved ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch by Elaine Stebbings

I remember the Bakers at the corner of Longfellow Road. My parents lived in Merrilands Road and my mother and I would do our shopping in Worcester Park and sometimes at North Cheam or even Sutton or Kingston! Fond memories.

A memory of Worcester Park in 1952 by Margaret Bond

I remember Jimmy Redpath and Peter Sutton, we were in the same class at Benyon Juniors School, also other names in class were David Clifford, Jimmy Dunn, Billy Stanton, Vernon Smith, John Owen, Leonard Smallwood, Tommy ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1959 by Dennis Tee

I lived in no. 3 The Driffold. I attended Town County Primary and then John Willmott Grammar School. I have the happiest memories of living there with Sutton Park just down the road. We used to play near the duck pond ...Read more

A memory of Sutton Coldfield in 1965 by Christina Cleyndert