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Hi all, was wanting to know more about North Seaton as my beautiful mum was born there. She was born in 1919 and passed away 2 years ago. She was the only child of Robert and Margaret Johnson who migrated to Australia when she ...Read more

A memory of North Seaton by Wayne Toohey

Hi from New Zealand, so good to see this site, found quite by accident. I was born in Oldchurch Hospital in 1946 and spend my childhood living at Laburnum Walk, Elm Park. Ayloff School was my first memory, crossing ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1946 by Barbara Bailey (Nee Fox)

In the summer of 1952 I learnt that my parents had decided to move from our home in the Midlands to the West Country as my father wished to return to where his relatives lived. It came as no surprise therefore, when one day they ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth in 1952

I was born in Hawkhurst at some ungodly hour on October 5th, 1949 at the Little Fowler's nursing home, which is why I probably inherited some of its smuggling influence! At that time my parents were ...Read more

A memory of Iden Green by Paul O'donovan

Does anyone remember the Thompsons of No1 Bog Houses? Mary and Jimmy lived there with their daughter Nancy. They ran a pork shop for a time I think in the 40's but it closed during the war years; the shop front remained until around ...Read more

A memory of Cramlington in 1961 by Diane Banks

My dad used to drink in here every night and Sunday lunch times; we weren't allowed to have Sunday dinner till dad came home. It became known as the Valley hotel.

A memory of Caterham in 1950

I lived in Loring Street off Droylsden Road. With the war on we spent most of time with my grandparents, Tom and Mary Peaker, who lived in Dixon Street with their youngest daughter Dorothy. I went to ...Read more

A memory of Newton in 1940 by Graham Tyson

My father, Douglas Aubrey Dixon, also known as 'Reginald' lived with his father, Temple Dixon, at 'Westholme' Westfield Lane - No.81. My paternal grandfather bought the house for £385 in June, 1935. Temple Dixon was a ...Read more

A memory of Kippax in 1940 by Geoffrey Dixon Hamilton

The chocolate box sweet shop in Vanston Place. Going to the Science Museum every Sunday on the district line stopping off at Earls Court to get a chocolate eclair from the bakers opposite the station. Playing run outs, knock ...Read more

A memory of Fulham in 1965 by Jennifer Brewer

I remember I was just about to leave school this year 1975 without a job to go to when a knock came on our front door; it was Uncle Ian Speake (as I used to call him). He said to me if I wanted a job (he knew I did not have a job) with ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1975 by Stephen Allman