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My father worked at Sonning Mill before transferring to Sindlesham Mill, his name was Fred Hopkins, he was a rollerman, we lived in a row of small cottages with a yard behind the cottages and a very long narrow garden . my mother cooked ...Read more

A memory of Sonning

In September 1948 the Morton family moved into a brand new council house at number 3 Coopers Close Chigwell Row. Our father Ronal Morton and his wife Evelyn with my brothers Andrew and Douglas, shortly ...Read more

A memory of Chigwell Row by fionaavalon

As a schoolboy in the 1960s I would generally go to the city centre to lunch with my parents so as to avoid school meals. Large stores offered various dining options. Collinsons’ had an ...Read more

A memory of Bradford by michaelpeterpeyton

My memories of Wallington are more than I can put into words! My family and I moved there from Seville, Spain in 1942 during World War II when i was only 4 years old and didn't even speak the language. My 5 ...Read more

A memory of Wallington by tbfarrell92109

I can vividly remember Blythe Mansions, I used to go there with my late mother to visit an aunt and other relatives who lived there, I can still see it now, there were two sections of the estate as I recall, with two half ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey by john.cashin64

I was born at 53 Potter Hill, it was great in those day's. Mrs Jones had the shop at the top of Potter Hill, same row as the Church was on. We were 4 doors away from Codge Frank, the chicken and egg man. Nita was at the fish and ...Read more

A memory of Pickering by anneandchibby

I remember the dairy in Havelock road i was a milkboy helping a milkman on a round in a bedford van doing as far as heathrow airport driving across the tarmac to the aircraft hangers, try that now, i remember waiting ...Read more

A memory of Southall by daleewestcountryjag

Training Pit Ponies at Ryhope Oxclose was a row of 5 terraced houses owned by the Colliery and located at the top of the lane which passed the eastern side of the Cricket field. At the Western end of 5 terraced ...Read more

A memory of Ryhope by harrydhx

He was only a few weeks old when he came to us, my mother had got to know about him and thought he was just the thing I needed to cheer me up. I was fourteen years of age and had not long moved home; my parents had decided ...Read more

A memory of Kingswear

I lived in Lulworth Cove from 1949 to until 1972. It was a fantastic place to spend your childhood and have many happy memories of time spent with my sister and friends. Crabbing, swimming, rowing boats across the ...Read more

A memory of Lulworth Camp by bagdisanka