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Being Con's older brother, my memories go back a bit further, having started school about the day war was declared, going to the village school, with Miss Burling(?) - rumour had it that she changed the spelling of her name ...Read more

A memory of Figheldean in 1940 by William(Bill) Evans

I joined up for National Service in July 1954 and after trade training at RAF Yatesbury, I was posted to RAF Buntingsdale Hall - HQ 22 Group Comm Flight - in June 1955 as an Air Wireless Fitter - ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton in 1955 by Barry Rose

I was born in 1946 in a private maternity home near Walpole Park and the awful King Edwards hospital. I lived at 70 Gordon Road until I married (Haven Green) and migrated to Australia in 1970. I attended ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1960 by Sue Howard

My memories are we had a lovely childhood growing up there,there was nine of us and all played together,went to School at East Drayton walked there and back until we was eleven years old. The photo of the old farm ...Read more

A memory of Stokeham by kathleen.elizabeth

I was born in 1931 in Bollingbroke Nursing Home and lived in Belleville Road next to Belleville Road School. Our house was requisitioned and knocked down to enlarge the school and so we moved to Hayes, Middlesex, in 1937, ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1930 by Marie Cull

This swimming pool was a major part of my life. As a child of the sixties, the main event was queueing for your "Contract" for 5 shillings for the season and trying to get number 1!!!! Loved the slide, fountain, paddling ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton in 1960 by Marianne Baddeley

My parents, Arthur and Olga England, ran the Hostel at Drayton Parslow back in the 1960's for the London Brick Company. The Hostel was situated opposite Love Row, where the Hostel was is now known ...Read more

A memory of Drayton Parslow in 1963 by Paula Ward

The Miss Georges were relatives of my husband, Allen George. We believe they died in the 1970's when they were in their eighties. Allen remembers them in the 1950's, they lived in the cottages, St Mary's Cottage ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton in 1952 by Olwen George

I remember going to the Savoy Cinema that you can see on the corner of the High Street and Vine Street. This was about 1953, I was seven and went with my brother who was twelve. I had never been to the pictures without an adult ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1953 by Barry Hawgood

At sixteen I owned a three wheeler convertible that with a bit of bending of the law sixteen year olds were allowed to drive. Plus the fact that the coppers didn't know how the law stood exactly. The car was a Powerdrive, coming ...Read more

A memory of Cowley in 1963 by Barry Hawgood