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I lived in Mill Road during the war years until I was about 18 years old. We used to walk to Purfleet Primary School every day which was quite a stretch. I seem to remember that the infant teacher was a Miss Pond who I believe later ...Read more

A memory of Purfleet by michael

CATERHAM HILL - High Street and Chaldon Road I lived in 20 Chaldon Road and 5-7 High Street, Caterham Hill as a young child from about 9 years old. I went to the Infant school in Chaldon Road. On Friday mornings a Siren was used to ...Read more

A memory of Caterham by kjba.hester

I wrote this piece for a writing group exercise in April/May 2019, near my home in NE Scotland. LIttle did I know then that some of the memories would form part of my Mum's Eulogy just three months later. The day ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by shea.carol

In the Fifties A family called the Robinsons owned Wolverley Court. They had three children, Michael who had a sports car, Judy who played the violin and Ian. They ran a youth club for the village children and ...Read more

A memory of Wolverley by jeanhart1944

I was raised in Mountsorrel in the Soar valley near Leicester. It was a Norman village that lay alongside the river Soar under Castle Hill. The hill got its name from the mote and bailey type 12c castle built by the Beaumonts – ...Read more

A memory of Mountsorrel by Janet Brookes

I grew up in Kylemore Road, Oxton. One of 5 children. The Arno features heavily in my memories. We would walk up there following instructions from mum to 'get out from under my feet'. We'd take plastic flasks of ribena, dress up in our ...Read more

A memory of Oxton by pennyswale

My grandparents lived at The Bungalow, in Thornborough & I would look forward with excitement to our visits (from Middlesbrough) during school holidays. Me & my sister enjoyed the ...Read more

A memory of Thornborough by joycemmiddleton

I remember going to Dartford with my mum and going to a shop called Kerr's Drapery in the High Street. I was fascinated by the way they gave change to their customers. The shop assistant would put money into a capsule which ...Read more

A memory of Dartford

I was born at the Ravensbourne Nursing Home , opposite All Saints Church in 1943. At that time my father was in the army and my mother and I lived with my grandparents in Henry Street, my oldest aunt lived next door. My ...Read more

A memory of Gosforth by bunz

My parents lived at 233 Winchester Rd but moved to Wilmslow in 1948. My grandparents (Herbert and Mabel Higgs) lived at 4 Fairfields Rd (now a private hotel) having previously lived at Red Gables,Crossborough Hill. I have many ...Read more

A memory of Basingstoke by the.bods