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I was born in Hornsey in 1940. Returning from evacuation in S.Wales in 1944, I went to Highgate Primary School for a short time, before moving to 141 Crouch Hill (now demolished) and attending Rokesley Infants School & Crouch End ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1945 by Alan Carter

My name is Linda and I was born in 335 Cooksey road, Small Heath. I went to Goodwin School in Jenkins street until we left Birmingham in December 1960. My fondest memory of my school days was during the winter ...Read more

A memory of Small Heath by wilinfairy

I was born in West Mid Hosp and we lived in Worton Way which was technically Isleworth but very close to Hounslow High Street. Our surname was Pritchett. I went to Spring Grove Infant School in Star Road from 1962-1969 and then ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Christine Callow

Does anyone remember the Hounslow Welsh Society which used to meet in a room in the grounds of Hounslow Hospital? My surname was Richards then & my Dad was a producer of the amateur dramatics & we also had a ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1952 by Peggy Roberts

I was born in 1974 and grew up in Rosemary Avenue. I went to Alexandria Infants school until 1980 when I started Hounslow Heath Infants school and then junior school. My teacher at the infants school was Mrs Crump, I think there was ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow

I have lived all my 60+ years in Burghfield Common and I have seen it totally transformed. I was born and brought up in Three Firs Way, and lived here until 1987 when I got married and moved to Hunters Hill. ...Read more

A memory of Burghfield Common by Ian Turner

My Dad, a countryman born and bred, went to London in the late 1920's for work - since there was a huge depression in his type of country work (farm labourer). He met my Mum, and I was born in Thornton Heath, Surrey, in ...Read more

A memory of Abbotsley in 1930 by Alan Cross

I was born in Shirley Gardens in 1935, right opposite Barking Park where I spent most of my childhood at Barking open air lido. What a magnificent place that was! My father was a policeman in Barking so we always ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Shirley Bates

I was born in Dale St off Hume Hall Lane. Our neighbours were the Rushtons and the Alan's. I remember, in the early fifties, the milk man with his horse and cart and also the ice cream horse drawn carriage - it had two large ...Read more

A memory of Miles Platting by franciscaine7

I was born at 23 Howard Close in October 1963. It was a lovely place for children to grow up. A large green and a playground, little traffic, dogs and other residents. Everyone looked out for one another. I attended the ...Read more

A memory of Walton on the Hill in 1963 by Theresa Mitchell