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I went to Collingwood School and walked from there after school, up Queens Road to Rye Lane, I walked through Jones and Higgins then wandered down Rye Lane to Peckham Rye, walking through the park on my way to home, which was Brockley. I ...Read more

A memory of Peckham in 1960 by Yvonne Moran

Its amazing to think that almost fifty years have flown by since I enrolled at "Harrow Tech" for evening classes. I had just left Pinner Grammar School after A Levels and started work at the Bank of England in the City and ...Read more

A memory of Harrow in 1963 by John Howard Norfolk

I was a teenager, I used to live in Carshalton from 1986, I went to St Philomenas between 1990-1996, I remember passing through Roundshaw Estate to use the libraries, there were fewer houses and it was just a ...Read more

A memory of Wallington in 1997 by Christine Chua

Most Saturdays my sister Anita and I used to travel on the bus from Bordon to the bus stop in this picture, (at 8 years old I thought I was very grown up) where we would get off the bus to visit our Godmother, Fona, in a ...Read more

A memory of Headley Down in 1968 by Barbara Ingarfield

The Blitz started with the Sirens wailing in the early evenings, to warn of the approach of enemy planes. Then complete silence for quite a long time as we waited with mounting apprehension in the passage way, mother, myself, Dennis and David ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1940 by Arthur Cottrell

I remember my childhood days living on the mountain like they were yesterday, such happy days, playing for hours on the Second Moors and walking to Burks Wood and Fall Tops. Playing on the old station train lines and getting in ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury in 1963 by Brenda Lowe Was Newill

I went to a brand new primary school called Park Farm, so then going to Elmwwod was like going back in time. I just caught the end of Stacey walking around like something out of Harry Potter. My brother had told me about the ...Read more

A memory of Hackbridge in 1967 by Martin Wiseman

I remember the beach very well from the early 50's through to the early 60's. We went to Abergele every year in August for our family holiday and stayed at a guest house called Rose Hill, which was just out of the main part of ...Read more

A memory of Abergele by Lynette Foster

I grew up in Welling from 1942 until I left to join the RAF in 1962. I remember Danson Park and the pool with its fountain. I also loved the lake and the boats. I remember too, riding on the miniature train up along the side of the ...Read more

A memory of Welling in 1953 by Barry Willis

My parents took over the Castle Inn about 1960-61 when I was 4-5 years old. We'd come a long way from Yorkshire!! I remember the wall surrounding the pond - sitting on it and imagining it was a horse! I remember the pond being ...Read more

A memory of Framlingham in 1961 by Philippa Hall