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Yes, I remember this place very well. There was a fishpond just outside of the pavilion with koi and goldfish. Broken paving slabs were all around the perimeter of it, so that you could not fall in!! This was around 1960 ish and every ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh by Jacqueline Jackson

I was born in Ash Road Dartford in 1929, moved to Miskin Road about 1934, then to Halford Way, where we spent the war, and from where I left to get married at Holy Trinity Church in 1951. Earliest memories were of Miss ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by ngrist21

Leytonstone was such a lovely high road, lovely cafes, cinemas , bowling alley, but what is driving me a bit nuts is trying to find out the name of 2 shops that where there, tha first one was what is the left side of Boots the ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone by carolannhale

In the early 1950s myself and two friends had been fishing at the top of Church Hill, Saxmundham. We stopped at a copse halfway down and explored. Removing some rampant Ivy, we uncovered a concrete cover on a well. To our ...Read more

A memory of Saxmundham by John Fisher

2 great characters on the teaching staff at the time, yet very different! Mrs Fleming was an energetic and lively drama teacher whilst Miss Woolnough was an old-school lecturer. I remember dozing off during her lectures. Does anyone have similar memories?

A memory of Falmer

When I was a child, my parents got divorced before I reached the age of four, and I didn't meet my Father until several years later. Together with my Mother and my younger brother, we lived with my maternal ...Read more

A memory of Bolton Upon Dearne by Dennis Ford

Hi, My family the Burgins lived in Thornley when I was younger and a lot of them still live there now. We lived in Hartlepool Street in an old public house. We used to go down to Fleming's shop for the penny lollies. Our house backed onto ...Read more

A memory of Thornley in 1967 by Suzanne Thubron

I was born in Liebenrood Road Maternity Hospital Reading in 1947 and for my first 5 years I lived in Salisbury Road, moving to Whitley until I left in 1969. I remember as a young child having many photographs taken at Jeromes ...Read more

A memory of Reading by Wendy Fegan

All the pictures have such lasting memories. I was born on Nutbeem Road in 1935 and attended Chamberlayne Road Boys School and Barton Peverill Grammar School. Three of us, Dave Gardner, John Young and myself, started at the ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh by Henry Lassiter

I grew up in Welling from 1948 to 1963. Leaving it was the saddest moment of my life - one I have never really recovered from. So vivid were the memories, I wrote a book of my life's experiences - ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Noel Bailey