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Please if anyone has information about my family from Wallington I would be so appreciative. Gordon was a postal worker in the early 50's to 60's I know. We found the street address of Montagu Gardens on a used envelope in a ...Read more

A memory of Wallington in 1960 by M.L. Acott

Annie Dawsons - all the pillars were covered in mirroflex (tiny bits of mirror tile), Garners second-hand shop, next shop down? Mrs Garner lived in the house attached to the Travellers Rest, till she died (always ...Read more

A memory of Windhill by Ken Haddy

I moved to Chislehurst in 1936 in our "brand new" house in Oakdene Ave. Cost about £475. Primary school was Willow Grove, long since gone. Secondary school was the new Edgebury School, very big, even had a playing field. ...Read more

A memory of Chislehurst in 1940 by Doug Killick

My great grandfather John Cheney, died in 1943. The Cheney family lived in Puncknowle for centuries and were blacksmiths. They originally came from Litton Cheney, a village nearby, in the sixteenth century, Sir ...Read more

A memory of Puncknowle in 1943 by Michael Thomas

I was born in Walthamstow in 1952 and moved to Drayton Road in Leytonstone in 1953. We lived there for 10 years and my brother and sisters were born there. I went to Goerge Tomlinson School from 1957 to 1963, my ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1957 by Kathleen Stepney

My grandfather, lived with his sister Nancy Hind (nee pagan), his wife Sophia, children Adam Maryjane in Annan. Nancy was married to George Hind. My grandfather was killed in the first world war in 1914 and his name, Isaac Pagan, ...Read more

A memory of Eastriggs in 1910 by Joann Whittaker

We had long warm summers with some rain and all the children could play together without too much bickering, our little group lived in a small area from Wren Street to Ashmore Street. Not all the kids went to St Marks ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1948 by Kenneth Frost

I too have fond memories of Ardwick. I lived in Nelson Place. I'm sure I recall a Peter Palmer, I think he was in my brother Kevin`s class at school, I can remember loads of things, both good and bad; playing in the street, having a ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick by Kathryn Mcgowan

I spent my first five years 1924-1929 in Blindley Heath, possibly the nicest years of my life. I may have gone to the school there. I clearly remember Gibb's store when I spent six glorious ...Read more

A memory of Blindley Heath in 1920 by Stanley Austin

I lived at 10 Dow St, Salford, during the 50s.. I remember there was a shop on the corner owned by Mrs Conner`s .. On a Saturday my mum would shop on Lwr Broughton Rd, and a treat would be to stop off at the Milk Bar for a ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Diane Traynor