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How nice to read about Drayton. My parents moved here in 1953 and my father owned the chemists shop on the north side of Havant road opposite Lower Drayton lane. In the early 60s,I played in local groups (The ...Read more

A memory of Drayton by denloc142

hey new at this game, have traveled the world,both with the army and as a security adviser to many arab and african nations but i was born and grew up on the bombed out streets of wear tyne and tees streets, the town moor was ...Read more

A memory of Ryhope by adeynathan.na

Pakenham...The only village in England with both a windmill and a watermill ! My daughter was born in Pakenham in the worst snowstorm in living memory. She was Christened at the Parish Church which stands next to the Vicarage which has a ...Read more

A memory of Pakenham by frank.holmes26

Mine isn't actually a memory of Flat 53b because I was much too young to remember the place but, wait for it, I am the baby sister who was born there in 1946. Yes, that is amazingly true and I still have the picture that my sister ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup by junegirl846

I lived as a child in Kenton between 1949 and 1957, but returned frequently to visit my aunts and uncles who lived there until they died in the mid nineties. I have the fondest memories of playing in Kenton ' rec ' and as a pupil at ...Read more

A memory of Kenton by info

I lived as a child in Kenton between 1949 and 1957, but returned frequently to visit my aunts and uncles who lived there until they died in the mid nineties. I have the fondest memories of playing in Kenton ' rec ' and as a pupil at ...Read more

A memory of Kenton by info

Lived at No. 99, house backed onto school. Earliest memory of Miss Bjork as headteacher. Remember Sainsburys in high street which became Woolworths. Edward Adams, Tudor Library and Buckinghams. Drove through Selsdon recently. Not the ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by markgregorian2003

I was born in Aldershot in June 1946. I believe the event was at the General Hospital at the top end of St.Georges Road. For the first year or so I lived with my parents and older brother at the bottom end of Victoria Road. ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot by geoffroberts994

Tony Stafford. I lived in Gateshead from 1954 to 1961. For several years my friends and I attended Shipcote Baths most Saturday mornings, we learned to swim, dive, socialise, etc. Abiding memory is of staying in ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by tony.stafford2

Yes I went to Smethwick Hall Girls from 1990 until it closed. Was very sad as the school had such amazing facilities. I got a better education because of it closing though. Does anyone remember the head teacher’s dog? I used ...Read more

A memory of Smethwick by tinahart1978