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Forget Penge, forget Sydenham, forget Crystal Palace, Anerley had the Town Hall. Centre of the Council Employment. Opposite on the north side of Anerley Road, on the railway bridge, were two kiosk shops which my earliest ...Read more

A memory of Anerley by Bob Hakewill

I was born at the Ravensbourne Nursing Home , opposite All Saints Church in 1943. At that time my father was in the army and my mother and I lived with my grandparents in Henry Street, my oldest aunt lived next door. My ...Read more

A memory of Gosforth by bunz

My name is Janice Harvey and we lived in East Ham, Stamford road to be exact I went to Roman Road primary and junior schools then on to Brampton Manor secondary school from 1952 to 1964. I spent a lot of time at my Nan's in ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by janicetully

My parents lived at 233 Winchester Rd but moved to Wilmslow in 1948. My grandparents (Herbert and Mabel Higgs) lived at 4 Fairfields Rd (now a private hotel) having previously lived at Red Gables,Crossborough Hill. I have many ...Read more

A memory of Basingstoke by the.bods

In 1952 my newly widowed mother bought Grove Cottage - which was in Grove Lane (since called Malting Lane) and lived there for a while before renting it out to an American Airforceman named Robert Whaley, and his family, ...Read more

A memory of Ellington

My Twin sister Georgina and I (Catherine) would run up from No77 East Street once a week to spend our pocket money at Bennetts,we used to get halfpenny chews they were called Black Jacks and were liquorice( they used to make our ...Read more

A memory of Wareham by catherinesevans

Sorry to everyone but my memories will be vague as I left the area when I was 3yrs old, to live in Victoria dwellings Battersea Park Road. The family name was Batt Nan Grandad my uncles Terry & Micky shared the house ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by rosaria1

hi diane i too lived around duchess street & began my working life at 87 duchess st the butchers & greengrocers owned by geof n kath garlick around 1974ish i also remember we would go digging for antique bottles at the back of the shop,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,HAPPY DAYS

A memory of Shaw by ian1958freeman

hi diane i too lived around duchess street & began my working life at 87 duchess st the butchers & greengrocers owned by geof n kath garlick around 1974ish i also remember we would go digging for antique bottles at the back of the shop,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,HAPPY DAYS

A memory of Shaw by ian1958freeman

my mother berlina ellison was born at 26 shankhouse row cramlington in 1908 to josept & mary ellison my great grandparents, there were 11 family members living there at the time, has anyone have any memories of family. regards peter foster.

A memory of Cramlington by pjfoster45