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Hello, I was born in 1942 at 88 Sunbury Road, Feltham. There were four children born at the house, 1938 Gwyneth, 1942 Carol, 1945 Hilary, 1949 Kelvin. My mother, Gwyneth, and dad, Stan, moved into the house the day they were ...Read more

A memory of Feltham by Carol Anne Wilkins

1964: While working here we would go to two different pubs in Southgate, one at each end of the high street, it was in these pubs we met a local group of lads and lasses who were from very wealthy backgrounds, and they all took a shine to us. ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1964 by Jimmy Burrows

When my Mother passed away in 1999 I had the unhappy task of clearing out her Warden Controlled little flat. Amongst her possessions I came across an old history project I had done at school in the 1970s for which I ...Read more

A memory of Handsworth in 1910

I have been tracing my family tree, Mum has given me a photo taken June 23 1947 of residents of Pegwell Home and I believe my great-grandfather Clement Charles Trevatt is sitting in the bottom row far left, first person in that row. ...Read more

A memory of Pegwell in 1947 by Wendy Sharp

I recently visited, Bishops Waltham, Waltham Chase and Shedfield. Bishops Waltham town centre was how I remembered it from the 1970s. Waltham Chase had changed quite a bit, I was sorry to see how un-kept the house my grandparents ...Read more

A memory of Waltham Chase in 2010 by Margaret Arton

I was born in the front bedroom in June. I can remember a greengrocer came round by horse and cart up till about 1960/61. There were only two cars in the whole street. I went to Grays Farm Infants, now retail units, and Grays ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's Cray in 1954 by Mike Digby

My grandparents were William (Bill) and Molly Free - my mother was their daughter, Barbara. For five of my earliest years, I lived in the building shown, although it did not look quite like that! The shop and house were ...Read more

A memory of Longworth in 1950 by Tim Jones

I lived at no. 1 Challoners Hill otherwise known as The Stores. In the photograph the petrol pumps are just visible on the left hand side of the road. Across the road Vic Burrows ran the bakery and we were treated to the smell ...Read more

A memory of Steeple Claydon in 1955 by Paul Curtis

An old friend of mine is desparately searching for a photo of the buliding where she lived - 7 Glasgow Road, Cambuslang. It was the first house she shared with her husband after they got married. Sadly, her husband was ...Read more

A memory of Cambuslang by Gerry Bruce

How I remember Wembley. I went to St Joseph's Catholic Primary which in those days was opposite the Empire Pool. I used to go and pet the horses when the Horse of the Year show was on. I used to walk home to Tokyngton Avenue and ...Read more

A memory of Wembley