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when I was just 5 years old in 1951, I was whisked away to a convalescent home for infants in Dedisham Sussex, dressed up like Paddington bear or , a recent example of an evacuee . I was there for about a year ...Read more

A memory of Dedisham by k.marchant222

I passed my scholarship exams and when I was nearly 11, I started at the Beckenham County Grammar School as it was then called, in Copers Cope road. However as there were too many of us the first years classes were held ...Read more

A memory of Beckenham by Pat Roberts

The number 12 bus went past it and it cost me 2 pence each way from Crystal Palace. The bus stoped by the Libary and we ran down to the Baths entrance. It seemed masive that vitorian fronted building. Up the steps to the ticket ...Read more

A memory of Forest Hill by Wayne Ruffle

I have lovely memories of Rosie Hatch. She was a good friend of my mum's even after we moved to the States. They corresponded for years. We lived at (I believe) 13 Mixbury, then there was a man named Tony to the right of us and then Rosie. ...Read more

A memory of Mixbury by Jane Risbey

I have vivid memories of the slippery rock in Vernon Park. Other memories from the park were, the bench in the shelter at the lower entrance, I used to run around on top of the bench. The rhodedendron bushes, they were great for ...Read more

A memory of Stockport by lcwood

Between 1961 and 1964 I attended the The Matlock Teachers Training College at Rockside and was resident at Rockwood for 3 years. It was a wonderful time for me with my highlight being the co-organising of the double decker bus trip to ...Read more

A memory of Matlock by inclusivedriving

I was born in 1928 in the first house on the right on Sweetwater Lane. Still there, it was one of many "tied" houses occupied by those who worked for the Enton Hall estate of the Chichester family. They gave the Chichester Hall to the ...Read more

A memory of Witley by Michael Phillips

Very similar to Marjories memories. The things we looked forward too were the Church and Chapel trips to the seaside,and the week before the school broke up for Summer when the shows as we called them came in. We ...Read more

A memory of High Etherley by Ronnie Leonard

I too have very fond memories of Heatherlea. I remember well the dinner gong and the daily walk to the swings where I seemed to spend hours. Every day seemed to be sunny, which of course it probably wasn't. The treat of the ...Read more

A memory of Allendale Town by b_soulsby

Our family moved here from Plymouth in the mid fifties Have fond memories of days spent on the beach when we were children. We lived in Armada Road and in a rented property near the Old Ship Inn. Things I remember were having to ...Read more

A memory of Cawsand by stephen.foster27