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My great grandparents, grandparents, and my mum all come from Burnt Oak. Got quite sad reading all the memories, they made me cry. They lived in Barnfield Road. I remember the ice cream man that had a hatch in the wall, the Co-op, ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1976 by Beth Morgan

Lived in Doncaster Gardens - No.43 in the flats then No.49 in the three storey houses which are still there, before they filled the green in where we played football, with houses. Used to help run the Oriel Youth Club from its start ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1960 by Rob Macormac

What a great place this web site is. I certainly love the Burnt Oak as I knew it between 1947 and 1969 when I then emigrated to SA (since back in Weston super Mare). All the memories you folk have mentioned are mine too. I ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1960 by Fred East

My sister, Mary, was born in 1946, where I was born 1949. She'd take me on the bus from Royston to see some films at the Staincross cinema. The only thing that I remember was that it was somewhat run down but yet had a feel about ...Read more

A memory of Darton in 1959 by Roland Mitchell

The old school was still in the village - the toilets seem to be well remembered - how I hated those. The old school for me smelled of those tablets of paint which were used in art class, for dabbling. That smell ...Read more

A memory of South Weald in 1959 by Dermot Keenan

I was born, illegitimately, in Barony Hospital, Nantwich and lived in Church St, Crewe, moving to Cliffe Road when the "slum" houses were demolished and the police station was built there. I moved from my first school Brierley ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1954 by Lesley Spray

My memory of the area is based on my secondary school days here at the St James Catholic School, I think it was in Orange Hill Rd? I lived in Wembley during the war years and started school at St Josephs ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1951 by Brian Telfer

My mother, Doreen Hall (Nee Bilton), related these memories to me: I started nursing at St James’ Hospital, Leeds (Jimmy's) in 1948. I was 17 years old, the only one straight from school. I didn’t need any ...Read more

A memory of Leeds in 1948 by Isobel Buck

Hi, Herbert here. As a very small boy, locked away in my head, I suddenly remember street lights; they were funny street lights with arms. Well, every night a man used to light them when it were going dark -in those day ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1947

To me the first eleven years of my life, growing up in Quarry Bank, was the most enjoyable. I was born Kenneth Graham Sewell, on the 26th January 1947, at 59 Saltwells Road, now renamed White City, and the whole country was in the ...Read more

A memory of Quarry Bank in 1947 by Ken Sewell