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I was at Gearies when the rocket fell in Hatley Ave. We lived at no 9 and it was on a Monday (washing day) and the replacement windows that we had(because they were blown out when the V1 dropped in Dr Barnardos behind us) fell on my mum in the kitchen. She was not hurt because they were not glass.
I understand that the V2 fell on the back door step of the house in our Ave and the lady there was hanging out the washing at the time and all they found I believe her only hand.
My mother was born in August 1912 at 14 Perriman's Row, Withycombe Raleigh (this is shown on her birth certificate). She was illegitimate and the home was that of her mother's relation George Parkhouse and his wife and family. I recently visited Exmouth and saw the home (I live in Canada).
i to went to this place,i was not abused myself, however the treatment was harsh, and i remember the girl standing under the fireplace being violently sick, as she had to eat the food that she had not eaten the day before, she was then made to clean it up herself,spent three weeks in the freezing winter in a room with the window wide open, witha person called katherine or kathleen she was ...see more
My parents lived at rose cottage in Blackwell in 1954/5 would anyone know if this property still exists today ? As I am researching my family history.my parents names were tom and myrtle Davies and I think the cottage was owned by a Mr and Mrs parsons .any info much appreciated.
Mrs sue gasiorek
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My childhood was lived in Burton and Stapenhill - 1952 to 1965 I remember fondly the swan and gardens, running up and down the beautiful rock garden steps. There was a huge willow tree between the swan and the river that hung down to the ground seemed like such a magical place to stand in with the sun filtering through the leaves into the darkened interior. On Sunday morning the church bell would be ringing out ...see more
I remember my mom working at Abbey Drapery. I used to love to go in and watch the vacuum payment system. The money was put in a round tube and whoosh off it would go only to return minutes later with the change.
I used to live in Burhill road, my mum & dad were married here & I was Christened here. Years later, about 1967 my car went into the church wall after my front near side wheel decided to undo itself! I remember feeling a strange lurching sensation followed by seeing my wheel roll down Burhill Road. I then went into the Church Wall, which did NOTHNG to the stone wall but made a mess of my pride & joy Triumph Herald. Oh how embarrassed I was!
I used to fish in the Mole regularly, my home almost backed onto the River. Never caught very much although I used to be told by the old fellows (I was only very young mind) "Be careful boy, theres a massive old Pike in this River". I never could puzzle out whether I was having my leg pulled or not! I also used to launch my canvas canoe from about here & spend hours paddling up the river until it hit a very ...see more
My mother used to be the post mistress here back in the sixties. I used to come out of school across the road every lunch break, say "Hi Mum, can I please have some lunch money". I used to spend it on everything but lunch, Ha, boys eh?
I can remember going to the top of kings hill in Hengoed , up some steps and into the stute. It seemed a massive building to me as a child. I can still remember the smell of it. And the fact that children were only allowed in a certain part to buy sweets. Has anyone got any photos of the stute ,or memories of it. It was pulled down ,I think in the 1960,s. Kim price( Carey)
I have just read the memory posted by Tine Kooiman dated November 13th 2013 regarding a small hospital near the Buckhurst Hill railway station. She does not mention what time period she was there but I do recall there being a small 'cottage' hospital on Roebuck Lane/Powell Road which was possibly the one she is referring to. I forget the proper name of the hospital but it may have been ...see more
i saw a message today on one of the "mitcham sites". someone was after imformation about their granddad hiram ayers. from 1948 i lived on bordergate and im sure hiram lived in hawkes road just round the corner. although i never knew him i remember the unusual name.
This beautiful Grade 1-Listed building was the closest Library to where I lived near Southchurch Park, and I spent many hours inside during the 1940's and 1950's exploring books, or in the landscaped grounds.
As I became a teenager and also more interested in History, I was fascinated to discover that the "old farmhouse" where my ...see more
I lived in Sabden for a short time in the mid 60,s.it had a big effect on me,probably as i was in my early teens.I have always longed to go back,but some how never got around to it. I am now the wrong side of 60 with a few health problems.i suppose this could be a "bucket list" thing.i lived at 3 Thorn st and my bedroom faced Pendle Hill.A view i would love to see again.Apart from walking through the village,i would also like to visit ...see more
In the 1950s I lived in Broadhurst Gardens and every day walked with friends through this twitten to get to North Bank School in Smoke Lane. The lane was dark and overgrown on one side and on the other side backed onto the Crusader Insurance land. This side was fenced but there were gaps that we could peep through to see bright sunlight and the glorious view to the south of Reigate. In winter we would meet the lamp lighter ...see more
I remember walking past the tea bar on my way from George Street to the bus station to catch either the 71 or the 80 to Stockport Road/Hare and Hounds, Timperley. I did this every day whilst being a pupil at North Cestrian Grammar School
The photograph was taken outside what was Dobson's Dairy and Bowies Warehouse. The van on the left belonging to the hardware shop - I remember going with my mum there many times.
I remember this picture very well. Between the ages of 6 and 11, I walked past this school everyday, turning left up a footpath just beyond the two parked cars, on my way to Navigation Road School. On the right hand side of the road very close to the parked cars was Wellington Road Boys School market garden which was tended by the boys.
As a child I can remember my mum shopping in the Co-op, the shop on the right between the two parked cars. Next door was the toy shop and next door to that was the Midland Bank. Coming back the other way towards Mayfield Road, there was the post office and a new small Spar supermarket
My family and I lived in Carlin Gate, Timperley from my birth in 1948 until we moved to Romford in Essex in the late summer of 1963. I have superb memories of playing schoolboy cricket on the ground just over the wall on the right whilst at North Cestrian Grammar School.
My family and I lived at 2 Carlin Gate, a cul de sac on the left of this picture just beyond the parked car. I lived there from my birth in 1948 until the family moved to Romford in Essex in the summer of 1963.
I am the little boy on the tricycle and the lady standing next to me was Mrs Hornby our neighbour. I can remember the photographer asking us to remain outside our homes, to make the photograph more interesting. He had a large camera on a tripod and I remember him covering his head under the camera canopy to take the shot and being in the middle of the road. Of course there were few cars in those days.
I was born at the Bransbury Nursing Home, Jubilee Road, Waterlooville, during the war in December 1943. I lived with my grandmother Eva Hill (nee Redman) and my mother, Joyce Hill (nee Lewis) at 56 Hambledon Road Waterlooville, Hampshire while my father Charles Henry Hill, was in the navy and was away at war. We stayed there only six months until a bomb exploded in the back garden and we went to ...see more
In the foreground is the SMNCo.'s TSMV "New Prince Of Wales I" [a 75ft vessel built by Hayward's Boatyard, Burdett Road, at the back of the Kursaal] normally berthed at that Jetty. I think by the mid-1950's, my family's Company, the SMNCo. had begun to paint the "New Prince of Wales 1" a mid-Blue colour.
. Behind our "New Prince Of ...see more
Hi, I lived at Mount Pleasant were the first shopping centre was built, Then moved to York Road no 38.until 1970. I went Ealing road jnr School and then to Bush House open air School {hated it} I also hated moving with my parents because I loved Brentford and would move back in a flash, but my health is not so good and I am on my own now. I live in hope .I have tried so very hard to find old friends with no luck
God bless you all.
ROBERT YOUNG/
My parents rented a converted railway carriage in Bulls Copse Lane for a time during the war. I and my sister and brother loved it and were sorry when we had to move back to Portsmouth. I went first to the village school and then to Cowplain where the headmistress was a Mrs Laidman. I have many happy memories of our time there and have written and published a book about our adventures. I and my husband have recently moved back to the area.
Eileen (McInnes)
This was my grandmothers house and i spent many school holidays here with my uncle and aunt and their 3 sons who lived with my grandmother. Long summer days were spent "going down the den" the wooded area next to the walled garden. We played croquet on the lawn and tennis on the grass court and generally ran wild freely on the estate. Sadly my aunt the Hon..Jane Hendry died last year well into her nineties,she spent her last years ...see more
I was born in 1953, lived at 375 Collyhurst Road, next to the croft, and went to St Malachy's. We lived in Collyhurst Road until they decided to pull all the houses down and we moved to an estate in Miles Platting before emigrating to Australia in 1969.
My brothers Alan and John along with my sisters Christine and Ann all went to St Malachys. We used to play on the croft beside our house, where we would have bonfire night ...see more
I have fond memories of the Johnson family.I went to school with Monica and Damaris. We used to practice handbell ringing in their enormous kitchen.Well it seemed it then. On Acension day we used to go to the top of the church tower to say prayers.
After my parents sold Tubbs House in Castle Street we rented this house, you used to have to walk through all the bedrooms to get to the one you were sleeping in. What a pity all these were pulled down when they built the by pass later on.
I still have my post office savings book stamped Mere Warminster Wilts. I deposited 5/-.
The telephonist use to sit almost in the doorway with a little switchboard our number was Mere 282.
I think it was the shop with the blind next to the arch.
This was my classroom our teacher was Mrs Williams.
It had a large black stove to heat it in the winter. We used to go across the road for morning and evening assembly.Mr.Wardle was the headmaster,tweed jacket with leather elbow patches. Each evening we used to sing Now The Day Is Over.
This shop was run by the Mason's.I was a friend of the Mason girls! We used to go on bike rides to King Alfred's Tower. My brother had only just learned to ride and when we got as far as the Black Dogs always wanted to get off ,so he used to pass us yelling I want to get off so we would cycle past him throw our bikes down and grab him as he went past.
Carol Mason went on to work as a nanny at Stourhead. ...see more
We lived in Tubbs House the back entrance was at the top of the Archway between houses on the right. They demolished our house when they widened the A303. Happy Days living in Mere. Anne.
Robert Lewis.
In 1951 to1954 I was employed as a page boyat the Worcestershire brine baths hotel.i was 141/2 yrs of age.
The manager was Mr hill,he lived in the hotel with his wife and daughter pat.
I worked with the head porter Jim Bourne.i also remember head waiter Mr de man,chamber maids sisters(Irish girls) Anne,Peggy and Annette ,an elderly lady Mrs wise served our meals in the staff room.
Mr proctor hotel ...see more
Carrying on from my comments of yesterday,when I talked about Clarendon Secondary Modern, I am reminded how easy it is to lose touch. I don't suppose that I would recognise much of Salford nowadays. I lived in Hall Street, just off Lissadel street until 1962 when we had to move house when the roof fell in.I can't ...see more
Did anyone attend St. Anne's school in the mid to late 70's??
Did anyone attend St. Anne's school in the mid to late 70's??
Anyone remember when Mr.Stanley was a headmaster at Hobbayne primary school?
Mid to late 70's? He was so strict and didn't mind using a whip or cane ...
We went to Pevensey Bay every year when I was a child. We stayed in one of a row of 3 houses along Coast rd, which were set right on the beach. They were owned by a man named Mr Piddock. A lot of time was spent at the Bay hotel, sitting outside on ancient red leather seats, at cream painted metal tables if I remember right. There was a weighing machine at the entrance and a fruit machine just inside. Along a ...see more
I was born in Purely hospital in 1960 and lived in Grasmere rd until 1979.
I remember going to ballet lessons somewhere upstairs near the top of Russell Hill rd, and creche was in the church hall on Brighton rd near to the hospital (and next to the gas board shop which sold cookers etc). Also Tufty club, which may have been near the station. There was a little toy shop just before the railway bridge on Godstone rd, ...see more
Should remember the Solway Hotel as this was where I was born just after 5,00 am on the 10th October 1947. Born to Annie and Stanley Harold Pearson who owned the Hotel. I spent my early years roaming the village with two cats in tow - Darky and Topsy. Moved to my Grandmothers in Silloth when my parents separated. Spent the next 12 years travelling backwards and forwards.
I also remember Fred Faulkner teaching me English and Geography in the 1964 to 1968 period. Bob Coyle was headmaster and Burke was his deputy. Williams 'bone' was my first form teacher and taught PE. I was in the A stream throughout my time there. In my class were Allan Rome,Mike Shortman, John Wallwork, Jon Irving, Gordon Jackson, Les Jones, Tony Platt, Barry Burrows, Norman 'Noggin' ...see more
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 office.
I can'nt remember how much it cost but I remember that ticket machine spitting out those rough paper tickets, either green or blue or pinky red.
Then there was that over powering ...see more
I can remember this tennis court very well during 1953-4. I had to walk around it until I was told to stop as a punishment for break a school rule - probably for talking after 'lights out'. The Headmistress at the time would watch us out of her study window and if we weren't walking fast enough she would shout at us. We were told that ten times round was a mile and I seemed to walk for miles. I was only 8 years old at the time. My name then was Wendy Oxley.
does anyone know anything about the caretaker of the asylum , or anything about any of the staff there around 1972 , any info would be appreicated please
ANY ONE REMEMBER THE TRANSPORT CAFE IN LONDON ROAD,ALSO THE CANNING FACTORY,A NORA ELLIS WORKED THERE FOR MANY YEARS,AND I WORKED AT THE CANNING FACTORY IN THE 50 S,ANY BODY ELSE WORK THERE?MAYBE I MIGHT REMEMBER,
My name is Sandra Palmer [nee Ricks] and I lived in 23 Harnage Road until it was demolished for redevelopment. Lived there with my parents, Florrie and Len, sister Yvonne and my nan Ada Davis.
I went to St. George's School and remember many of my teachers - Miss Masters in the nursery,Mrs Richardson [who I thought was posh because she drank coffee] , Mrs Reed, Miss Davis and Mr Church who was also the ...see more
My Gran lived in the flat above the shop in the photo, next to the garage. Her front door was down the side, and her windows (both open) looked out over shops. The bay window was her living room and her kitchen had the dual aspect windows on the corner. We were friends with the Hookhams who ran the Wavy Line store to the left of the garage.
My Great Uncle James Gray was an excellent cricketer who was in the village cricket team at the turn of the twentieth century. He fought in the first world war where he lost an eye. That didn't stop him playing cricket and still was an excellent player. I have documentary evidence at his prowess on the cricket pitch and although I didn't know him ( he died in 1943) I am very proud to be related to him.
Chris Newman
My ancestors, the Skinner family came from the village of Wakerley. The men were all Stone Masons. My Great Great Grandfather, Thomas left the village and moved to Thorney before making his home in New Barnet Herts. My Great Grandfather, Walter carried on the tradition of Stonemasonery with his brother, Fred Eldred, having their own business in East Barnet Road.
Considering they were Stone Masons, there are ...see more
My Father's parents Patrick and Catherine Donnelly, went to live in No 3 Alpine Terrace sometime in the early 1900s They were to have 6 children with my Father being the youngest. Granddad was a Miner and the family were Catholics. They helped to build the 1st St John's School and Church which both my Parents and their Siblings attended as did my Cousins and I. During the war my Dad was in the RAF and I ...see more
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 at the Cricket Pavilion in Cater park?
I lived just inside the 5 mile limit from The School at Eden Park, which prevented my parents getting help with travel costs - so I was given a ...see more
from the time after 1945 regularly on Sunday afternoons the suggestion was for us to go to Kelsey park and feed the Ducks!
It was / is a large well planted park to walk around and get lost. Over the years visiting my parents, my children and my grandchildren have been taken there to feed the ducks
Pat ( nee FINN)
north seaton village used to be my holiday every year i would vist my grandmar and uncle john scott at 19 second single i used to go fishing in his boat what a fantastic time i would have i notice all the houses are not there now what a shame
In the late 1940s as a child I used to play in the park along side the hospital and remember very young cutting my foot in the paddling pool. A child who was playing with me ( we had no adults with us ) insisted on taking me to the Casualty Dept were I recall they kept asking me if I had had my tetanus injection whilst they cleaned me up. Vandalism meant someone had thrown a ...see more
I remember sitting on those steps with my Mother and sisters as we waited for the bus to take us to Dolgarrog to visit my Nain. That would have been the 1950 s. I still live in Llanrwst and have enjoyed seeing these photos.
It is clear from the post from John Howard Norfolk that he and I have some shared memories.I lived at No15 Heversham Rd,Saturday morning minors at the Regal,riding the 401 or 486 to go shopping with my mother in the Broadway.playing football on the green.I attended Pelham Road Junior school and then moved on to Graham Road Secondary Modern about 1955 till 1959 when i started work.Mr Lester was the head ...see more
Just off the High Street, between the bank and Boots - my earliest memory is moving from No 5 Woods Cottages to No 1 Woods Cottages about 1949 - aged 2! Being taken in an ambulance aged 3 due to scarlet fever and in Dartford Isolation Hospital for 6 weeks!
Nelson Road and Nelson Place is all a Morrison's now!!
Not been back to Sidcup in 40 years but look at Google Earth to see how it's changed :-)
Does anyone remember the Clarke family, they lived at 26 (not sure of spelling) Crawthru Grove Dulwich. They are my cousins, Fred, Sue and Derek , lost contact many years ago when our parents passed away.
Have many happy memories of Boxing Day tea and visiting my Auntie Kath, who was a nurse at a local hospital in a Dulwich , which was for children with disabilities. I also remember shopping in Lord Ship Lane. ...see more
I used to play bass&sing with Sammy lee band in Bellshill welfare in 1955 then nat service in57 I joined the squads playing Coatbridge town hall every wed &Airdrie on Mondays .I started the drumbeats . the dirkie brothers john lee. billie Calhoun playing newarthill every sat . john and billy later joined the crusaders . I remember the Lanarkshire crooning comp &backing lena ...see more
i worked in the co op record department from 1961 untill 1965 it was down stairs in the basement if any one remembers it please get in touch with me jenny balster
I spent the first 20 years of my life in this house.Does anyone have old photos,history,memories of it.Its on the corner of Alma road, Numeric House.I was there in the 50's.Thank you
With reference to the Polish Motor Torpedo Boat houseboat in the photo ('Hippocampus/S-8/HMTB 427'), I have done some more research using the local Electoral Registers (held in Winchester and Gosport) and found out the following:
The first owner of S-8 in June 1949, was Mr. Alan Aitcheson who bought the boat from the Admiralty after WW2 and the boat was in fact simply called, ...see more
I remember the Hot Box Sauna, around 1970. It was at Nightingale Corner in Cokes Lane. Very very nice presentation. I remember the receptionist had a picture of herself on a Raleigh Chopper bike in the Daily Mirror. One could really relax, it was all so new in those far off days. There was a Vandermolen stereo with discs that you could listen to while drinking fresh lemon juice, after a steam bath. ...see more
I lived at 27 marlow road in the 1950s remember the dairy havelock road and the greyhound track. Went to Clifton road school and then onto featherstone road have many happy memories running across the iron bridge when the trains were coming and getting home and being told off for smelling of anthracite,plenty of fields to play in them days
Memories of the Co-op Tennis Club, my friend David Parsons and I used to spend most of our summers days there in the forties. I recall an elderly (perhaps middle aged) couple who ran the club; the man had a really wicked slice serve and his wife used to serve underhand, with surprising results
Harry (Ches) Chesney
How many people on here worked at the every ready and precision tapes?
I was an evacuee from Coventry at the age 6 with my mother and 4 siblings. We had been bombed out of our house and came to live in what i think was a Manse next to the Church in Coleshill Street. (on a memory lane trip years later number 18 Coleshill street was gone and replaced by another building.) At the bottom of the road was an American base which is presumably where the soldiers who controlled the POW's ...see more
Maybe you can help. I am trying to trace the family who original donated a trophy to a now defunct Addingham Horticultural Society. The trophy has now found its way to the current Addingham Allotments and Gardens Society but without any history. The trophy is engraved Presented to Low Mills Horticultural Society by Thomas Gill of Toronto Canada 1955. I understand there is a street called Thomas Gill Road in ...see more
My dad was in the ACC at Lichfield barracks. My brothers Michael and Peter & sister Helen and myself Pamela Morley all went to this school. This was my first and best school memories I have. Memories of us dancing and moving to music in the main hall.
Photos sitting on benches in the play ground. Drawing Viking gods in the porta classroom, and going to tea at my teachers cottage and loving her roses in her cottage garden. But most of all I miss my friends Heather Kendrick & Amanda Lee.
My Mother Joyce Ladbury was evacuated to South Petherton at the beginning of WW2 aged 9 years. She stayed with a few families but most of all loved the Gaylard family. Mrs Gaylard and twin daughters Gwen and Cis ( or Sis) not sure of spelling.My Mum loved going out with the adult daughters to deliver the mail as I think that one was the Post Mistress or had a responsibility for the Mail during the war. ...see more
Hi everyone.
My mum is Salford born and bred .Her name was LILIAN BOND born in 1947. She lived at 21 Lillah Street,next to the `corner`shop at 23, which was previously owned by her grandad JOSEPH BURTON in the 1920s.
Mum went to a primary school on Liverpool Road but cant remember the name of it and then went to Clarendon Secondary Modern.Her best friend in ...see more
This is really a wish for a memory. My mother's mother's name was Lily Sargeant. She lived in the house called Bryneithin just to the east of Abergwili. My mother, Mary Eileen, who was born on 28 January 1923 in Carmarthen, was raised by her grandmother until her grandmother died. My mother was then raised by her guardian, a Mrs Hoare. In about 1939 my mother moved to 311 Gower Road Sketty (Upper Killay) Swansea SA2 7HQ ...see more
Does anybody remember a Chapel over a shop on Eccles New Road, Weaste inn the 60's and 70's? I believe there was also a children's club of some sort there.
My name is Dennis Lewis; I am the boy sitting on the horse. I was six or seven years old. My brother, Jeff, is the boy playing in the background. We played in the park almost every day during the summer.
I remember the photographer asking me to sit on the horse and make it swing so that he could take the photograph. How wonderful to it see it for the first time almost sixty years later!
I remember them filming Z-Cars along Queensway.
First place to buy Ben Sherman Shirts and Levi's the in place late sixty's early 70's
Although I was not born in Gilsland I have many happy memories of childhood holidays. I was born in Millfield part of Newburn. From the age of 7 years, this was 1949, during the summer holidays my gran would put me on the bus at Throckley and she would tell the conductor to put me off at the Samson inn at Gilsland. From there I would walk up to Biddlestone farm which was run by Charley Wilson, my aunty was his ...see more
I would walk up South road down the duel carriageway and up Horndean hill to our little school . In the village we past a shop that I remember smelt of paraffin. It was ran by Bossy Catchlove you name it she had it. I loved my childhood in South road. My mum was a hare dresser she did John Merle's mums hare , and also one of our teacher Mr Bushel, mum did his wife's hare to