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I lived in Dane Street from 57 to 66, across the road from the cricket ground, played with all the kids from McMillan Street which was just across the road, went to school in St. Johns, St. Patricks and lastly St. Winifreds which was a brand new school up the Whitworth Road past Cronkeyshaw common. Was into horse riding in Crabtrees and Nilands stables. name is Patrick Monaghan, nickname Guiness
Found a photo of group of patients. I know my dad, Frederick Welland was there because of convalescing from pleurisy/TB or some similar condition. Would like to have shard the photo, but appears not possible on this message site.
Our first visit to Porthtowan for a holiday was in August 2001 when we took my husband, Chris' five year old son Daniel for a stay at The Beach Hotel. The owners, Sian and Colin and their four children made us very welcome and we were to become friends. Every summer we would trek down to Porthtowan from Essex, time was spent playing in rock pools, drinking at The Blue Bar near the beach and walking the beautiful ...see more
Hi everyone. I'm currently trying to collect memories of The Woolwich Tramshed, particularly of its time as a music and comedy venue, for a community heritage project. If you ever used to go to gigs at The Tramshed please do let me know in the comments!
I lived in Bois Hall Road from 1941-1959,when I left Addlestone to work in London.
I have very fond memories of growing up in Addlestone, although I hated school,with the exception of Oaklands, I think it was called, which was wonderfull, making camps and dens in the grounds.
Does anyone remember any of the teachers in St Pauls school? Mrs Randal,who used to back comb her hair with her fingers,headmistress Miss Butler,one ...see more
Hanwelll to me was always synonymous with the Community Centre's Flower Show. My Grandparents, Jessie and Richard Wakenell had lived most of their lives in Hanwell and would show their prized chrysanths every year. My sister, Cindy, and I would enter the miniature garden competition and would always come home with a second or a first prize. The community centre had great history and was a large building ...see more
This picture was taken from the front of the Civil Defence Corps HQ in New Zealand Avenue. I was a member of the Corps until it was disbanded in March 1968.
Hello, my name is Linda and I'd like to share some info. My late hubby Eddie David Stallon, born 5/9/48 lived with his parents in Coalville. His parents Ivy and Joe Stallon ran a fish and chip shop there and later had a restaurant in Coalville where Eddie ran the bar there, this was back in 1964 for restaurant and earlier for fish shop. Does anyone remember these two shops in Coalville or the Stallon family, there were 4 sons in the family, no girls. Thanks, Linda Bexx Stallon.
I loved living in Pen-y-dre. I remember there being a see saw thing in the classroom and waited all day eagerly waiting my turn, I was heartbroken when it was time to go home and I was still waiting my turn.
The lovely thing about living there was there was always someone to play with, we used to play around by the lamppost by Mrs Lance's when it started to get dark.
In the summer I loved to ...see more
I, too was born in Colliers wood in 1938 and I believe the nursing home was called The Woodlands. I grew up in Mitcham until I was 11 years old and went to a prep school in Mitcham park for 3 years where the principal was a Mrs Healy. Because of the bombs during the latter part of the war I was taught at home by Miss Madge - Mrs Healy's daughter. At age 8 I was sent to St Peter St Paul's catholic school near ...see more
My mother was Frances Pyper and was evacuated to Hurst Green during the war. Her uncle owned the tea shop .
I remember in the early 60's walking up Streatham Vale at 11:00 pm several nights per week after visiting my, then girl friend who lived in Farmhouse Road. Sometimes I had to run to ensure that I could the last train to London Bridge.
Ha, happy days.
Does anyone remember Binky's Chinese laundry in South Road? I remember watching them washing the sheets by the geulan (spelling?) just by the river at the back of the shop.
My maternal grandfather, William George Higgs, known as Bill to his family and friends was born in Abernant Road in Markham to George and Edith Higgs on the 11th of July 1925. His parents separated and at some point he moved to Bargoed to be with his mother. It was in the back garden of his mother's house at 38 North Road, Bargoed that he met Rita Cook, and they got married in 1949. They then lived at Frances ...see more
hi, I am trying to find the where abouts of some school girl friends we all went to risley ave school and left there in 1957 there was Sylvia Dudley, maureen allott she got married to a tony adams and moreen Jefferies if anybody knows of them I would be happy to hear from you maureen nagle hancock...
Hi my name is Gary Rock I was at Warnham from 64 -68. my house was Lewis I ended up as head boy for my last term Not great with names or people but still recall very fond memories
I remember, Playing in the fields,where Merry Hill now stands. One day my sister and I went with our mom and dad,and we had a lovely picnic and remember picking watercress from the stream that used to flow through there! Happy memories of our childhood!
I arrived in Wincanton as an Evacuee in 1940/41 and lived for a while with my Uncle Frank and his family. My uncle at that time owned Bayford Garage. I was only about 6 yrs of age and quite naturally missed my mother very much. After a few months she too came to live in Wincanton . My father was in the Royal Navy. My mother rented a house (19 Mill Street) and we lived there for a year or so. I ...see more
I was born in 1940 three days before,so I have read,a massive bombing raid over London on 29th September.We lived in Lancelot Court and then Harlesden for twenty years.Spent a lot of time in Wembley as Mother worked in Lyons teashop,known to the girls as Rose and they all wore turbans as did most women Isaw in catering.Meat patty or pattie and chips and ice cream sat by the window to look at the roof of the ...see more
In 1963 I was a vocalist with a Pop Group called Johnny & The Bobcats.
I seem to recall we were booked to raise money for the Ramsgate F.C.
We played in the West Cliffe three times, once on our own, once with Duffy Power on the bill and once with Deke Arlon & The Offbeats.
What a great atmosphere there was with very large crowds. ...see more
We used to visit relatives in Dinnington and a place called Magilla
Does anyone remember Magilla
I was a friend of Bernerd Lock who lived in Wolmer Gardens in about 1949 does any body remember him . He died a few years ago
I was also friendly with Daphne Fowler who also lived in Wolmer Gardens at the same time
I lived in Stanway Gardens and wnt to Orange Hill school
I lived in Buckhurst Hill from when I was 6 until I was 16. We lived at 94 and then 108 Princes Road. My maiden name was Rasmussen, I am Susan, and had a sister Tina, two, years older than me and a brother Bob. Bob went to Princes Road School, but was often bullied as he had a bad heart complaint and couldn't join in a lot. Tina and I Went to St John's. I loved it there, remember Miss Spenser Mrs ...see more
I used to live at the What O Café shannons corner in 1960 ish. My father was the fitter for
Champions Timber Yard. I used to go out on the lorries when they delivered.
Robert used to work with my Dad.
We then moved to Amberwood Rise New Malden until 1970.
I used to work at Luxton Andrews New Malden for the Andrews Brothers. My big sister worked
for Multibroadcast TV rentals, we used to go to the Wimpey bar in the ...see more
Loved coming to Uxbridge every fortnight Saturday or Sunday to meet my schoolfriend who lived in Hillingdon.Much better than Harlesden which meant a tube ride or nicer still a 607 trolleybus all the way from Shepherds Bush,how I miss the trolleys.
There was a café on the corner at the front of the station open Sundays as was the café at the trolleybus terminus run by two women or at least when I was there. A good solid ...see more
Surprised to find nobody remembers Knockholt!, such a pretty and peaceful little village, especially for a five year old boy coming from a small terraced house in Streatham to live in a Stately home care of The Church of England Children's Society. I would love to hear from any others of our "family" of waits and strays. I lived at Court Lodge from 1964. With the church right next door, and the school with ...see more
When you are about 4/5 years old everything is an adventure. Well a trip with my mum to Westminster cemetery was just that. We went after lunch and the BBC programme 'Listen with Mother'. We went to my grandad's grave who died before I was born. We walked along Deans Gardens from Studley Grange Road where we lived. Going into the cemetery there was a man in a box wearing a uniform. There were little ...see more
Hya I lived in Northolt in Southwell Avenue (originally Haydock Avenue) between 1954 ish and 1971
Attended Islip Manor Infants and Primary and then Vincent secondary between 1961 - 1966.
Remember lots of the names listed on this site,as well as Paul Brennan,Terry Barker,Mick Knight, Roland Pays (sadly passed away year before last)Ron Taylor,Ron Wells,Keith Jackson,Bob Rybinski,Mick Mould,Bob Scott,Dave ...see more
My parents and I moved to Petts Wood from London in 1932 to a new semi detatched at 53 St Johns Road. The builder was named Wostall. My aunt, a school teacher, also moved next door. St Johns Road then was unadopted, and at the junction of St Johns Road and Tudor Way was a stream, covered with some large logs, serving as a crossing passage for traffic. When the road was adopted, rather later than most, the stream was ...see more
Was anyone at St Anne's Convent School between 1967 - 1975. So many memories.
I remember my time at goldbeaters school from 1973 to 1979 they were the best years I remember mr Williams and my best friend Catherine woods I lived in glouster grove with my nan and grandad I have not been to burnt oak for a few years now but I still remember the good times I had there
My father was on his way home after his shift at metrovicks in Trafford park when saw the fire in the town hall. He stood on the bridge over the canal and watched it burn until the clock tower collapsed. I was born in sale cottage hospital in December 1948 and lived in an end terrace 2 up 2 down stone floored cottage up an alley just off hope rd on the left just past a row shops. These have long since ...see more
During a holiday with Grandparents in the Newcastle area the family also went to Ulgham Park Farm to spend a long weekend with Dad's uncle, Ned Allen and his family. In the fields my sister and I 'helped' Dad and his cousins, Bob and Norman, place sheaves of wheat into stooks to dry. For lunch in the fields we had Aunties home baked pasties and fruit pie. I was only about eight or nine at the ...see more
I have many happy memories of holidays spent at Dhoon from about 1934 to 1940, when I was under ten years old. My parents had visited the Isle of Man for many years before I was born and had discovered Dhoon on those visits. We used to lodge at Miss Henderson's cottage, which was just off the Old Dhoon Road, not far from Dhoon Station and close by the cottage of Watson, the shepherd. It was very olde worlde, with slate ...see more
I was born at St Teresa's Hospital in Wimbledon in December 1949 and taken home to our prefab in Melody Road. My dad was called Ernie, my mum Phyllis, and two older brothers Bill and Ted. Bill was 12 years older than me, and Ted was 9 years older than me.
The prefabs were built on the bombed side of Melody Road. I remember Mr and Mrs Sibley lived in the house next door with their daughter who ...see more
Hello again Mary,
I'm not sure if I'm replying correctly to your request for info on Britons Row. If I am and you get this message I have much more info than I first posted below so please send me an email and I'll let have all the extra info.
Regards
Bill B
Hello Mary,
I remember Briton's Row very well. It was just opposite my dad's pigeon pen and next to the Vale Cottage pub at the bottom of Kirk Street, Gorton. I ...see more
Wilton house is no more, but my grandfathers house or butchers shop may be remembered. Did they live over the shop.? Grandfather was Curry. comments please. David
I was born in Central Avenue, opposite Lil and Derek Ward. Born in 1962. The good old days is what I call it, as they were. My dad worked at the Thames Board mill factory, and my mum worked as a cleaner in Love Lane School then went to clean the juniors school down by the village. My brother worked on Knight's farm. My maiden name is Havis. I went to the infants and juniors in Aveley, then attended Love Lane school ...see more
I too was born at Stone Park in 1950. My mother was Joan Cloud and my dad was Joe Mannion. My mother Joan was the youngest child of Elizabeth and Ernest Cloud of 88 Anerley Road, Upper Norwood. I never knew my grandfather as he died when my mum was 15. My mum used to work in my nan's fruit shop with my uncle Alby. The shop was known as Cloud's and everyone came there. I was the ...see more
I grew up in Nunhead in 1946 ,things that stay in my memory about those times are the mini railway on Nunhead green that carried children around the green , it came and it went I don't know who ran it, also the three pubs the pyrotechnic , the nuns head and the man of Kent , my mum drinking in the nuns head while my father mostly drank in the man of Kent, strange ? , I think the man of Kent is gone now, and how a great part of our family lived so close to us, fond memories.
My grandfather was born in Barrow around 1886 in the Roose area to a Sarah Elizabeth Bracewell, within 2 months she had left him and disappeared leaving him with a family called Martin who bought him up. Can anyone add anything so I can find out where I came from!!
Have so many memories of the State and the post office but we are trying to remember what the shops were to the right hand side as you look at the State. From the 1930s to 1990s would help if anyone can remember. Thank you.
These are not my memories but those of my grandma, Beatrice May Fell. She was born in 1899 in Covenham St. Bartholomew in a small two up two down semi near todays Mill House Restaurant. Her family later moved within Covenham to what we believed to be The Goat, which now I think she may have been talking about the area called the Gout on Ings Lane. There was a deep pond near the home. The family consisted of five boys ...see more
I am now 67 and live in Belgium and came across this terrific site of old Cannock.
The town I remember has a small boy growing up .
I attended Walsall road infant and junior school and Calving Hill Secondary School.
Great memories and in my opinion Cannock was a beautiful mining town and
very sad to see it today.
The town is full of charity shops abs estate agents and of course all the ...see more
Moved to Yeadon from Sheffield in 1950 first we lived at Hawthorne drive then moved to cemetery rd
lived in the white bungalow just passed the cemetery gates, and opposite Browns farm.
Went to school with John Brown and my best friend at school was Terry Hawkridge, westfield infants
then westfield junior school moved to Benton park when it first opened, left school in 1961 and
joined the RAF as a cook did 18 years ...see more
I lived at The Island with my family from 1973 to 2013. it was a wonderful family home where I have happy memories of having my ponies stabled in the grounds and they grazed in the fields opposite. in the early years we rented the grazing from Harry Holloway who had a farm in Oaken with his wife Ruby. They were a lovely family. lovely memories.
Fiona Cash (nee: McAlster)
I was born at 247 Cranbury road Eastleigh on 12 December 1944 and stayed there with my parents, Jack and Tess Norton and my younger brother Richard, until 1963 when I left to join the Royal Engineers.
Every family was struggling in those post-war years with conditions that could be best described as, austere. Ours was a rented house, 12 shillings a week, gas lit with no electricity and ...see more
Does anyone know when Schubert Street was demolished? I was born there. Does anyone have any photos of it 1950-1980?
Hello fellow northolters. I was born and raised in northolt. Southwell avenue.
St Vincent was my school about 1964-5 till about 1970-1.
I used to go to the northolt youth club down car road. Most times just hanging about.
I got banned once from the cabin shop for nicking a gob' stopper. Then on Saturday morning we used to walk to south Harrow to watch a film the cinema was across the road from Sainsbury's
In still ...see more
Unfortunately the Baptist Church has now been demolished to make way for new houses.
I went to Hayling Island Suntrap School When I was Five Years Old Around 1957/1958,
I remember one boy hand his head hit by a train while looking out of the train window on a school trip and seeing blood running down the train window, I am not sure they told us of the outcome.
and I also remember all the school getting colds,Playing with the toy shop on my own, and going to see The Queen Mary Liner leave ...see more
attended this infants school 1955 to 1957 very happy memories! there was a shed at the top of the playground which was full of WW11 gas masks and helmets, used to get a telling off for playing with them! you only live once!!
First walk to Sheepstor, Gold “Duke of Edinburgh’s Award” Expedition 1970, visited the shop right next to the church, had a ice cream and on the seat, Never forget!!
My earliest childhood memory of Camberwell is sleeping on the floor of one of my father's taxis during the Blitz of the 1940's. I will never forget the noise of those air raids.My father, Harry Blowes, had a taxi service operating out of 50 Camberwell Station Road.
After the war, my father took on another two railway arches (rented from British Rail) so that he could start up a new business called Blowes ...see more
What a wonderful vista up by the Windmill. This area featured in a film called SHADOW RUN with M CAINE. Brill tramway no more but what a memory. The old GREAT CENTRAL used to pass near and the area was called THE GREEN DESERT.
I have fond memories of driving through Tonghan on the way to the Stock Car track. Henrys Hotdogerie wonderful between races.
Many interesting hours spent with the guides looking at the monuments. Also the new ground without guides walking around. KARL MARX of course is a feature. Highgate a real sense of being in a village.
brought up in this cobbled street in early to late 1940s.
My father was born "on the road to Queensbury", as I was told. He grew up in the Queensbury/Mountain/Bradford area and I have ties to those places still. Dad came to the U.S.A. in 1927 and lived with an aunt who had come earlier. I have always been connected to my family in the UK, writing to my grandmother and aunt and my cousins. I was able to visit in 2007 and what a wonderful trip that was. I truly felt like I ...see more
Looking at these photos of Orford, my main impression is how little Orford has changed over 70 odd years. Add modern cars and some colour and these views would still look the same.
Our family spent many happy holidays in and around Orford between 1968 and 2002. We considered ourselves temporary residents for parts of the year. When we were children in the late 60's and early 70's Orford was certainly not ...see more
I was born in Tongham 1947.
I remember going to Tongham Church School before the school in the Cardinals was built. Also walking up Pole Road and seeing just trees and fields there.
I spent a lovely childhood there with my parents and family and also making friends with people on the new Cardinal estate. The local policeman at that time was Lee but cannot remember his first name. He had 2 sons. Jo Smith took over ...see more
Mitcham County Grammar School for Boys Remembered
Memory is a selective thing, the best is easy, but the mind glosses over the worst. Some things recollected as certainties turn out to be not quite so. These are things that I remember although I can’t guarantee their accuracy.
I lived in Bond Road behind the “Balsa Wood Factory” actually Skyleada Model Aircraft Kit manufacturers. I went to Bond ...see more
I lived on Balham Grove between 1954 and 1964. Looking for my best friend Rosemary Cunningham also lived on Balham Grove in a 2-storey house on the opposite side of the road. We had a lot of fun
playing together with Lynn Frame and Robert Jacobs mostly in the street. We all use to go together to the Odean Cinema Saturday mornings. I neglected keeping in touch with Rosemary when I left England for Jamaica. ...see more
My Grandparents Dick and Emma Jeffrey lived at 10 Moorside When I was growing up We would go on a weekend to visit them and go up on the moor with grandad or down to the woods. We would go to the well with the buckets to get the water as they hadn't water in the house, which was all different for me and my brother. My grandparents left there when I was maybe in my late teens and moved to Northgate then they moved to Laburnham Drive. I have lovely memories of Baildon. Happy happy days
I was living in northwick park with my grandmother, making model aeroplanes, running to the shop to buy 20 Du Mariers cigarettes for her. At the Gaumont she would insist I sit in the gallery seats, away from the common boys, I often found myself alone up there, looking down enviously at the boys throwing popcorn around and having a riotous time. Then there was the Essoldo at Kingsbury, I once saw a Tarzon movie ...see more
I was born in Peckham Grove in 1949 and went to Gloucester Grove Primary School. More next time.
Ray Wilcox
This view of Glebe Avenue has special memories for me...the grey 1964 Hillman Imp in the photograph is MY car...purchased for the princely some of £240.00 from Mr Smith the owner of Kolodek where I worked for a while from the day after I left Vyners Grammar. The Bedford CA van behind my car was owned by Mr Vasey who ran the green grocers next to Kolodek... The little Hillman was a good enough car for me to use to ...see more
My grandfather owned a house in Charthouse Road, Ash Vale. It was the last house on the left. My mother grew up in this house along with two brothers and two sisters until she was married. When the grandparents died my mothers brother took over the house and brought his family up. My sisters and I spent a lot of time visiting and staying for holidays. It was a lovely little road with our houses ...see more
when i was a child in the early 50,s we lived in a ally beside this bike shop, called homefarm, i can remember getting lost in this road and ended up in a beautiful garden with loads of statues.
Winter around 1968. Wild quiet and mysterious at dusk.
I am currently working on a book about my relatives, the Esplins and Cuthberts who lived in Dysart. Most of our relatives have left Dysart and live spread out over the globe. My grandparents lived down Dysart in Cook St and Normand Rd as did my parents before moving up to The Fairway. (Yes, opposite Diplacitos over the gardens)
I have gathered quite a lot of memories from my relations but one thing is missing. ...see more
I believe a relative of mine, Arthur Brett, built a row of bungalows in Mitcham and he and his wife Emma moved into one of them called 'Sunnyside'. I recall visiting them when I was about 8 years old and in my memory they had a huge garden.
I am researching my family history and would like to write a paragraph or two about Arthur and Emma.
I would love to hear from anyone who knows a bit more than I do, may be a picture or if I had the name of the road it would be helpful.
My name is Lyndon Evans, I was born in 1941 in the Police station during the war, my brother Stuart was also born in the station in 1938.
My dad was constable Ted Evans PC1234 he was one of 4 officers based in Tottington with Sergeant Ellis in charge? I have loads of memories that I would like to share if any one is interested. My first clear memory was when I was 3 when the flying bomb hit the village ...see more
We moved in to a maisonette on Galley Hill when I was one year old and then moved to a semi detached house in Manscroft Road a year later. I have very fond memories of my childhood spent playing war games in the woods, playing cricket and football and fishing for minnow in the Gade and Gudgeon in the Grand Union Canal. As I walk around the parkland and streets of Gadebridge I go down memory lane ...see more
I too remember these two people from St Marks as I attended the school from 1955 and move onto Marple Hall Grammar School in 1962.
I lived in Sidebottom street (number 15 I think) and my neighbours were the Worsleys and there daughters Rita and Sandra.
I have very fond memories of the house which was opposite the wreck where we used to build a bonfire every Guy Fawkes night.
Others I remember are the ...see more
My name is Brian Beck, I was born on Shingrig Road in January 1938 and continued to live there untill 1952 when the family moved to Caerphilly. I attended Llanfabon school on High St until I passed for Caerphilly Tech in 1950 travelling to and from daily by steam train. As a school boy in Nelson I was the official telegram boy making the only deliveries during my lunchtime and after school ...see more
apparently there were 2 crashes.. an RAF mosquito crashed near the reservoir and an rcaf (Canadian) stirling got too close to aycliffe and was shot down near the elephants trunk by our own guns... oops - also a bus was attacked by a German plane in the same area
I can remember when Big Wesley was demolished to make way for the new "British Homestores", seems that things are turning full circle. It must have been in the late 1950`s when my pals and I used to play on the demolished masonry. We lived in Buxton St just opposite the Empire Theatre and enjoyed the new playground. This was of course before the Cleveland Centre and Dundas House were built, when Hintons ...see more
My father is 92 and was born and grew up in Dronfield. He lived on Fletcher Avenue with his Mother and father, Harry and Ethel Worne, his sisters Marjorie and Dorothy and brother Geoffrey. He talks most days of his wonderful life there until he joined the RAF in 1940.
He then got married to a Chesterfirld girl, Sheila, my mother and they eventually moved away because of my fathers work.
I would love to know if ...see more
i started work on September 15th 1965 as an oiler and greaser in Hirwaun / Hirwaun Pond, although the station was closed i knew the stationmaster Jack Boulton, he was a great character, happy days! i went on to work in Cardiff and Swansea areas as bases, but later covered the whole country in a different role but still railway based.