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The Old manor had a legend that highwayman Dick Turpin made an escape by taking the cellar tunnel under Church Road to the Hind's Head (the white building). At Sandy Lane Infants School, my friend Andrew ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell in 1930 by Keith Bennett

I was born in 1937 and lived in Hilgay until 1949. I think I had an idyllic early childhood living in Hilgay. So many memories of swimming in the river in summer. Shopping for a new dress at "Auntie" Barbara Dent's little shop to wear ...Read more

A memory of Hilgay in 1930 by Freida Wright

'The Stream' ! We always have called it 'the brook' - Broughton Brook, and still do. However, the brook is in fact a tributary to the River Soar, it may in fact actually be the River Soar but simply not ...Read more

A memory of Broughton Astley in 1930 by Reuben Reynolds

Does anyone remember St. Mary's school which was in South Ealing Road. I have tried contacting the church to which it was affiliated but have had no luck. As a child I attended this school and rememer teachers names also ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1930 by Margo Atkins

My mum and her sisters and brother moved with my nan to Stockdale Road from the Kings Cross area. She told me that when the rent collector came round on his bike, if he saw a group of women talking by their gate, he would tell them ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1930 by Brian Dudley

Hello, does anyone have any memories of Court Road cinema from the early 1930's? A relative used to own the cinema and I a trying to find out if any photos or memories exist

A memory of Cadoxton-Juxta-Neath in 1930 by Matilda Moo

I'm searching for family members whom I've never met & also any information about my family's history, stories ect. This is a huge part of my life that I would love to fill & find out about, so any information ...Read more

A memory of Lower Swanwick in 1930 by Emma Kelly

I have fond memories of living in Willesden where I spent the first five years of my life until leaving London during the war years (1939 - 46). I remember in August 1939, dressed in grey shorts, school blazer and ...Read more

A memory of Willesden in 1930 by Milton Freeman

My grandfather, John Henry Penny (Jack), built a house in Donniford Road. He called it The House Jack Built; it is still there today and is just before the lane going to Hellwell Bay. It was designed by Charles Royle Penny, one ...Read more

A memory of Watchet in 1930 by Edith Rees

I was born in Park Road in a large and beautiful Victorian house,sadly now demolished. Eccles was "our village", with the original Bradburns where the famous Eccles Cakes were made (and Honey Buns ,which I liked best).The shop ...Read more

A memory of Patricroft in 1930 by Joan Holland Nee Bruce