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I was born at Stilton Path Borehamwood in 1957, went to Greenacres Infants, Parkside Junior and Campions Secondary Modern School, and after attending a Secretarial course at Borehamwood College I worked at the ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood in 1957

I was born in Winchmore Hill in 1937 and from a very young age lived with my parents and younger sister Carole in Wynchgate, backing onto to the lovely Grovelands Park. When I got married in 1957 our ...Read more

A memory of Southgate in 1957 by wendypardy

Many were the times we walked down the cross on our Camp, We would call in to a small café I think it was called Harry;s lovely sausages and chips ,the café was very popular with the Army Boys.

A memory of Crowborough in 1954 by John Sinclair

I lived in Stanley Avenue off Filton Avenue and went to Shields Road Primary School before transferring to Thornbury Grammar in 1955. I remember going to the Cabot cinema for the ABC Minors and coming home via the playing fields near Shield ...Read more

A memory of Filton in 1955 by Paul Whatley

My memory of Withyham are wonderful. My gandad and gran lived in Balls Green and I would go to stay there in the 50's watching the steam trains from the back bedroom. I remember the water pump in the garden, hops at the end of the ...Read more

A memory of Withyham in 1954 by Pauline Stone

I just stumbled over this site. I was 10 years old when we left Heston to emigrate to Australia. My mother was a hair stylist in The Crossways Shops (# 136) and I remember my first day of school at Springwell Infants. I ...Read more

A memory of Heston in 1950 by Geoff Ballard

We moved to Cheadle Hulme from Barnton in 1957 when my dad bought Miss Young's bakery at 38 Station Road. In those days it was a lovely quiet village, not at all the bustling suburb of today. Our bakery was at ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle Hulme in 1957 by Maggie Day

I was born in 1949 and lived in New Mill until 1973. I clearly remember the Implement gate, what happened to it? We used to meet there as boys, close to the canal where we played football in a field known as "Sewage Farm ...Read more

A memory of New Mill in 1958 by Richard Turney

Happy memories of visiting Wincobank to see my grandparents. They used to live in the back to backs on Newman Rd. My mother lived there until she joined the land army and was posted down to Aylesbury. We used to travel up by train, ...Read more

A memory of Wincobank in 1958 by Janet Knight

Having just purchased the Frances Frith Book "North London Photographic Memories" I was amazed too see on pages 30/31 a photo of Station Road Harrow on the Hill taken in 1914 the picture shows a "Home & Colonial" grocery ...Read more

A memory of Perivale in 1956 by Colin Lane