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Frank; Did you live on the other side of us? We lived in Kaye Street and a family of Firths lived back to back with us. If it's the same family, your sister was Myrah and she was the same age as me. My dad and me lived with the ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury in 1952 by Raymond Glynn

Hello. My father was Harold John (bob) Mann. He worked as an Air Traffic Controller in the Control Tower, in what was then Heston Airport ('Aerodrome'?). We lived at Heston, in Durham Avenue. We ...Read more

A memory of Heathrow Airport London in 1951 by Rosemarie Mann

I can repeat much of what has been said by others. I was born in Stepney in 1946 and after a period of homelessness and moving from friend to friend my parents were given a prefab in Foxglove Crescent (no. 25) It was a fairly ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1950 by Ken Nicholls

Hi I lived in Farrington Gurney . I used to walk our dog to meet Betty and we then joined the school bus at the end of the street Ruth used to visit my Mum and Dad after I had left home to check they were O.K. I believe there was a third sister Peggy.

A memory of Farrington Gurney in 1952 by John Baggott

I remember well the amazing west road this was a group of houses owned by watney brewery. The road was enclosed by a brick wall at one end and iron gates at the other. No cars allowed. The families mostly only rented two rooms, so ...Read more

A memory of Mortlake in 1950 by Kathleen Slark

Have only just found this site, but what memories it brings back. Dad moved to Hedgemans Road when he was about 6 and mum moved to Fanshawe Crescent when she was about 9. They met on Heathway Station and married at Old ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1959 by David Apps

I WAS BORN IN 1959 I LIVED AT NO 1 BURTON ROAD HEATH TOWN WITH MY 5 SISTERS AND 2 BROTHERS, MY FATHER WORKED AT GKN OFF THE BILSTON RD AND MY MOTHER ALSO WORKED THERE, JUST UP THE ROAD WAS FOSTERS SWEET SHOP WHICH I REMEMBER VERY ...Read more

A memory of Heath Town in 1959 by Leonard Vaughan

My father Basil Leader was manager of the Co-op Funeral service which used to be the site of the Angel Inn and we lived in a maisonette above the premises. At the back were two branches of the river Colne - a fast ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1954 by Denise Mangles

The amount of people i have asked do they remember Ivor street in the old hulme, no one seems to remember it ,it was at the back of chorlton road and stretford road, we lived there from 1956 to 1962 when they started pulling down the old houses.

A memory of Hulme in 1958