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I worked for 3 years as a Saturday girl in Snows the bakers (in fact the head office at the time) at the Brondesbury end of Kilburn High Road. It was not far from the Foresters Hall which I understand ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1951

I was born in Walthamstow in 1945. In the 50's, I remember going to Epping Forest, the lido swimming pool and watching the Wood Street Walk and also playing out in Turner Road. My name then was Linda Woods and I went to Barret Road School; I just wish we had more photos of the era.

A memory of Walthamstow in 1953 by Linda Wiles

Throughout the first half of the 1950's I would spend every school holiday at Linton, with my maternal grandparents. Initially my mum would accompany me from our home in Trumpington to Drummer Street bus station, where ...Read more

A memory of Linton in 1952 by Brian Goodliffe

I was lucky enough to be looked after by the warden of Tilgate Forest and his wife whom I referred to as Aunty and Uncle Bill. Bill Wratten was employed by Crawley Council as warden and lived in a Nissen hut with his wife Emily; known ...Read more

A memory of Crawley in 1958 by Lyta Nulty

Hi All. Just wondered if anyone remembers the mission hall between WX &WA. We used to have a games night there on a Tuesday or a Thursday, (cannot remember which), you could only go if you attended the church on the previous ...Read more

A memory of Waltham Cross in 1956 by Norman Smith

Getting my haircut at Richards Gents hairdressers upstairs in the Coop Building - accessed via a winding staircase and once there a row of Barbers Chairs. The open space of nearby Queens Square with its Fire Station Health Office and ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1950

Have just seen the memory from Joyce Dick. Knew her and her sister when I was about 18 and travelling on the train from Forest Hall to Newcastle to work, down the cinder path and in the village. Remember the Misses Armstrong shop and Ritz cinema, also tennis club and Gordon!

A memory of Forest Hall in 1950 by Jean Sheard

I moved to Nth Chingford in 1955 from Walthamstow ,I lived in Endlebury Rd and first went to the Cof E primary school up the road and then went to Wellington Ave a brilliant school with good teachers .I joined the scouts just ...Read more

A memory of North Chingford in 1959 by Chris Lowe

My family lived 7 Newport Road, my sister was even born there. As a kid in the 1950s I would go to Saturday morning pictures at the Essoldo, on Leyton High Road, it cost 7 pence. That's also where the library was. I had to get ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1953 by Valerie Stephens

In the 1950's, I forget, but I lived in Risley Avenue. I remember climbing every tree there, and people shouting that the radio license van was coming up the road. Of course everyone pulled their curtains and turned off the radios. ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1953 by Fred Wright