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Leytonstone was a great place to live back in the 50s and 60s. People used to come from far and wide for the wonderful shops. Bearmans was a lovely dapartment store, which also boasted a ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1960 by Carol Warn

The earliest photo of me on Bucks Mills beach is in a pushchair from about 1951 -52! We were visiting for the day from my grandparents home in Bradworthy. In 1959 my grandparents, John and Gladys Dunn moved to Trundle Cottage ...Read more

A memory of Buck's Mills in 1960 by Jonathan Asprey

I moved to Borehamwood from Acton, North West London, when I was three years old. I spent my childhood there, scrumping in neighbours gardens, getting the greenline bus into London for trips to Selfridges at Christmas, to London Zoo ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood in 1961 by Debbie Hardy

What a dump Iwerne Minster was to a school boy of the 60's sent from London to that boarding school in the middle of nowhere. The locals spoke in a strange unintelligible dialect, the air was sometime thick with ...Read more

A memory of Iwerne Minster in 1960 by Stuart Henley

Looking at the pictures takes me back to my childhood, having lived in the village for 20 years. My home was at the end of this slip road behind the large hedge. I remember walking down to the bakers and to Taylor and Bristows, to me ...Read more

A memory of Bletchingley in 1963 by Melanie Marden

I left school in 1965, Ogley Hay Girls' School, my maiden name was Kathleen Cooper. My birth father was George Kelly although I was brought up by my grandparents, Nell and Gerald Cooper. I loved the avenues, everyone knew ...Read more

A memory of Brownhills in 1965 by kbull35

I remember when I was just a young teenager... you could roam around the village and just about everyone knew you. I loved to wander down to Mill Stream Lane with my jam jar and fishing net and walk along the stream ...Read more

A memory of Watton at Stone in 1968 by Joy Abbato

Yes me too! Having just stumbled across this website and having read your stories. My dad was born in Bute Road just off the Mitcham Road and then moved to Albion Street number 7! He is now 99 and lives in Ewell. I was ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1961 by Glennis Spencer

Having discovered this site only recently many memories came flooding back, as reminded by the photo of Hale Lane where I helped out in the Kosher Deli as a kid. I lived in Lynford Gardens then in Glendale Avenue over a period of about ...Read more

A memory of Edgware in 1964 by David Berg

These memories relate to about 1963-1966/7. My dad was a car salesman for more years than I care to remember, and worked at the car sales place in Bedfont. We knew a lot of people in the area (none, alas, on this site so far), but ...Read more

A memory of Bedfont in 1963 by Steve Hamilton