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I remember walking through cannon hill park in 1957 8 & 9 in the spring when they had the tulip festival on, there were coloured lights and classical music playing all along the walkway of the boating pond, where there were the ...Read more

A memory of Cannon Hill Park by thorntonkevin29

As a young woman i worked at F C Coleridge ladies fashion shop where Mr Chapman was the manager at the time also one of the ladies names Trudie Halliday who used to sing opera when the shop was empty happy times . Coleridges ...Read more

A memory of Leeds

I went to Marianne Thornton 1972 - 1976 Carol Hyatt long time ago but people I remember Denise Dufort Jackie and Roslyn Lewis June Salmon Pauline Reed Sandra Lowen Pat James Carol Coughin Alderbrook Primary School before that

A memory of Clapham by eeyore260

Looking at old pictures and archives of weybridge I came across this page of the very happy childhood memories in New Haw. The very first thing that striked me was when you mentioned about working at Bentleys Farm in the ...Read more

A memory of New Haw by Vince Read

Roger Sailes . Henry thornton school fire

A memory of Clapham

Lived at number 11 till 1960.. Went to Elmwood infants then juniors then Tavistock secondary modern. My mum was the lollipop lady at Elmwood for many years .... Every Saturday morning off the the Granada . Happy days

A memory of Croydon by bobburrows872

I knew Thornton Heath very well, from the early 1950’s through to the end of the 1960’s. Shopping with my parents at Woolworths (opposite the clocktower) and then ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath by d_harwood

I was born in Thornton Heath in the late 1940's and learned to swim at an early age. My next-door neighbour, who was a couple of years older than me, was a member of Pollards Swimming Club and persuaded me to join as well. ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath by d_harwood

By Michael Savage A reunion of the Horncastle Homes children and the staff was held at the Town Hall (Drill Hall) July 20 1989. Almost 400 people attended the event. “The atmosphere was really ...Read more

A memory of Horncastle in 1958

My father was a police officer and we lived in Victoria Street, next door to the market. Our house, No 19, is now a cafe and sometimes I have a coffee there when I visit. Fleetwood was buzzing during the war.  Seamen, sailors, ...Read more

A memory of Fleetwood in 1940 by Alan Binns