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I was a 9 year old boarder at the Meath School for a year in 1981/1982. In those days the school was a state specialist convalescence school for respiratory diseases. I remember my time in Ottershaw fondly. Each week we'd all ...Read more

A memory of Ottershaw by anthony_fairhurs

My grandfather owned a house in Charthouse Road, Ash Vale. It was the last house on the left. My mother grew up in this house along with two brothers and two sisters until she was married. When the grandparents ...Read more

A memory of Ash Vale by pat.suckling

lived in margate from approx. 1945 to 1952. There was a pier with a life boat station halfway up.Took a trip on the lifeboat, public once year, and was really seasick. There was also the Pavilion, close by was a 'pillbox' a wartime concrete ...Read more

A memory of Margate

Miss hopefully ' what I have to say will come as a surprise to you . If so I am sorry but it is all true Your father peter was a brutal cold heartless child molester I was one of is boys in the kids home he ran The ...Read more

A memory of Newnham by dogcatchermarty

"Thieves! Bloody villains and thieves, that's all they are. Makes my blood boil. I can't kill enough of the sods... no Sir!" I hadn't the heart to point out that I was actually a lover of all birds for fear ...Read more

A memory of Lower Radley

I've found the only usable photo I have but can't get it onto the site; how can I do that, please? Note from the Editor: Unfortunately, it is not possible at the moment for users to add photographs to our website. ...Read more

A memory of Upper Boat by karl

We had many picnics at the lakes, Parking was good with lots of places to sit and enjoy the lakes. There was a small wooded area to the left of the bottom lake and I remember running around in there with my brother ...Read more

A memory of Earlswood

I lived in Elmsleigh road number 19 , I went to Eltringham infant and junior school. My brother and sister and I used to play out going to the frying pan , we also used to go scrumping near Wandsworth prison. Our teachers at Eltringham ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by bj.daly

In 1956 when I was 17 years old my brother in law built a sailing boat but neither if us had ever sailed. We took the boat on a trailer to "Kelpie's" yard on the river Ouse at Great Barford near to Bedford and were soon leaning ...Read more

A memory of Bedford by ducatee

In the days when we had "real" winters, (where did they go), Wardown Park Lake would freeze over and we would walk out over the ice and make slides. One year there were ice skaters on the lake and I borrowed an old pair that I had found ...Read more

A memory of Luton by ducatee