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Although not really Handsworth my Mother and her family lived at 212 New John Street West. They lived there until my Mothers Mum died in 1931. Her name was Christina Parker. My Mum was only 8 years old but remembers that day as if it were yesterday.

A memory of Handsworth by Bryan Roberts

I have seen your write up and even though I don't think I remember you I am sure I went to Dartford West with Jean Bacon. I now live in Australia and would love to know where she is. I can remember spending time with a friend called ...Read more

A memory of Hawley by Gillian Davies

We lived in St Vincent Road, went bottling collecting bottles left on the beach and got the deposits back from the kiosks on the beach front, the some, the mean buggers only gave us half when they realised ...Read more

A memory of Clacton-On-Sea in 1953

Pub was the Rockwood, not Rockwell. I worked at Pearks Stores, 56, Kingsbury, from 1958 to 1964. My first manager was Cllr. Eric Bentley, an 8th Army veteran. He moved down to the West Country and opened a hotel. Kingsbury was then ...Read more

A memory of Aylesbury in 1958 by Ron Adams

Birkenhead in the 1950s – it bears no resemblance to how it is today – it doesn't even look the same. Most of the places I remember are gone. The streets where I grew up have gone – the geography of the place has changed – I ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by mcgraa

The small hospital was The Forest. When expecting my first child in 1965 I used to go there for regular check ups as I was booked into a hospital some distance away for the birth. MIss Foxton was the Health Visitor. In later ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by mrsjanmwest

I lived at 92 west st with my grandparents Nellie and moses board.and my brother Adrian,My name is Andrew Jenkins. I Was born in 1947 and grew up in the 1950s I have a lot of memories of going up the mountain,up the park.to the swimming ...Read more

A memory of Bargoed by boardic

I remember it so well, being told we were moving to a house in Sudbourne Road, Brixton. I was nearly six years old and moved into a very old and neglected Victorian House at no 23, Sudbourne Road, with my mum, ...Read more

A memory of Brixton in 1952 by Annette Healy

Mr Cassare was a cheerful soul he fitted a recon engine into my Father's Morris Minor. We bought his house 6 Victoria Crescent so knew him well. The building opposite is the Imperial Cinema. ...Read more

A memory of Horsforth by Peter Woods

It is a winter evening, and Saturday. I am in Ealing Broadway and for a change I think I will get a train home to Hanwell. Not every train stops at Hanwell but I board one. West Ealing, we slow and stop, pretty soon ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell in 1962 by Nick Beard