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Clearest memory of those days is the short walk down from George Spicers, cossies and towels tucked under our arms plus the compulsary rubber hat. Afterwards we could buy a thick slice of bread and marge for a penny. ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1950 by Sylvia Chapman

Another sad memory of the home was being shod in ill fitting shoes which has left me with deformed feet, especially my twisted toes which makes it embarrassing for me to be seen for example in a swimming pool or even ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone in 1948 by Ronald Strange

I lived in Woodland Close throughout my childhood and started at Kingsbury Green Primary School in 1959. The classrooms were brightly painted, and the smells of plasticine, paints, crayons, pink (carbolic) soap and school dinners ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1959 by Jackie Hayles

In the 1950s my parents and I were frequent visitors to friends made during the war years. They lived near Branston Road, Burton, and were business people. John, his wife Doris, and their daughter ...Read more

A memory of Alrewas in 1952 by Ronald Jones

I remember the pool very well as it was only a stones throw from the old playground which had a giant slide. The sad thing is, that one of my old friend's had an accident when the pool was closed and hit his poor young ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1982

I was born in Northcote Road just around from the Gloucester in 1947. My grandparents were Burtons. I lived there until we migrated to Australia in 1961. I have so many memories but have never been back to England. I went to ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1960 by Dorothy York

I was born in 1946 and lived in Lamport Street, just off Warwick Street in Toxteth. We lived there until I was about 6 years of age. Because of town planning we had to move to Hawkstone Street but what I remember of Lamport ...Read more

A memory of Toxteth in 1950 by Richard Green

I very fond memories of my early school days as a child in the 1970s,the local first school,which i believe is still there,had only two teachers that i can remember,which was miss radcliff,and headmaster mr salsbury.We had wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Duncton by Giles Mceachern

Many happy years in Sutton, especially in Sutton swimming baths, when my dad used to cycle with me on the crossbar of his bike, from Beauchamp Rd. He taught me to swim when I was about 8, that's when they had diving boards. The days before ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1946 by David Sheath

I moved to Stubbington as a 6 year old to the Red Lion Estate. My father like so many  on that estate was in the Royal Navy based at Portsmouth. I remember Foster's school and especially the daffodils by the fence ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington by Lorraine Emery