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I went to Marianne Thornton School in 1961 until 1966 when I was 15. I went to work for the GPO as a Continental telephone operator and did 3 months training in Eagle House on Cannon Street and then to Wood Street exchange in the ...Read more

A memory of Clapham in 1961 by Linda Goatley

I was born in 1949 in Northcote Road just across the road from the Gloucester. My uncle, Eddie Clements, lived there up until January 2012. He has just recently passed away. I have fond memories of the area. I went to ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Keith Gooderson

I was born in Croydon 1947. The only house that I remember living at was Bridle road, I went to Benson Jr. School. My Mum, worked at Mechanism in Croydon and I can remember riding the bus from school to ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1950 by Valerie Bradey

I was happily transported back to my childhood reading some of the memories on this page and thought I would share some of my own. I was born in 1951 in a tiny one up, one down house in Laneside, Yews Green. ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury in 1951 by Anne Clarke

I lived with my parents and younger brother, Ian, at Glendoll, and attending Clova School where the teacher was Mrs. Conicher with a son named Rab. My dad used to take us to school and fetch ...Read more

A memory of Glen Clova in 1950 by Jean Fettes

I was born on Brixton Hill in 1937 but my family moved to Upper Norwood very shortly after. We were close to St Joseph's Catholic School on Crown Dale and had an idyllic time before we were evacuated to Peterborough. When ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1948 by William (Bill) Pitt

Pontefract a place I call home, my early years were spent Carleton Home's, it would be 58 years before I saw my real Mum Minne Martin from Castleford. from off the West wood Est. in Cutsyke. I was adopted ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract by michaelscorgie7

I was born in 1942 in Passfield Avenue our house was opposite the car park of Fleming Park, I spent a lot of my childhood there. Mr Thornton was the resident park keeper and would sometimes give us used tennis balls to play on the ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh by deborah.heard

I too was born at Thornton House in 1942 and Dr Watson also brought me into the world.! I went to St Mathews school and joined the church choir about 1950. spent all childhood in South St/ North Street ( next The Bell). Remember the ...Read more

A memory of Redhill by bryan.elphick

I used to be a regular at Sterling Scooters which you can see in the service road next to the laundrette. Came to West Drayton in 1963 after living in Greenford for the first 7 years of my life. I remember taking the weekly ...Read more

A memory of West Drayton by carroll12256