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Yes, by some kind of miracle, the Green Man is still there, although the carpark was built on, and the off licence next door is long gone. The Prince Of Wales by the roundabout is now a Tesco store, the Plough just before the Church Lane ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury by Steve Hamilton

I was born in Hollow Road in 1944. I then lived in Forest Gate and Cropston Road where I lived until I got married in 1966. I have one brother Bill and two half brothers Charles and Keith and two half sisters Susan and Jane. I ...Read more

A memory of Anstey by patshort1

I lived in Welbourne Rd,next to the Maskells,i lived at 124 Bert Simpsons grandson Alan,i went to Down Lane school and Page Green...i new the LEWIS family.Lenards ..Andersons ..Sims..Sargents David Gillingwater,went on to play foe ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by alpat4346

I lived in Wood End Lane until rather late in life really. Moved out of the family home when I was 29 and moved to Ruislip. I went to Wood End Nursery, infants and Junior Boys school, then moved to Horsenden Secondary Boys School. Both ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by c_bovingdon

In the fifties I was mad on trains, steam ones that means! My viewing places were Hanger Lane, Haven Green, Acton Yard and Castle Bar Park Halt I also visited Acton Central and Willesden Junction. I still occasionally go on ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by philipsolly

My name is Ian Powell and lived at 48 Kew Bridge Road opposite the Plough and Waggon & Horses P/H. We arrived in 1947 when I was 6 mths old. I also had a younger sister Lynne who sadly passed earlier this year. Our house was ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by powlee

My family moved into Kitts Green Road 1937/38 before the road "joined" up with Mackadown Lane. There was Dad, Mom my older sister Edna, brother Dennis and my Grandmother (Dad's mother). I am still in contact with my best friend ...Read more

A memory of Kitt's Green in 1930 by Jean Was Green

Walking free through the wet grass leaving dark trails. Ahead the meadow rises to the mill bank where we stand in silence. Silent and smooth the deep mill race slides towards the wheel. Turning away we follow the bank upstream to the ...Read more

A memory of Kempston in 1950 by Brian Walker

I moved to Lymington Road, Dagenham, in 1939, across the road from the school. At first I attended Green Lane School - same as Dudley Moor. I even had the same piano teacher. Miss Hoggard. But she gave up on me. In the early ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by Joan Fitzgerald

My family come from the East End of London. My mum and dad took us on holiday from Chingford on a Grey Green coach to Stoke Fleming for two weeks, we stopped en route in Yeovil for tea.... My parents had booked a caravan (one ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Fleming in 1956 by Christine Jeffrey