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I was playing with school friends and we all had our bikes, I picked up a puncture. One of my friends lent me his bike, we used to race around the path that surrounded the pool. I took one of the bends ...Read more

A memory of Letchworth Garden City

Having only this week come across your website, with so many writing about their memories of Wembley, I felt inspired to add my memories too. I was born in Pettsgrove Avenue in 1941 and lived there until 1965 when I married a ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Sheila Mac Donald

I used to go to Bishop Simpson School in Carlton Road in the 60's. I used to hang around with Rosemary Harrington and Jacqueline Grimble ( does that ring a bell to anyone?) My sir name then was Case!. I used to go to the baths, shall never ...Read more

A memory of Redhill by Anne Maxwell

I am 85 years old and live in Australia. I remember the mill as a working mill just before the war. After the war it was a toy factory that made stuffed toys. I was lucky enough to catch loads of trout in the mill's pool. I lived ...Read more

A memory of Cuddington by David Watts

As a boy of thirteen, with my family, after the war, I spent all my school holidays in Cornwall. Six weeks with my Uncle Arthur and Aunt Mabel in a tied cottage on Lower Tregantle Farm near Torpoint. The very air was ...Read more

A memory of Lower Tregantle by Brian Conn

My dad, Ken, was born 13 May 1938 in the front bedroom of 5 Gallards Hill - he was the youngest son to Sidney and Gladys Taylor. My grandad spent almost all his life in the Leicestershire Regiment. During ww2 my grandad was ...Read more

A memory of Braunstone Town by Caroline Taylor

I lived in Perysteeete, Perry Vale from 1950 until I was 20 years old. Our Primary school(, Christ Church . C of E) was opposite our flats, and it only took seconds to get into school...just before the whistle went! Memories of the ...Read more

A memory of Forest Hill

Only been to Redruth, Cornwall once. Liked it and looked up some photographs one of which happened to be school photograph for Pool Academy ? I was amazed to see that one of the teachers was C Gronow whom I knew way back ...Read more

A memory of Redruth by Gareth Parry

My grandparents lived in Hornsea and my parents and I would always spend our summer holidays with them. Meeting up with many of my parents friends, we had a big changing tent on the beach, all the adults sat in a massive circle ...Read more

A memory of Hornsea by Vicky Hill

I was born in 1948 and lived inn Salisbury Avenue but moved to Bournemouth in 1963 I attended Eastbury Infants school followed on to Manor Junior and finally Park Modern .I remember playing in Barking Park and fishing for tiddlers in the ...Read more

A memory of Barking by richard.stanley6