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Many a Saturday afternoon spent there with my best friend Pam Shrubsole (now Adams) and after 58 years, she still my friend.

A memory of Romford by lesleybeaumont

I was born on Tree Estate 1954. Went to Dartford West School from 1966 to 1971. Some of the teachers were Mr. Palmer [English] Always getting told off and detention for not wearing a tie. but he was a brilliant teacher. Mr ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by t.o.bob.rose

I think this date is about right. I started St, Luke's when I was six. It was on the corner of Mode Wheel Road and Eccles New Road. It was a great little school. My first teacher was Mrs Goldstraw, There was Mr Jones in the ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Hazel Bolger

Being born in Boundary Road, listening to the yells from West ham on a Saturday, the old Co op butchers and grocery shop, Brampton school/ park, the bakers, the milkman with a horse, playing in the street, calling car ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1945

I moved from Wandsworth to Orchard Ave in Hackbridge in about 1979/80 (my parents still live there). It was a bit strange for me moving from a high-rise flat to a house with a garden. Behind the house was the 'Rec' and mullards factory ...Read more

A memory of Hackbridge in 1980 by Wayne Foster

As a school-boy I had a job working for W.H.Smith at Barking Station. I started when I was twelve on a paper round, but after a short while the shop manager, Albert Hedges, decided I could work one of the platform ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1960 by Joss Ollett

I was born in 1972 and grew up in Dartford, not leaving until i went to uni in 1990. It was never the most picturesque of towns but none-the-less a great place to grow up and easy to get everywhere. The schools ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by Sarah Lyman

I remember the shops in Barking very well when I was a child. One of my favourite shops was Bullies the Jewellers, you couldn't miss it because it had a great big clock flush with the pavement at the entrance. I used to dribble at the ...Read more

A memory of Barking by judith.whitehouse3

I was born at Parkgate, and came to live in Gudgeheath Lane, Fareham in 1940 at the age of 2. Gudgeheath lane was a proper lane in those days, nothing like today. I played in the cornfield and woods and went to Funtley School. ...Read more

A memory of Fareham by carole

I was born at Parkgate, and came to live in Gudgeheath Lane, Fareham in 1940 at the age of 2. Gudgeheath lane was a proper lane in those days, nothing like today. I played in the cornfield and woods and went to Funtley School. The Hammond ...Read more

A memory of Fareham by carole