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I was born at 54 Herbert Road on January 21st 1940 a war-time baby although I remember nothing of the bombing raids that wrecked a number of the houses in the lower part of the road where the bus garage and the railway line ...Read more

A memory of Small Heath by Brian Buck

I suppose I was ten or younger when we first stayed on the Cliffside Caravan Park. Aunt Doris had a single decker bus that she converted to a caravan. Her son, my cousin Michael, slept in the cabin - the rest of us only allowed there ...Read more

A memory of Walcott in 1950 by Norma Procter

I was born in Birkenhead and moved with mum and dad to Northern Ireland when I was about 6. My mum and dad's family lived in Birkenhead, Bebington and Bromborough. I was at my Nana's in Birkenhead and later ...Read more

A memory of Bebington

Please can someone help? We run #bromleyhour every Thursday 8-9pm on Twitter, do you have any idea what the name of the fantastic coffee shop was? I'm thinking the Importers but I can't be sure. The smell of coffee ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1973

I remember Mr Needham from the Spar. My gran worked in Ainsworth cake shop. The smell of the chip shop. Powells. You could buy records from there and and clothes! Martin from the post office run by Mrs Dodd? And the drapers where we bought liberty bodices from ... And I'm not yet 50!

A memory of Brinnington in 1970 by Annie Smith

I used to walk along Simpsons Road to go to school.I remember all the men going to the station wore suits,bowler hats and carried rolled umbrellas and briefcases.There was a dairy shop and a Post Office run by Fred and Doris (I'm pretty ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1956 by Elizabeth Callaghan

I found this cutting from the Lynn News & Advertiser, Friday, January 12, 1968 and thought it might be of interest to others. IF ANYONE COULD BE CALLED A ...Read more

A memory of Hunstanton by geoffhunter

I remember many happy summer holidays in East Grinstead. My grandparents bought a cottage with a large garden in Hermitage Lane, and opened it as a market garden named Uplands Nursery in about 1950. My grandfather, Major Braga (he ...Read more

A memory of East Grinstead by John Braga

I was born in Stanford in 1961. My family had lived there for many generations. My great grandmothers 1st married name was Nellie Barker and her husband died after the First World War due to the gases he had ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope by karenraja

I was born at 55 Tankerville Road. It was a lovely road with tennis courts and beautiful Chestnut and Oak Trees, which were all removed when the new houses were built there. I was pleased to see on a recent ...Read more

A memory of Streatham by john.short40