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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

My name is Stuart Humphreys I turned 64 this may and between 1955 and1957 I went to Compton school . We lived in churchfields for a time but also my dad who at the time was training for a career at G.C.H.Q. was a ...Read more

A memory of Compton by melplasted1

I lived in Ellesmere Port from 1954 to 1966, in Wolverhampton Rd. I went to Milton Rd primary then the Wirral Grammar school as the Port had no grammar school then. Every day there were 6 full special Crosville buses ...Read more

A memory of Ellesmere Port by cadnant

I was a 10 year old boy in 1950 and due to a case of TB i was sent to Chaigley Manor to recover. It was a wonderful place where we would go for walks and play .I remember we had a running race one day in the grounds and i came ...Read more

A memory of Chaigley Manor

I often think back to my days at Lymm Grammar, from 1961-65, and although I did not particularly enjoy my school-days, the system worked a lot better than it does today! But what a school, and in what grounds! I notice that the ...Read more

A memory of Oughtrington by kennethwhittaker

I also remember staying at northaw for a few months ,don't remember much of names only one a girl called Edwina vestafelt if that's how it was spelt I remember as it was an unusual name she was in a small room past the snooker room ...Read more

A memory of Northaw Place by michael.davies.md61

I was born in Queen Charlotte's hospital in 1957 and lived at 139 Estcourt Road for the first 11 years of my life. We lived upstairs and my grandparents Harry and 'Flo Francis lived downstairs. I went to Sherbrooke Road school and so ...Read more

A memory of Fulham by jacqui572011

Dear John. I too was born in Kingsbury at the Honey Pot Lane Maternity Annex in 1953. We lived opposite Brampton Road in the flats on the High Road. My uncle and aunt lived at 1 Brampton Road this being a house tied to his job ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury by paulineandstewart

I had a great childhood living at Grange Farm. My parents moved there in 1960 when I was five. My mum was employed as the catering supervisor for the site and we were given accommodation in a large Bungalow, No 1. From ...Read more

A memory of Chigwell by bankesmaureen

I grew up in a time when people seldom moved home. This built up such a rapport with all the neighbours we had in Milton Road, not always friendly of course. There were ructions sometimes if us kids upset anyone by kicking balls against ...Read more

A memory of West Hendon by Ann Midson