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I was born in St Albans in 1946 and lived at a cottage called Primrose Cottage, The Hill, Wheathampstead. My grandmother lived in the cottage, Wayside Cottage, on the hill which still exists today. My ...Read more

A memory of Wheathampstead in 1950 by Alan Riddell

I was born in Laisterdyke but moved to Greengates when I was about 4 years old, this would have been in 1962. I can remember walking up Redcar Road with my dad and brothers towards our new home on Rowlestone Rise. My first school ...Read more

A memory of Greengates in 1962 by Stewart Williams

Came across this website quite by accident very interesting and surprising! I too went to Sutton at hone primary and remember some of the teachers Curwen, Andrews, Rodgers, and Bex etc. When I left there at 11 I went ...Read more

A memory of Sutton at Hone in 1956 by Mavis Smith

My mum worked at Jacksons mill in Furlong Road where she met my dad and they got married in 1955, I would be enternally grateful if any one out there has any pictures of the mill as I would love to know what it looked like back then.

A memory of Bourne End in 1950 by Maureen Mullings

The Royal Hotel was one of the "whitebait inns" which drew custom down-river from London in the nineteenth century. In both World Wars Purfleet was a transit camp for thousands of soldiers waiting to be shipped abroad from ...Read more

A memory of Purfleet by Gemma Gemma

I can vaguely remember Les Walker catching a big salmon in Rock Dub although I'm not so sure of the year. Lots of salmon were caught in those days, it was a great river until the water authority ruined it by over extraction at ...Read more

A memory of Thornhill in 1960 by Peter Dickinson

I came to live at Gara Bridge as a babe in arms in the early 1940s. We lived at 2 Hothole Cottages, and I remained there until I joined the forces in 1960. Our neighbours all that time were called Pullyblank, Phil, the ...Read more

A memory of Gara Bridge by Leslie Wyse

Greenfeeds on the right of the picture is where I lived. The premises were owned by my family since the early 1800's and at that time they also owned the Prospect Pub. My great grandfather also had tenants renting properties he owned up the High St, the road leading up to the viaduct.

A memory of Denby Dale in 1970

My ancestor, Simeon Warner Hagen, was the Miller at Stanwell Moor. He lived from 1751 until 1812 when he passed the mill down to his sons, Thomas and George Hagen, who may have sold it as neither remained in Middlesex. ...Read more

A memory of Stanwell Moor

Bill Miles was in the Meonstoke football team. I seem to remember an older Miles with a peg leg. I think Bill lives nearby still. Ask Ernie Styles who lives in Harvestgate Cottage, a Stocks Lane.

A memory of Droxford by Fairfax Luxmoore