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Although I only lived at Great Totham as a young boy for 7 years , 48 years after moving to the Cotswolds because of my fathers work I still have a fair few memories. We moved to Foster road in 1965 from Chelmsford the ...Read more

A memory of Great Totham by Mrs M.Rignall

My family moved to Fairlight Avenue from Potter's Bar in 1949 when I was four, when my dad got a job as signwriter at Walthamstow Stadium [as the dog track was known then]. I went to King's Road C of E and Wellington ...Read more

A memory of North Chingford by Richard Clark

In 1955 I was doing my penultimate year at school. I started at Selsdon primary circa 1944. The air raid siren was out side the school so when it went off we could not miss it! The doodle bug phase of WWII started in June 44 so ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by des.donohoe

I am not too sure I can be the only one to contribute, but am glad to do so.i was a patient in 1959 as a young lad with tb and was so desolate to be away from my home and family,it is very clear in mind now all ...Read more

A memory of Llangwyfan by william.thomas241

I grew up here ...happy memories , loved the lake and fun fair , surrounding countryside , would be either sat on a jetty with my feet in the water watching the boats come and go , or hiding in the dense shrubbery at the top of the hill ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere by ami.gore65

My stepfather, Mr John Few, was at Oak Bank between 1942 and 1947. He was a teenager whose father was the head gardener billeted at the lodge alongside the golf course. John and his older brother Eric worked at the school. John's jobs ...Read more

A memory of Seal by g.boylan

It's pity that there are no images of Cannock's schools on this archive. Cannock actually had a number of schools long before many other towns. Primary education for all didn't come into effect until the Education Act of 1870 made it ...Read more

A memory of Cannock by brucehaycock

My first visit to Saltfleet was as a 12 year old in 1956. A relative , Kitty Scherdel was managing the Sunnydale site for local farmer George Tuxworth and had recently moved a converted bus there from South Yorkshire and ...Read more

A memory of Saltfleet by pegasusgr3

The river used our playground then before the river ingrebourne was blocked off from the tidal Thames to alleviate flooding in Rainham. Further down river were the old ww2 concrete barges that we used to clamber over while ...Read more

A memory of Rainham by johnvwillson

My mother, Mary Rands, was christened in this church in 1929. Her Grandparents, Herbert and Mary Ann Rands, lived in a cottage at the back of the church called 'Myrtle' They passed away before the second world war, ...Read more

A memory of Chelmondiston by Sharon Burford