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How wonderful to have my memory jogged by the lovely pictures of Clapham Common. After school, most days we (my brother Lance) and my mother would have such fun. We would play spot the park keeper, (always nicely turned ...Read more

A memory of Clapham in 1962 by Margaret Beil

Hi this is Tubby Laird, I was at Barwick house from 13 -16 I ran away twice and started a riot then got expelled. I remember getting the cane on each hand on the arse put in the cooler and cells at 2-3 times a week. Looking back how we ...Read more

A memory of Barwick by Tubby Laird

When I was a child in the 1940s, this sports field belonged to the Post Office. Occasionally there would be a horse in residence and this is where I had my first and only ride on such an animal. The stadium on the left caught ...Read more

A memory of Beddington by Norman Langridge

Hi there, I'm not sure whether my first memory registered on this page. I'll always have fond memories of Ilford, Gants Hill and Valentines Park. I'll always remember those beautiful swans and Canadian cygnets, the ...Read more

A memory of Ilford by bevjoemorris

I was born in London in 1933 and later, when the Ideal Homes Estates were constructed, my parents with me, moved to Howard avenue at Bexley. Danson Park was the place to go to. Everything happened there. Firework displays viewed ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by jbba20508

Having spent 3 very happy years at Sandon House and after reading Alan,s memories of those wonderful times it reminded me of my own time at this wonderful school. I may have written his memories myself, we seem to have completed a similar ...Read more

A memory of Sandon by deangx

My dad, even though married he was one for playing the field. Mother was taking care of my brother's kids (his wife had died, he was a Flight Sargent), Mother was miles away and Dad played about. One afternoon he had picked up a ...Read more

A memory of Royston by Roland Mitchell

My dad was known as Jack Bryant, although his real name was John. He lived in various parts of Acton with his oldest sister, Pat (who went to Lincolnshire to 'Land a Hand on the Land' during the war), Uncle Boysie (Albert), Uncle Terry, ...Read more

A memory of Acton in 1930 by Sorrel Price

I can recall many happy times as a trolley bus driver in Doncaster , I started work with DCT as a conductor in the mid 1950s and passed a trolley bus driving test on the Wheatley Hills route by the late 1950s; in those days the ...Read more

A memory of Doncaster in 1958 by John Watson

I grew up in Sparkhill between 1960s-1986, , My Father lived in Sparkbrook with his Grandmother Florence Stubley & Aunties, Flora, Dora, Freda & his mother Phyllis for many years before he met & Married my Mother ...Read more

A memory of Sparkbrook