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I was born at the Bearstead Memorial Hospital in 1946 and lived on Hurstfield Road for my first 5 years, then moved to Weston Avenue. That house backed on to Hurst Park racecourse and I used to love to look over the fence to see ...Read more

A memory of West Molesey in 1950 by Alison Collin

I was born in Crouch End in 1963 and lived for 22 years of my life in Buckley Court, Carysfort Road, a small block of council flats in quite an exclusive road.  My Grandfather, John Leo Monnington, was relieving officer for the area ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1963 by Lucinda Cotton King

We lived in the Parade, down by the station.  The fish and chip shop was run by a rather large gentleman. eventually something happened, and we took it over. The soldiers would pack it out and there would be a long queue outside on Friday ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood in 1955 by Pat Weedon

As a very young child I lived in Chesterfield for about a year in the early 1960s. I must have been just 5 years old but remember quite a lot. I lived on Knifesmith Gate above The Queen's Head Pub/Restaurant. I just wonder if it ...Read more

A memory of Chesterfield in 1960 by Fran C

I was born in Nelson in 1953 and lived in the prefabs at number 7, Heol Harry Lewis with my mother and father Mary and Doug Gray and my brother Neil who is 5 years older than me. Our next door neighbours were Peggy and ...Read more

A memory of Nelson by Catriona Drooney Was Gray

The Medieval Treasure Bristol Gave Away. The Bristol Cross is one of the smaller architectural treasures of Britain - but it's one which Bristol's worthies were only too glad to give away. Today the Cross ...Read more

A memory of Stourhead by Paul Townsend

I think the date at 1974 is correct but I would have been 6 then!! We owned all of what is Beechbarrow now and as a young man I had the run of the place! I hope the beech walk is still there, I built my first tree house in ...Read more

A memory of Wells in 1974 by Chris Styles

I went to Tew Park in September 1940 as an evacuee, the manor house had been taken over by a school for handicapped children from Fulham, south west London. I was 13 years old and the only child from Tottenham. I soon made friends with the ...Read more

A memory of Great Tew by Terry Maloney

I was born at Dyson House Blackwell Lane Greenwich in 1943. My father was still in Burma so I lived with my mother and maternal grandparents. We moved to Selcroft Road but in was too young to know when . My first ...Read more

A memory of Greenwich by catalina.kate

I lived at 11 Lodge rd 1950/1960 the photo brings back so many memories as my dad was projectionist at the ABC Golders Green but only ever remember the cinema on corner referred to, as the Odeon, there was also the Classic (now shops) & the ...Read more

A memory of Hendon by Alan Davis