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Does anyone else remember Phillips the Mapmakers in Victoria Road, North Action? I started there straight from school as a trainee (cartographer). I was only there 6 months before the bright lights and ...Read more

A memory of Acton in 1964 by Susan Coleman

Hello, my dad told me about that landmine and when he had to carry his little brother, Owen, downstairs when a bomb went off nearby. The family were the Ansons. Mother, Violet, dad, Lawrence Augustus and by the outset ...Read more

A memory of North End in 1930 by Kathryn Anson

I recall going to the fairground which was on the Common; there were some stalls of which one could either test your skill trying to throw a hoop over a prize in order to win it; of course there was a catch and that catch was to make ...Read more

A memory of Cudworth in 1965 by Roland Mitchell

My family moved to Waltham Cross in 1955 when I was 4 years old and I have many fond memories of the place . As a child I used to go to a little sweet shop that was between Aspland's on the corner of Park Lane and The Castle Public ...Read more

A memory of Waltham Cross in 1955 by Sandra Norris

I was sent to Hayling Island in 1947, I was about 7 years old and had suffered 2 bouts of Scarlett fever. This had left me in a low state of health & it was thought I would benefit from a spell in a ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island in 1947 by John Williams

I was 3 years old when I was in Melba's Troupe. I was the smallest and Betty (Jones) Lane was the youngest, the only boy was Len Gair. I am still looking for photos of us. I was taken by my mother ...Read more

A memory of Abercynon in 1946 by Kathleen Griffiths

Heading out of the village, our next port of call is the Scout Hut.  Was it still there?  Well the old gravel path that we used to walk or cycle up was blocked by new buildings. ...Read more

A memory of Groby in 1970 by John Hughes

Hi,my name is Margaret Mcdonagh (nee ward) a proud Collyhurst girl. I was born in 72 Thornton St North. My parents were Elizabeth and John Ward, my brothers John, Billy, Harry, Mike and my little brother Phil. My sisters names ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1960 by Margaret Mcdonagh

I was born in Blackhall in 1940 and lived in 11th Street and went to school at Henry Smiths - hated it, so I borrowed a fiver off my granda, signed my parents name on the form, and left when I was 15 (in those ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Colliery by Bob Lynn

My father worked at Cranleigh Gas Works, and had been painting the gas holder, (it was painted by hand in those days), and he'd just come home for a cup of tea at breakfast time, when the doodlebug struck the holder that ...Read more

A memory of Cranleigh by Teresa Howard