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My dad bought a brand new house on Craigwell Avenue in 1956. Builder was William Old. I was 4. The house was blue and yellow, 4 houses up on the left from Newberries Avenue. The construction went on for at least two years after moving in. ...Read more

A memory of Radlett in 1956 by Robin Thompson

August 2013 I visited Shaldon with my family as we are staying nearby for a week. We were hoping to see the childhood home of my late father which he always referred to as Platway. I spoke to a lovely lady in tourist ...Read more

A memory of Shaldon by Anna Davidson

I am cycling along the canal and have just passed under the railway bridge. I pass under the great metal warehouse. Quickly there is a rattle as I cross the little bridge by the gauging lock, which is ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1961 by Nick Beard

I believe my mother and sister lodged with a Mrs Bromley in Kelly Bray sometime during WW2. Mrs Bromley was so lovely, unfortunately she had no room for my sister and I, we had to live with a Mrs Pellow, a very severe lady in Luckett. ...Read more

A memory of Kelly Bray by June Tipping

My mother often spoke fondly of living in Bearpark from 1920 -1926 when the family came down to London. My grandfather, Edward Leadbitter, was a miner at Bearpark pit. He worked on an 18 inch seam, lying in water in the semi darkness ...Read more

A memory of Bearpark by Pamela Annison

I was born in London in 1937 and moved to Days Lane, Pilgrims Hatch in that year,so all my childhood years were spent around the Pilgrims Hatch area. Dad was always sharp of the mark and a couple of steps ahead so foresaw ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood in 1940 by Brian Taylor

My family moved into Darenth Road in 1960 - we were the first in our street and watched the rest of the houses being built around us. There was nothing but mud, wheelbarrows and workmen. My dad's ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Carol Bouziane

I was born in central middlesex hospital in 1949 and grew up in harlesden,my first memory is living above john collier's the tailor at 103a harlesden high street, we lived right up at the top and we used the flat roof at the back as ...Read more

A memory of Harlesden by pamfoster59

I was sick with Chickenpox that Saturday when the bomb fell on the cinema. I stood p to look out of the window to see the smoke.

A memory of East Grinstead by Lynda Chilvers

My first job when I was 15 was in Silverthorn Telephone Exchange. I remember, when I went to the Telephone Managers Office for my interview. I had wanted to work in Directory Enquiries but was told that ...Read more

A memory of Chingford by Lynne Bacon