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The first time I went to Old Wives Lees and that would have been in the Summer of 1957. Some friends in the road where I lived made this journey every year, it was their and their families only opportunity of a holiday ...Read more

A memory of Old Wives Lees by patherwill

School 80 kids age 4 to 11 but you knew everyone. Boxing Day - Tug of War, men against women with one or two men dressed as women. Riding bikes through the Ford. Also the other Ford that was unsuitable for motors. The post office ...Read more

A memory of Llancarfan by lesleypuncher

I remember 1952 the year of the great smog, making my way back from school along Dundonald Road towards my home in Graham Road. I had to follow the railings along the recreation ground because I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon by James Leslie

I have many happy memories of Broom Green. My grandfather and uncle were tenant farmers there and our very large family would descend on the farm for the occasional holiday. I can’t remember the name of the farm but it ...Read more

A memory of Broom Green by Douglas Smuth

My gr-gr-gr-grandfather, John Parkhouse worked at the railway station c1880’s. His daughter Ellen was my gr-gr-grandmother. The family lived at the Railway Station Yard. I was able to visit Holsworthy a few years ago and see some of the area, and also visited the lovely museum.

A memory of Holsworthy by Angela Rickett (Nee Kavanagh)

We lived in Milton Avenue but moved to Clacton on sea when I was 11 yrs old . , I am now 80 ! I remember walking down Eastham high st. and Mum buying jellied eels from the fish monger on the right hand side above the shop a huge shiny ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by Maureen Gibbs

I was born in 1965 in Highgate and brought up by a Mr & Mrs Evans (Bert & Yvonne) at 3 Church Lane, Hornsey...the house back then was a boarding house for gentlemen only! Mrs Evans worked for Wilson’s Dept store in Crouch End ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey by Robert Evans

I used to go to school with his daughter Rita Creed at Hillside School in Winchester in the late 1940s, and had to walk her each school day to Winchester Station. She lived in Archers Road Eastleigh. Thanks Peter Kitching.

A memory of Eastleigh by Peter Kitching

I was born in Farnborough Hospital during February of 1940. My home for the next 7 years was at 9 Kennelworth Road, and then we moved to 263 Crescent Drive, where I spent the next thirteen years. My ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood by Greg Barrett

I am looking for photos of Guildford in the 50s, particularly North street and wondered if anyone remembered the Butcher's shop in North street in the 50s. I was born there, we lived in a flat over the shop and I have ...Read more

A memory of Guildford by Patricia Prior