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My Bailiff ancestors came from Askham. My g.g. grandfather Christopher's sister, Elizabeth, 1801, married William Henry Leech, 1795, whose father John Langton Leech, 1761, died in Askham and was the Vicar at Askham. Christopher's ...Read more

A memory of Penrith

I attended the Kettering Grammar school until 1961, the main school being in Bowling Green Road. The science block was in Windmill Ave (shown in photo) but most of the buildings seen here were not erected in 1960. The block seen at the far ...Read more

A memory of Kettering by raw50

In 2011 Croydon Council stopped maintain the bowling green. Since then volunteer local residents , The Friends of Marlpit Lane Bowling Green (see our website), have restored, maintained and managed the ...Read more

A memory of Coulsdon by Peter Morris

Does anyone remember Papas Icecream where they opened the front window of their house to serve the most delicious ice-cream. I know it was a road off Queen Street near the market. What lovely markets Gravesend used to have to. ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend by nita_luce

My friend Valerie and I used to sit around the bowling greens playing Jack Stones with the pebbles in the gullies.

A memory of Porthcawl in 1955 by Jennifer Edwards

where I live now since 1968 there used to be farm there was cattle over the hatches . signal box just near the railway at the hatches. 4 sweet shops. Ansell newsagent -Mons-shop -spar shop- spare parts shop used to be ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green

as the oldest member of the garvie clan .I thought I would leave my memories of the family on the Internet so that our grandchildren could always look back and see where our past started. the family consisted of Mary ,Theresa,Charles Helen ...Read more

A memory of Caldercruix by Matt Sloan

We moved to Watford in 1943. My war time memories are of night after night in the shelters, the "doodle bugs" and the boys playing Germans and soldiers on the bomb site next door. My special memories are of Cassiobury Park where we used to ...Read more

A memory of Watford by jmndavies

I used to have a hair cut at the bowling alley, when I could afford it. If not it was Smiths on bath Road.# Went to Westgate school. Mr. Rackstaw? Mr. Good?? Terry Davies? Was a milk lad for Ron Botley. Neville & ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham by n.furlong.com

I left Powell Corderoy School Dorking in the summer of 1953 and started secondary school, Pelham when I was still ten. On our first day we were asked our ages. Several were twelve, most of the pupils were ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon