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I remember starting in the September when the first girls (4) joined the school ,Margaret and Pat being two of them. Here I learned how to technically draw a nut and bolt in 3D that looked like a photo and a ...Read more

A memory of Worcester by douglpaulin

i was born in northern ireland i went to oliver goldsmith p.s.in1947 i remember miss cowie mrs. john mrs hunt i lived at 10 rainbow st. i remember wells way briicklayers arms my best mate was kenny marshall iwent to william penn ...Read more

A memory of Peckham by billydodd5026

I attended this school from 1951 -1958 and Mr Henry Francis Bailey ( with his wife Mary ) was always the head. At least till the time I left in 1958. They had one son Christopher who I believe wanted to become a ...Read more

A memory of Beckington by patwalker37srpen

I came across this site by accident and was immediately transported back to the fifties in Uxbridge when I was a teenager. My family lived at Willowbank just over the bridge from Uxbridge towards New Denham. I regularly walked ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by c.mitzman

I was born in Butleigh Hospital near Somerton in 1968 and lived in Somerton from then until 1990. My Grandparents Ted and Elsie used to be the landlord and landlady of the Globe Inn. In 1974 my Granfer passed away and my nan moved to ...Read more

A memory of Salford by andrewkirby495

My name is Brian Beck, I was born on Shingrig Road in January 1938 and continued to live there untill 1952 when the family moved to Caerphilly. I attended Llanfabon school on High St until I passed for ...Read more

A memory of Nelson by taffbeck

I am now 67 and live in Belgium and came across this terrific site of old Cannock. The town I remember has a small boy growing up . I attended Walsall road infant and junior school and Calving Hill Secondary ...Read more

A memory of Cannock by stevemdean

I was born at St Teresa's Hospital in Wimbledon in December 1949 and taken home to our prefab in Melody Road. My dad was called Ernie, my mum Phyllis, and two older brothers Bill and Ted. Bill was 12 years older ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by angela.shepherd

When you are about 4/5 years old everything is an adventure. Well a trip with my mum to Westminster cemetery was just that. We went after lunch and the BBC programme 'Listen with Mother'. We went to my grandad's ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell by Nick Beard

Hanwelll to me was always synonymous with the Community Centre's Flower Show. My Grandparents, Jessie and Richard Wakenell had lived most of their lives in Hanwell and would show their prized chrysanths every year. My ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell by Heidi Souster