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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'm trying to track down the newspaper article on the story below from around 1960 that my dad recently shared with me, does anyone recall the shoe shop called Argos Shoes (or similar) or can ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury

This excerpt is taken from the memoirs of my late mother, Jessie Gorton. I am currently busy typing these out from notes I made as she reminisced about the early days in Worcestershire. Jessie joined Bentley ...Read more

A memory of Bentley Ho in 1920 by Heather Shield

My 3xG/Grandparents James and Mary Vincent lived in Harcombe according to the 1829 census and the children of which Elizabeth Vincent my 2xG/Grandmother was baptised at Sidbury and was buried at Cowick Street, St Thomas ...Read more

A memory of Harcombe by John Ball

We moved from East London in 1950 to Cricklade Avenue. Broadford School was still being built and this backed onto our garden. My older sister had to go to Heath park Girls School (Frances Bardsley) while Harrowfields ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by Lesley Doyle

On the very right of this photo is my grandad's shop. He had his name FV DRABBLE on the front, you can just see part of the name in the photo. My grandad was Langold's only cobbler. The bottom half of the windows were painted ...Read more

A memory of Langold in 1955 by Tony Mitchell

This was around 1950. Me Ma had a sister who was my Aunt Lilly, she married a Yorkshire man from Leeds who was my Uncle Jack and they had one daughter called Jean who was a year or so older than me and they lived in Gipton, Leeds (I've ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1950 by Jimmy Burrows

I was born at 96 Station Road, Patricroft in 1934, and went to Lewis Street School. My best mates were Walter Mason and Derrick Pullar. I joined the Merchant Navy at 17 and sailed the world. I met a girl on board ship while on a ...Read more

A memory of Patricroft in 1950 by Frank Robinson

I attended the St Michael's Convent when it was a boarding school run by the nuns. I remember Sister Anastasia who was very kind. Also the prayers and the lovely church next door. I saw that they have bulldozed the convent and I think it's ...Read more

A memory of Uckfield in 1963 by Victoria Manning

My dad, Joseph Gornall, was born in the house pictured and just to the left of it was a blacksmith's which was run by my grandad John Gornall. They lived there throughout my dad's childhood but moved to Birmingham for work at ...Read more

A memory of Weston Under Lizard by Darryl Gornall