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My family of 3 brothers and 3 sisters were brought up in Dr Banardoes Homes in Old Road. I often went to the beach along with 9 other boys and Matron, Miss Blomfield from our cottage, Suffolk. We ...Read more

A memory of Clacton-On-Sea by kenparradine

My aunt sent me a photo of Camper House on Camper Road. Since then I have been researching our ancestry.

A memory of Southchurch by hazeq8

I'm sure this photo is mis-titled and I think it was taken from the end of Staveley Road where it joins the A316. The playing fields of Chiswick County Grammar School for Boys being on the right-hand side.

A memory of Chiswick by herbievorley

As a family group of about 15/20 we had 2 weeks in July/aug returning for reunion week in sept (great a week of school and no fines in late 60/70s) entered all the competitions ( looking for table E10) watching my mum running with a ...Read more

A memory of Kessingland by sargenttony

I'm working on a Heritage Lottery funded project to find out what it used to be like to live, work, go out and grow up in the Ardwick Green area of Manchester in the 1930s - 1960s. If you have stories or photos to ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick by alison.crush

This garden belonged to the artist Oscar Prentice,who taught me to paint as a small child ,his house and studio can't be seen in this photo ,the gnomes all held fishing rods ,no vandalism in those days .

A memory of Langstone by vappleton

As a family we moved to Dingley when I was 6. I could not speak a word of English, but soon picked it up thanks to the friends I made at school. I have fond memories of Miss Kaddick who ruled with a rod of iron! My best friend at the ...Read more

A memory of Dingley by gogwen

i remember this photo very well , on the see saw is my brother keith macmanus and the other end of the see saw is christine roberts (good days ) my brother went on to become a royal marine , how fast time flies .

A memory of Ilsington by Linda Whelan

I've grown up with tales of barham mill, which burnt down the year before I was born. My gran, Betty Edwards, who is now 91, was born and brought up at the mill, until the family moved to cornwall. Photo from around 1920(?) somewhere which I will dig out and add to this.

A memory of Barham by susannajparker

This photo is dated 1965. By this time the factory was owned by the Burton Group, making men's suiting and jackets. Burton's bought it in 1961. I started working there in September that year till it closed in 1977. One of the men ...Read more

A memory of Warrington by mike.grose