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I notice many other contributors focus on the shops in the town centre and I will cover these in my next ramblings but start with my schools. I was born in March 1949 at Upney maternity hospital and my first school ...Read more

A memory of Barking by geoff.purdy

My friend Catherine Payne (Chapple) & myself Jennie Brooker (Jennifer Booth) are the 2 figures in front of the Seeboard shop in this picture. We think we are going to school but not sure but I can remember many times crossing the ...Read more

A memory of Coulsdon by Jennie Brooker

We moved to maldon in 1983 I was three moved from Walthamstow. I'm not going to lie being a teen in a small town is or at least can be mind numbingly boring. So as soon as I could I moved to bigger and better things but guess what as ...Read more

A memory of Maldon

A Memory of Aveley Hello. I also stumbled across this site by accident and was blown away by all the memories shared by Colin Newberry on Mar 25th 2014. I can relate to many other memories shared but Colin's are so close, my ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by mikewiltcher

i remember a tea rooms before you got to Blands called Mitchell's which had wood paneling and blue check tablecloths around the 1950 period. My husband lived in the flat above the butchers shop on the corner of Ealing road. Next ...Read more

A memory of Wembley

I grew up in Dorking. I lived with my parents in Stane House right next to the St Martins Church. I married my first husband Michael Rowswell on the 30th March 1963. We had two boys Adrian and Julian. Unfortunately the marriage ended ...Read more

A memory of Dorking by janfriday99

I started work in S&L in late 1945 in the DR&TD. Perhaps the best years of my long life. Married in Weldon and lived in the new town until 1951. Would love to hear from anyone from that era who is still around !! Ian McDowall

A memory of Corby by mcdowall10

Birkenhead in the 1950s – it bears no resemblance to how it is today – it doesn't even look the same. Most of the places I remember are gone. The streets where I grew up have gone – the geography of the place has changed – I ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by mcgraa

I was born on Vicarage lane in 1947, moved to a flat on Charlemonte Road then onto St Albans Ave. I remember Bonny Downs and all the friends we had as times were very tough so we went "pinching" fruit off ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by fscfiresafety

My late Mother lived at 24 ,, and it seemed that various members of the family, her father was GEORGE STREET, he was the son of JOHN STREET, had also lived at 9 and 12. Upland Road. i can find ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by John Wells