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I was born in Burgess Hill in 1947 and lived there until 1971. I lived in St. Wilfrid's Road and went to Junction Road Primary School. Our headmaster was John Freestone, who was quite a well known singer, and a very kind and gentle ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill by edean2017

I am going back in history ,now, but reading the various comments brings back many fond memories. I was born in the top house on Milton Road and the view from our front window was identical to the first published, with the exception of the ...Read more

A memory of Hoyland by halleric691

The ice-cream parlour was Diplomas in Pier Road. I too went ballroom dancing above Burton’s. Went to Crescent Road School, walking past the Co-Op stables every day, seeing the horses who had done the milk rounds. The Odeon was a must for ...Read more

A memory of Erith by john-jules.mitchell

A group of my young friends would meet up at the end of Willow Road and cross over Southbury Road. Quite safe as in the late 40’s there was very little traffic only the odd bus. Then into the Savoy Cinema to the ...Read more

A memory of Enfield by peterfrier72

This was once the main route through Cannock, namely the A34. I can't ever recall it being congested in the post war years and even into the 1960's though long distance lorries often passed through this way. Of course at that time the actual ...Read more

A memory of Cannock by brucehaycock

I was born in1967 at home at 25 Alpha Road Woking. Then moved to priors croft where I grew up . Played educated moved to Horsell then to Goldsworth Park. . Left Woking altogether over 10 years ago. . Still love the town and its history . Don't like what the council's done to the area tho. .

A memory of Woking by Christina Jennings

Born in the North Mid like most people my age (1931), I lived my first 25 years at Tottenham Hale, at the end of Brograve Rd., facing the Station Green. The green had a nice fence around it before the war when hundreds ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton by Peter Mackin

I was born in 1972 and grew up in Dartford, not leaving until i went to uni in 1990. It was never the most picturesque of towns but none-the-less a great place to grow up and easy to get everywhere. The schools ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by Sarah Lyman

My late father Arthur Thomas Wells, son of Robert worked for Parker Pen and edited their magazine BLOTS and SPLASHES , and played for their work ...Read more

A memory of Dover by John Wells

I lived just round the corner from where the bomb dropped (In County Road) and well remember the event. The bomb dropped beside a tree and there was in fact one fatality of the man whose house faced the tree, he was sitting in his ...Read more

A memory of Ormskirk by John Parker