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I was born in Hornsey in 1940. Returning from evacuation in S.Wales in 1944, I went to Highgate Primary School for a short time, before moving to 141 Crouch Hill (now demolished) and attending Rokesley Infants School & Crouch End Junior ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1945 by Alan Carter

I hope I'm not in error here but would dearly love to liaise with someone who might have local knowledge of where my Kemp relations resided - I think it was in and around Leverton. Richard and Christien Kemp had their ...Read more

A memory of Chilton Foliat by Julie Kemp

My grandmother lived in Clayton West and my four cousins and I often slept over. Her surname was Sleaford but I have no memory of the actual address. I have just very clear memories of the worn stone steps into the cellar and the bedroom ...Read more

A memory of Clayton West in 1950 by Jean Martens

I can remember my infant years at Napier Road school. I remember when I was in the first year there, we would have a small slice of toasted bread in the afternoons. Then I went to Holbrook School when I ...Read more

A memory of West Ham in 1958 by Jean (Nee) Thompson

Uxbridge was blessed with 3 cinemas; The Odeon, the Regal and the Savoy (the oldest of the three it stood on the corner of Vine St and the High St). The Odeon, I think, had the biggest productions as it had a wider ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

My memory of Hartest, a place that is very dear to me, relates to the period between moving down from Somerton in 1945 and living there until I moved to Hadleigh in 1970 for my work. As an Evacuee, together with my brothers ...Read more

A memory of Hartest by Keith Doidge

My husband has just come across a book which was rescued from the Newbridge Mill during the flood it suffered in 1953. The book entitled 'Knole and the Sackvilles' by V Sackville-West has an ...Read more

A memory of Colemans Hatch in 1953

I can remember Mick's stall just outside the Red Lion and he'd have crowds of people round him. He'd hold up an item and then say - I'm not asking 10/-, 5/- but 2/6! He always did a good trade. The market went on much ...Read more

A memory of Spalding

I remember it was freezing most of the time - we had short blue jackets. I can remember taking the slops to the waste - my hands froze to the rope handles. We had no sheets, just blue covers and blankets. I remember fighting for ...Read more

A memory of Sharpness in 1957 by Leonard Thomas

Where do I start ? Living in Monmouth House on the top of Almondsbury Hill. going to Almondsbury village school sitting next to Tony Evans, head of the Patchway gang & a brilliant football goalkeeper. Gaffer ...Read more

A memory of Almondsbury in 1940 by Tex ( Adrian ) Woodward