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My elder brother Peter was at Dockenfield School around 1944 and has similar bad memories of abuse whilst a student there. He had been placed in the school by well meaning parents to avoid the bombings of south east ...Read more

A memory of Dockenfield in 1940 by Christopher Farey

In 1920 the Hawkins family came to Canada. My grandfather was Edward Hawkins, known in the family as Ted. He had been the head gardener at the Whitmead estate. He and my grandmother Clarissa, had 5 children. Robert ...Read more

A memory of Tilford in 1910 by Roland Joselyn

I very fond memories of my early school days as a child in the 1970s,the local first school,which i believe is still there,had only two teachers that i can remember,which was miss radcliff,and headmaster mr salsbury.We had wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Duncton by Giles Mceachern

Hi my name is Robert Elliott, shortly after marrying Sheila (nee Bissell) in 1963 we moved onto the new housing estate on Cedar Drive. I had lived in a council house in Brook Street, Erith. Not only did we live in a brand new ...Read more

A memory of Hawley by Robert Elliott

My father came up from Wales to work at Blenheim as a youngster.He was born in 1922 and he started work as a teenager, I think. His first name was Edward, but as there was another already in post, so they called ...Read more

A memory of Woodstock in 1930

I was born at the Bearstead Memorial Hospital in 1946 and lived on Hurstfield Road for my first 5 years, then moved to Weston Avenue. That house backed on to Hurst Park racecourse and I used to love to look over the fence to see ...Read more

A memory of West Molesey in 1950 by Alison Collin

I remember Longton with great affection. I was manager of both the Focus Cinema in Market Street and the Royal on Anchor Road. When my boss came down on a weekly visit he would treat me to lunch at the Dorothy Cafe by the railway ...Read more

A memory of Longton in 1960 by Dennis O'grady

Hello Carol (McCutcheon as I knew you). I was born in 1951 and lived at 19 Glaskhill terrace. My name is James Waugh and my mother was Lizzie and my father John (Jock). Dad worked in Burghlee, Moat and Bilston Glen. All the ...Read more

A memory of Penicuik in 1951 by James Waugh

Hi Tony, I remember the Fish Shop in Trethomas, really great chips. I remember your mum very well. Your father, when he came home on leave, used to help in the shop in his uniform. It was always a busy shop. I am sure that your ...Read more

A memory of Trethomas in 1940 by Vernon Byron Evans

I lived at 1 St. George's Close, off Chalk Pit Avenue from 1946 to 1954. At first, the Chalk Pit was still there, as was the Oast House, where the shops are now on the corner of Chalk Pit Avenue and Main Road. I first went ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's Cray in 1946 by Terry Button