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I have many strong memories of Lots Road in the late 1940s early 50s. The power station loomed over the streets. Bomb sites and the row of shops in King's Road, Brightmans Bakery and Rollo the greengrocer. I went to Ashburnham ...Read more

A memory of Chelsea by Lesley Bairstow

My ancestors, the Skinner family came from the village of Wakerley. The men were all Stone Masons. My Great Great Grandfather, Thomas left the village and moved to Thorney before making his home in New Barnet Herts. My Great ...Read more

A memory of Wakerley by Christine Newman

We lived from the late forties until 1957 in the Council houses at Crookhayes, The fields behind our houses were numerous and we used to enjoy watching the cows gadding about. The hedges surrounding the fields were ...Read more

A memory of Shaftesbury by euphemias

My family had wonderful holidays at my aunts house called 'silba' in Golden Acre near the beach. My two brothers, sister and Mum and Dad spent such happy holidays here. We spent most of our days on the ...Read more

A memory of Angmering

I used to come to Valley Farm for my holidays. My parents owned a caravan on there. We used to spend our days at the beach, lunch at Cordys Restaurant and back to the camp for the evening entertainment. I never wanted to go back ...Read more

A memory of Holland-on-Sea by jeanettejackson

I was born and bred in Gillingham spent most of my childhood at the pier. This all started when I was about five years old. My grandfather worked as a coxswain on one of the two NAFFI boats they worked from the admiralty Pier which is ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham by g.jones

My husband was born in Albert Road, Penarth 1943 and used to speak of loads of old tanks left to rot away in fields. Also some sort of tunnel that was later blocked off. He left there for the Midlands when he was 7 years old and had ...Read more

A memory of Penarth

I was one of the last pupils that attended the school, before they made St. Catherines the new primary school. It was such an amazing school to go to. When you first went to school you were kept apart in the 1st class and ...Read more

A memory of Bletchingley by juliaannhollands

My family came back from Australia in 1952. We were housed in the old R.A.F camp in Forest Rd. In the fine weather we walked across the fields that ran at the back of the camp to Failop School, Fencepiece Rd. After a year we moved to ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside by howes

I was born in Gravesend and in 1939 we were evacuated to Norfolk and spent the first night on the Racecourse in Yarmouth.We then came back home as no bombing but it soon started in earnest. We lived in Bligh Road. I recall the Old ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend by nita_luce