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Does anyone else remember St Lawrence School in the 1950s? I attended from 1949 till 1955, Mr Watkins was headmaster. An elderly man who used to hang round the school children after school and give them half an apple each ...Read more

A memory of Effingham by marylucas200

My Name was Diana Pearce and my sister was Carole Pearce. My parents moved to South Ockendon just before I was born in 1948. I was born in a prefab on Foxglove crescent, whilst Belhus estate was being built. We moved ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by dianakelsall

My father Sid Ford used to take the Muirhead swimming club. He did it for years during the 1950's. My father was the Assistant Suprintendent of Beckenham Swimming Baths and worked there for forty six years until he retired in the 1970's.

A memory of Beckenham by mrpen122

School 80 kids age 4 to 11 but you knew everyone. Boxing Day - Tug of War, men against women with one or two men dressed as women. Riding bikes through the Ford. Also the other Ford that was unsuitable for motors. The post office ...Read more

A memory of Llancarfan by lesleypuncher

I was born in Farnborough Hospital during February of 1940. My home for the next 7 years was at 9 Kennelworth Road, and then we moved to 263 Crescent Drive, where I spent the next thirteen years. My ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood by Greg Barrett

This rare building was owned by a close friend of mine's aunt and uncle. Their names were Mr and Mrs Honour. Their daughter Jean had a type of drapers shop down in Cawsand. This structure was a castle-style Napoleonic fort set in ...Read more

A memory of Polhawn Cove in 1962 by Colin Apps

At a wild guess I will say about 1940-50s, we had a caravan at Knights Farm, Churt, loved it there, often went for walks along the country lanes or bike rides through the ford just near the farm. Hope one day I can return ...Read more

A memory of Churt in 1940 by Adele Pentony Graham

At the far end of this parade of shops stood Ledgers the greengrocers, which was owned and run by the Ledger family for many years. I worked there on Saturdays and holidays with their eldest son Jamie; he and I did a lot ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1966 by Alan Bywaters

I travelled with Mr Moor, the miller, in this Ford van as he went from house to house selling grain food for chickens etc.  I also paid a weekly visit to the mill which charged our accumulator acid battery that ...Read more

A memory of Pontllanfraith in 1950 by Granville Johnson

In 1961 I got my first job after leaving school at S & R Smiths Garage on the Great South West Road. The owners were brothers Sydney and Raymond Smith. We called them Mr Ray and Mr Sid. I started in the stores department. It was a ...Read more

A memory of Cranford in 1961 by Barry Hawgood