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The row of houses mentioned earlier were re numbered in the early 1950s. Our row started at 206- 214. The row of houses we lived in were actually owned by my grandmother Minnie Garbett. She bought them sometime in the late ...Read more

A memory of Chadsmoor by Wendy Barr

My strongest memories of Lewisham is there being three cinemas there. The Gaumont (where I saw the Beatles live in the 1960s) - I went to Saturday morning pictures there. The Rex cinema, just by the bridge ...Read more

A memory of Lewisham by Jackie Walder

My partner was a regular visitor to Talacre in his youth, we came back with our children who have never been this year. My partner has a vague recollectoin of a bunker being on the beach where himself and his friends used to camp, so ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by Marie Doorbar

There was a reason for the demise of the old building, but I cannot remember it - the relatively new one is lovely too - my daughter recently got married there and I played the wonderful pipe organ that is in situ. I used to ...Read more

A memory of Clacton-On-Sea in 1979 by Allen Warrender

My name is John Power, Waterford City. I lived on Harlesden Road, Willesden from 1965 to 1968 and then returned to Ireland. In that space of time I made some great friends and one family in particular who were named Roche ...Read more

A memory of Willesden in 1965 by John Power

I was at Burrow Hill School in 44/46 I think, quite a few years ago. I also have fond memories of this place. I was sent there as I suffered from TB. I remember finding live ammo on the Heath and also the Badger ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1944 by Derek Salter

I came to Little Hulton from Salford as a lad, I was only about 9 years old and came into a world I did not know, it was the first time I had seen fields full of cows. I remember the the hot summer days and they were hot so ...Read more

A memory of Little Carleton by David Hughes

I lived in Henshawe Road so I could see the pool from my bedroom window. I cannot remember the exact year, but my friend Maureen and I learnt to swim there - no official lessons so Im not sure how, but we did. From then on we ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1964 by Elaine King

There was a pub near the railway bridge on Overy Street called 'The 3 Tuns' was that the one? I was born in a house in Dartford Road in 1955, the family moved to a new bungalow, no. 6 Tuffnail Road, tel. 23838, in ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1961

I went to teach in Wookey School in September 1957. My name was Ann Lawrence, "Miss Lawrence!". I came to Wookey after teaching at Dagenham Docks, and Wookey was heaven! The headmaster was Mr. Watts, a lovely man. He lived in the school ...Read more

A memory of Wookey in 1958 by Ann Evans