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I recall the post office very well. When I was about twelve, I lived just the other side of the A6 cross roads, so my visits were frequent as this was very much nearer than Maulden post office. I think I’m right in saying ...Read more

A memory of Clophill

Looking through some of these memories has brought back some happy times. I left Caversham Sec' Mod' in 1958 and within 3 weeks I was in the navy. There were many happy times at school though, especially those ballroom sessions ...Read more

A memory of Caversham by poroldpete

My grt grandmother, Annie Murdoch nee Young, spent the last 40 or so years at Plantation Cottage (now Murdoch Cottage), Wamphray. I only met her once in 1954 and she is my first memory. Born on 8th August 1862, Crosshill Village, ...Read more

A memory of Wamphray by geomurdo1

I live in Australia now . I grew up on Alan Avenue [off Lord Lane] . I was the eldest of 5 children [the Martins] . We had a great life there. I have countless memories of those days in the early 1960s. Walking to Stansfield Road school. ...Read more

A memory of Failsworth by andy9martin

Now living across the other side of the world, I recently surveyed my old haunts on Google Maps and it's so good to know that the old Swan is still standing - and looking better than ever, in fact. Much ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham by roger.hendey

I was born in Cleveland Gardens In April 1956 and went to Westfield Infants until just before my eighth birthday and then we moved to Surrey. I have one particular memory when it was my fifth birthday. I decided to ...Read more

A memory of Barnes by alisonchilton

Was there 79/82 what a lovely place to send a young lad for wagging school. Full of bullies, remember having to fight to survive first few weeks there. Was there when they had the riot me and frank gordon sneaking in the kitchen trying to ...Read more

A memory of Mobberley by grogerson000

My name is Peter Russell was born at 61 Woodlands Road 1937 and enjoyed all my young life in Southall until I moved to Waterlooville near Portsmouth in 1961, I went to Beaconsfield Rd I/J school and then onto Featherstone Rd ...Read more

A memory of Southall by rusky1937

We bought an old cottage, a semi-detached one, in Hildersham, then named Bermuda Cottage. We were not aware of the origins of the name, but the owner, an elderly lady owned a bald parrot, probably bald due to boredom as parrots are very ...Read more

A memory of Hildersham by Alan Hickman

Moved to wylie rd. on the havelock estate from western rd. When I was around 8yrs.old went to George Tomlinson junior school then onto the new Featherstone secondary school in western road It was a brilliant school with all the ...Read more

A memory of Southall by kenneth.roberts203