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I was born in 1935 and raised in Blackburn, attending the Grammar School until my widowed mother could not afford to keep me there. I left school in February 1952 and got a job as a Junior Clerk in the Markets ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn

I was born in Park Royal hospital on a hot July day in 1957 and was taken home to Mayo Road, where almost our entire family lived at numbers 46, 53 and 56. I was christened at St Mary's church, on my ...Read more

A memory of Willesden by mark.jenkinson

I purchased this photo in a gentlemans clothes shop in Grange-Over-Sands as i believe the two children sitting on the wall could be my mum and uncle who were evacuated there during the second world war,so i wondering if the date could be ...Read more

A memory of Grange-Over-Sands

IT is the experience of my life. . Getting to known English and the culture Will be back next year that is 2017 in August . Anybody there to join me ?

A memory of Bellingham by vigdis.follesdal

Interesting to see Windermere Avenue mentioned. I lived at #57 Windermere from 1941 until I married in 1957. When we moved in and throughout the war, our house was 4th from the end of the avenue - the others were built after the war. Our ...Read more

A memory of Elm Park by eewatts

How interesting Beverley. My Grandparents (Thomas & Emily Wood) lived at 135 Townsend Road, from when the houses were built in 1908 until my grandmothers death in 1947! An Uncle Married Hilda Redman who lived at No 36! I can ...Read more

A memory of Southall by April Ashton

Hi my name is Geradine I have vivid memories of Drayton Junior School Ealing in the early seventies I was approx 8/9years old and lived at St Leonards rd Ealing.Drayton Junior held fond memories. For me.I ...Read more

A memory of South Beddington by geraldineayul

I loved growing up in Middleton in the 50s. Except for the smell from the Pixie Pickle factory - always hated vinegar!. Late afternoon April 30 1954. Passing through the town were endless 'charrers' full of blue and ...Read more

A memory of Middleton by Paul Blackwell

We moved there when you moved out. My dad, John gray did a swap with your dad - mr. Ellis. I vividly remember moving there from golf links and had a great childhood there. My parents sold up in 1994 and moved back to Ireland then moved back ...Read more

A memory of Southall by eileen.emerson

I lived at 27 Kingsholm Gardens in Eltham from 1961. I have nothing but great memories of growing up in Eltham until we left around 1971. At 5 years old, running to Glovers or Wally's close to Brisset Park to pick up ...Read more

A memory of Eltham by gw