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Wonderful long days riding my ponies around Ranmore Common through the 70's and 80's with my good friends and my mother. We had such lovely times together, friendship and the love of ...Read more

A memory of Ranmore Common in 1976 by Nina Bransgrove Knight

Hello, anyone who lived at Patterdale House - I lived at F40, my nanner lived at B29. I went to St Johns Cathedral, my friend was Elizabeth Taylor. She lived in the dwellings on Olfield Road as did my aunty Lizzie. I used to go to ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1960 by Carol Hinds

What lovely memories this photograph has given. I remember going to Peter Pan's Pond on Sunday afternoons. We would catch the number 47 bus from Catford. I loved the play park and the large sandpit. The swings seemed huge. The best ...Read more

A memory of Catford by Sue Chilvers

We lived in St Michaels Avenue, just a short distance up the hill from St Mikes - and I attended Pen Mill Primary, which was a little way down the hill from this church. Our morning assemblies were held in the church hall, which had a ...Read more

A memory of Yeovil in 1952 by David Stuckey

Moved from the East End to Wigton Road in 1951. First memories; going to Romford market seeing the livestock by Laurie Hall. Playing in the woods behind Quarles, all types of street games. My best was book and skate belting ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by Tom Watson

I was one year old when WW2 began - in 1938. Most of my visual memories stem from that time. I remember, without any facts to support them, the large white house that stood in the grounds of Waitrose Car Park and was in ...Read more

A memory of Barnet in 1949 by Roland Wood

I remember the lovely old donkeys that gave rides to children in the 1950's. There were usually more than two of them and they walked along the back of the old Kennards store. I had a ride on them. There was an arcade that ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1950

A precised extract from the chapters in my biography relating to wartime evacuation, and particularly to Garnant. I stared morosely out of the window and watched the landscape slip by as the steam train chugged its way through ...Read more

A memory of Garnant in 1940 by James Tait

I was born in 1949 and lived at the top of Haig Road. The road, at that time was a stoney lane. As you turned into the lane there were a few houses to the right and a sand pit to the left. At the top of the hill ...Read more

A memory of Fair Oak in 1954 by Karen Donohoe

We had long warm summers with some rain and all the children could play together without too much bickering, our little group lived in a small area from Wren Street to Ashmore Street. Not all the kids went to St Marks ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1948 by Kenneth Frost