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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

I lived with my grandparents in the late 1940s at 201 Carlisle road Ferniegair, known as the huts which was opposite the gatehouse to the duke of Hamilton estate.My ...Read more

A memory of Ferniegair by eddieallsopp

I was brought up in Upminster Bridge,went to Branfil from infants to 1970 when I went to Gaynes. My Grandad owned the Windmill Library Newsagents at Upminster Bridge. Mr Cushion owned the Toy shop on the corner by the Bridge, next ...Read more

A memory of Upminster

I Join the Railway In the summer of 1953, my Aunt and Uncle were staying with us for their holiday. It must have been my Uncle who first spotted the advertisement in the Dartmouth Chronicle ...Read more

A memory of Kingswear

Working on my bungalow today in the ancient, beautiful Dorset town of Sherborne, I kept on hearing the tolling of the local Abbey bells. Not really unusual, except today, the sound seemed to 'resonate', and take me 'way back' to ...Read more

A memory of Acton by alangtaylor

I was a little girl who was adopted to Cecil John Keeler and my first visit to Petham was as a 5yr old. My Granny Fanny keeler and had 5 sons. Dick.Ray.Ted.Cecil and Reg.Granny Keeler also had 3 daughters Daisy.Girlie and ...Read more

A memory of Petham by sjmurray278

I remember a shop called Young Styles.... near the iron bridge. Was the ‘in’ place to be seen in the mid 80s.... two tone skirts, y cardigans, tonics, stay press, ‘arringtons. Loved spending my paper round money in there!

A memory of Staines by trishajohnson2000

St. Neot's changed my life! Beginning an apprenticeship at a long gone Huntingdon firm I was obliged to attend the then new St. Neot's Technical College one day a week. The head was the late Louie Mountford. We 'part time' ...Read more

A memory of St Neots by Stuart Sims

My first memories of Motherwell was living down the Daisy Park at 18 Braidhurst Street and watching the new housing scene being built opposite my house ,the old mill used provide a perfect brae for our bogies which consisted an old ...Read more

A memory of Motherwell by Alexander Mc Bride

I was born there in 1957 and lived there until 1975. Rhodes had those lovely handmade sweets. There was a Delicatessen next door..always had a lovely smell of roasting coffee - and fabulous wheels of Brie.. The reindeer pub always ...Read more

A memory of Northwood