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I was born in Chatham in 1934, after my national service in 1955 nothing had changed but where has my Chatham now? The town I loved is no longer here. There were 30 pubs in the High Street, now gone, no Empire no Theatre Royal, no picture houses.

A memory of Chatham in 1955 by John Brown

I was 6 years old and we lived close to Gladstone Park where we children would  play the year round. I remember the pond, the swimming pool and the tennis courts. Then there was the scary steep hill where we played ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1955 by Mythili Sarkar

I live in the US. In a desk that we purchased years ago in an antique shop, we found a certificate that says: The Royal Drawing Society's Exhibition, "The Children's Royal Academy" London, Highly Commended, Julie Woodhead (aged ...Read more

A memory of Romiley in 1965 by Michelle Witzel

I was born 1950 at Royal Bucks Hospital and moved from Aylesbury about 1957. I have so many memories of growing up there but would love to find a old photo of PROSPECT PLACE in Walton Street. My grandparents lived there and my mother was ...Read more

A memory of Aylesbury by June Eden [ Brown]

The railway horses were stabled on the Dock. One of the handlers was a man called White, who was the landlord of the Royal Oak pub in High Street. They would pull the wagons along the line where they were needed. It was strenuous work ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1940 by Bob Marriott

I was born in Drongan in Ayrshire, but every holiday we had we came to stay with my Gran and Papa, Ruby and Hugh Meudell. We were always so excited to be going"home." When we got out of Kirky on the bus we were glued to the ...Read more

A memory of Queenzieburn in 1968 by Catherine Spiers

A recent discovery that my great-great-great-grandparents lived in Tollard Royal, where 3 times gt grandfather Francis Faris was the (black)smith, drew me to the village out of curiosity and in search of any tangible ...Read more

A memory of Tollard Royal in 2011 by Julie Wilson

I was just going through the stories on this site, of my old childhood days, in Edgware, Burnt Oak, Colindale and Kingsbury area, and I remembered those cold days where we almost turned blue at the Kingsbury swimming pool (a ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1950 by Dave Miller

From 1954 until 1958 The Royal Harwich Yacht Club at Woolverston was where our Thames Sailing Barge was moored, and I spent my holidays from boarding school sailing, swimming, climbing trees or running free in the ...Read more

A memory of Woolverstone by Claire Greenway

I was born at home, like most babies those days, in Sept 1945 at 8 Hummer Road next door to Mr Heather's wood sawing yard with all the rats that it contained in the stored wood. My grandfather/mother lived in Park Road and he ...Read more

A memory of Egham by Victor Stroud