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I lived in Norbury but went to Guides in St Andrew's Primary School in Streatham on Monday evenings. When I was younger we were taken to the pond to paddle on sunny Sunday afternoons. We went to see 'The Teahouse of the August Moon' ...Read more

A memory of Streatham

I remember the donkey wood, the pit ponies that used to roam in the wood. The old picture house now has the lop house at the time at the bottom of the pit bank. Also the hills and the holes where we used to play as kids. Back to ...Read more

A memory of Spennymoor in 1961 by Lawrence Sewell

I was born in Bersteds hospital although I'm not jewish, St Anne's was full in 1964. My mum was daughter to George Wilcox, the builders of Seven Sisters Road, then married Fred Taylor. They had 7 children.He sadly passed ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by Sharon Turner Nee Saunders

My father built a caravan just after the war, we took it to Primrose Valley in 1946 and sited it in The Close after negotiating the rent with Mr Smart who was the manager, also the same family as the shop owner. ...Read more

A memory of Primrose Valley in 1940 by David Winn

I have many memories of visiting my Grandparents, George and Liza Ireland, who lived on the end of Major's Terrace, (I think it was called then) next door to the Crown and Anchor (now the Pottery). A particular fond memory is of my ...Read more

A memory of Mosterton in 1949 by Pauline Morgan

I used to love that slide when I was little. I grew up in Aveley, my parents moved from London in 1966 when I was 2 months old, we used to live in Mill Road (my parent still do). The biggest thing at the Rec was the yearly Fair. Great memories.

A memory of Aveley by Janet Putney

I lived at 7 Haven Green but in the year 1965 we moved to Switzerland. Now I am searching for people who knew us. My father's name was Peter J. W. Benning and my mother was called Margaret Benning - ...Read more

A memory of Perivale in 1961 by Nicole Sophia Schaub Zimmermann

I am 86 years old, I remember my first day at Goldbeaters school, I was 4 years old! I walked to school every day from Littlefield Road until we moved to Gervase Road. Many times it was so foggy you couldn't see your hand in ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1930

I have been holidaying in Swanage for 46 years, staying on Ullwell caravan site then Phippards. Happy days walking down to the tap for water, the water use to trickle out of the tap but did not bother us what so ever. The ...Read more

A memory of Swanage by Geoff Clarke

I remember Dewsbury on Saturday afternoons when everyone was shopping for bargains in the market and shops. You couldn't move for people and trying to go round Woolworths was a nightmare! Everywhere was heaving with ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury by Betty Sanders