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I was born in Burgess Hill in 1947 and lived there until 1971. I lived in St. Wilfrid's Road and went to Junction Road Primary School. Our headmaster was John Freestone, who was quite a well known singer, and a very kind and gentle ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill by edean2017

I lived at No 8 Wolsey Crescent in the very early development of the estate up to the age of eight before my parents moved to Morden. Even at that age I can remember on many occasions hearing the drone of bombers overhead and ...Read more

A memory of Calmore by raymond.vail

Hello, I am the Great Granddaughter of Robert and Mary Metcalfe who were publicans in the late 1800's in Whitley Bay. Local census forms report that they became grocers at a later date while ...Read more

A memory of Whitley Bay by retsilmj

I am writing this on our 39th wedding anniversary, which brings back happy memories of St Margaret's Church, where we married in 1975. We were so worried about the then vicar, who had a terrible stammer. In our meetings before ...Read more

A memory of Chipstead by Ian Ward

The Carter family lived in Ogden Street the whole of the fifties. Went to Duke Street (Gaythorn Primary) where I was one of the ones who would on a regular basis be waiting outside Jacks office for whatever he had to ...Read more

A memory of Hulme by george.a.carter

It was August 1955. School summer holidays and when they were over, it would be time for me to begin junior school back in my Midlands home town. My mother had been preparing for that big event, purchasing embroidered cloth school ...Read more

A memory of Penzance by brucehaycock

I went to a school called Fedsden Hall, in Roydon in Essex, in 1950-53. It was a wonderful place run by Mrs. Katherine Clare. Mrs. Clare lived in a big, beautiful Georgian house on the property, with her husband, who I ...Read more

A memory of Roydon by canadagoose

In the summer of 1952 I learnt that my parents had decided to move from our home in the Midlands to the West Country as my father wished to return to where his relatives lived. It came as no surprise therefore, when one day they ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth in 1952

I lived on the camp site for 5 years - my father was the link trainer for pilots there. I can remember going to the cinema there - smoking up the back - then realising my mum and sister were in there that same night !!!! I must have ...Read more

A memory of Royston in 1962 by Candace Thorpe

When I got out Buckhurst Hill Station and went up the hill, I had at a certain point to turn right. A little bit further was a tiny hospital or something like that. I was 17 years old and from Holland and hardly spoke English. I ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1964 by Tine Kooiman