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I was born in Croydon in 1943, moved to Addington, then Birchington (Kent) before returning to New Addington in 1953 where I attended Wolsey Junior School & Fairchildes Secondary School. Shirley Secondary, Lanfranc ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1950 by Jonathan Le Vine

Before they tore down the left side. The Slough College of Further Education replaced these shops and flats, if I remember correctly.

A memory of Slough by Carolyn Babin

Brent Street was a typical suburban or small town high street. There were no really large stores but a selection of individual shops. The range of shops was remarkable with several grocers, bakers, greengrocers, ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1948 by John Barnes

50s/60s. Are there any folks out there that remember the Carter Family? Granny Carter lived at Birchwood Farm, Eddie Carter had the Hill House and Tom Carter lived close by. Remember the Hop Yards, can smell the smell now that were at ...Read more

A memory of Bosbury in 1955 by Ann Carter

One of my friends was Ivor Usher, and he had this unusual place of residence - Prudhoe Castle. Together we were able to run around the castle walls with our bows and arrows, catapults, etc... We didn't need much imagination to ...Read more

A memory of Prudhoe in 1952 by Alan Peel

We used to go as a family to the Tea Room which, if memory serves, was called 'Cornerways' for Sunday lunch, as a special treat in the fifties. My father took me to a wine tasting held in the ...Read more

A memory of Pinner in 1960 by Pamela Johns

My maternal grandparents lived at Mostyn, Crabtree Lane. Mr & Mrs William (Bill) Jones. He was a builder; in the 1920's he worked in London and used to come down to build Mostyn at weekends, they finally moved in I ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham in 1952 by Sarah Rashbrooke

I grew up in Woodford Bridge with my twin sister Jean, friends Norma Overton, Pat Ancona, Lyn, Norma, Gillian and Gloria Jenkinson, and Richard Cutmore. Happy memories of buying hot bread from Rackhams, taking a ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Green in 1960 by Janice Mckenzie

I remember being a regular visitor to this shop in the 1940's and 50's with my grandmother buying material, ribbons and clothes. Like all the other children I was fascinated by the pneumatic tube system for conveying the ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill

We moved from New Cross, Deptford just before the war to The Heights Northolt. As a child then, memories are now somewhat fragmented but that reflects the conditions that parents faced. As a child there seemed much ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1940 by Peter Smith