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I recall my grandmother, Florence Peyton, who lived in Little Horton Lane writing a poem about the Slum Clearance and High Rise Flats Programmes of the early 1960s. The poem was ...Read more

A memory of Bradford by michaelpeterpeyton

Sorry Paul, your memory of the photo of the tunnel is incorrect. Boat road was or still is the local name for Tunnel Road. The reason there are no houses on the photograph of the the tunnel ( Barnton Tunnel) is. The photograph is of the ...Read more

A memory of Barnton by harveypilkington

Hal's Café, The Caprice, Bernies, were the favoured meeting places for the Motor cycling boys form Morden and the surrounding areas shoving tanners in to the juke box and trying to make a cup of coffee last for about 3 or 4 hours. On ...Read more

A memory of Morden by malclatch

Hi My maternal Grandmother was Agnes Alice Stillwell who grew up in Patching and I have photos of the house they lived in with the family outside. Agnes married William John Thurston and emigrated to Sydney,Australia in ...Read more

A memory of Patching by wallywallisau

I HAVE HEARD THAT I MIGHT HAVE A 1X2 SISTER OR BROTHER LIVING IN HARLOW,MY DAD BUILT A LOT OF THE NEW COUNCIL HOUSES AROUND THERE,HE WAS A BRICLAYER HIS NAME WAS SYDNEY WALLACE WALTERS ,AND WE ...Read more

A memory of Harlow by pmk66

When I speak about the Shah of Persias visit to Makepiece Road in the early 60s, people dismiss it as another bit of nostalgic claptrap. I was however watching his visit from my bedroom window at 33 Makepiece Rd., as he and his ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell by vivien.philip

I spent most of my childhood years growing up in Cooper Road, Dollis Hill, London. Back in the late 1960's I always felt a strange and eerie atmosphere when I would walk into my parents house, once the front door was closed, I ...Read more

A memory of Willesden

The large house on the left of your photo was the Astill farm house . My grandfather Thomas Harrison originally was the groom to the hunting horses . He later took over as Shepherd to a large flock which grazed at ...Read more

A memory of Cossington

Roger... After reading your recollections of the Woodsend Road I hope you don't mind me adding to your list of memories. It fair to say before I start to write we do know one another and by now we both have a lot of ...Read more

A memory of Flixton by yumapair6

i was born at 18 Eltringham st 1959 my brother is malcolm born 1958 i have a younger sister catherine and my brother john died in 1984. My best freind was sandra davis who ived in no 14 (i think) my grandparents and aunts and uncles ...Read more

A memory of Blackhill by peter.a.stephenson