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I remember the street party that was held to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II that wass held for the children in Marmora Road. Unfortunately during various house moves the photos that I had have all been lost. ...Read more

A memory of Dulwich by Jack Brett

I would love to hear of anyone who went to Tatenhill school around the late 1940 into the 1950s. It was such a magical time with Miss Read our teacher who inspired us and fired our imagination. I ...Read more

A memory of Tatenhill in 1948

The High Street - the scene of many stirring events in Bristol's history and the heart of the city - was destroyed and lost forever during the Second World War. As a city with docks and industry at its heart, Bristol was a natural ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

I was placed in Denham Court on 20th February 1953 at the age of 12 years (just five days before my thirteenth birthday, which I recall was not even acknowledged by anyone) when it was a Children's Home. The Matron and her husband were ...Read more

A memory of Denham in 1953 by Elizabeth Neilly

Two of the cranes were purchased by 'City Dock Ventures' and two by the city council. All four were put into the museums care in 1989. Although the electricity supply to them was cut in 1974, one has been restored and another ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1989 by Paul Townsend

In the 1960s, in my late teens, Bromley was the hub of my universe. I played in a local group - Paul and the Playboys (later 'The Machine' - I had a 1958 Ford Popular with 'The Machine' crudely ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1964 by Peter Hobden

I have traced a newspaper report telling of the rescue of myself and my four siblings when houses in Ryefield Avenue, Hillingdon were bombed in 1943. The report tells of one of the rescuers being a ...Read more

A memory of Hillingdon in 1943

I remember regularly walking from St.Albans via Batchwood and through Childwickbury on Sundays and stopping with my parents for a drink of lemonade and a packet of biscuits at this public house. This would have been during ...Read more

A memory of Childwick Bury in 1940 by Rosemary Jones

Please, does anyone from the area know about Middlezoy Manor? I assume it no longer exists... am having difficulty discovering its fate, or much by way of more modern reference to the property. Our interest is due to the ...Read more

A memory of Middlezoy by Agnes Varda

I too remember The Oaks House with fondness. Aged 12 yrs old I used to cycle there from Purley & found a hole in the boarding on a window, so crept inside. The staircase was stunning but damaged, there was a fire hose left ...Read more

A memory of Carshalton in 1952 by Carol Hebert