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I went to school in Bexleyheath between 1950 and 1954. I believe the school was in Pelham Road but I can't be sure. Maybe there was a separate infants department in North Street? My first (very ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by John Howard Norfolk

I was born in late August 1949 in Joan Gardens..a banjo off of Joan Road. Yes we lived on the big council estate but we didn't know. All I remember is the wonderful tmes we had playing in the banjo and the streets ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1949 by Patricia Arnold Nee Treadway

Hi, I was born in 1952 at Silver Terrace, Southdown, lived there till 1965, went to primary school at Blindwell Hill. I still have relatives living there, lots of older relatives buried there. Great memories of long summers wandering ...Read more

A memory of Millbrook in 1952 by Stephen Mewton

I was at the concert in Blake's Recreation Ground and I was only 10 years old at the time! I went with my sister, who was a few years older. We were right near the front and I remember being so close to Paul ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1964 by Mary Atkinson

We moved to the village in 1967 and lived in Garden Lane and Plas Maen. I have fond memories of the old school and childrens clubs in the village hall. I well remember when the fish and chip shop first opened in the village and people came ...Read more

A memory of Bodedern in 1966

I was in hospital most of my life but I remember I stayed here the longest, there was a matron who looked after us, tall with glasses, and there was a part you went in where you went to school . There was a teacher who came to our ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1973 by Denise Hardman

I was born in Epsom and lived in Belmont all my childhood. I attended Cotswold Road Primary School and also the Sunday School that was there on a Sunday. The building was knocked down in the 1980s, it was opened in the 1890s and I can ...Read more

A memory of Belmont by Catherine Johnston

What I am about to write was once classified information; but due to the BBC documentary I can disclose and inform you that I had a brother in law who is dead now, but I recall things of which he was to tell me as in confidence: ...Read more

A memory of Monk Sherborne by Roland Mitchell

In front is the Crown PH. Later Slough College was built behind the left hand side, in the 60's when we were at the College we used to eat at The Foresters, a pub on the left, pie mash & beans and a light and lime ...Read more

A memory of Slough by Dave Hill

I remember January 1951, my second year at Croydon Parish Church Infants' School, I was six. I was beginning to wonder where about a quarter of the class had gone. Then I fell ill and Dr Schofield (not sure which one, there were ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1951 by Phillip Cooper