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I lived on Peache Road from 1965 to 1978, having been born in Wendover hospital and my memory of the 'pig sty' was that it was actually a slaughter house/abattoir. I am really testing my recall now but I think that ...Read more

A memory of Downend in 1970

One of my first childhood memories is of dad driving our car through the Bourn ford. We lived at the Hardwick Service Station on St Neots Road. Every six months we would drive to London to meet the relatives for Christmas ...Read more

A memory of Bourn in 1953 by Martin Newell

Hello Jane, I have lived at No 7 The Grove for 5 years - just to let you know that there is a beautiful little oak tree outside No 7 & No 8 of The Grove in memory of your grandparents - I can send you a photo if you would like. It is still a beautiful place to live! Anne

A memory of Frimley in 2013

I came into this world in 1952 at the Alexandra Nursing Home in Muswell Hill. I lived in St Mary's Road off the High Street until 1960 when we moved to Hawthorn Road where I lived until 1974. My dad (Pete McCafferty) used to drink in ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1952 by Jan Carpenter

I lived @ 34 Gurnell Grove from 1947 to approx.1955. I remember the names of everyone up my alley, and others in the Grove. I had eight wonderful years there, the freedom to go wherever you liked, over the six fields, which took you ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1947 by Stella Dixon

I googled Grove Road where I grew up at my nan's though we used to live in Penfold Court for a while, oh my, how this has changed. The properties in Grove Road look nothing like they used to look, and now there is a ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by David Buettner Banks

Does any one have any memories of my mother who lived in Surfleet from 1944 till 1948? Her name was Joyce and she was married to an Edward (Eddie) Arthur. My mother was from Newcastle, I think Eddie was a Cockney and had his own ...Read more

A memory of Surfleet in 1944 by Rosalind Maida

The entrance to Ven House had two phoenix on the gates, I believe we adopted the phoenix to our college badge. We were evacuated from Eastbourne during the Second World War, as a molotove cocktail bomb burnt down the building. We were ...Read more

A memory of Milborne Port in 1944 by Patrick Lee

I was born in 1942 at the then Liston Nursing Home in Marlow. My first memories are of the Dog and Badger in Medmenham, where I lived for six years, with my mother, and my grandparents, John and Lillian Nye. The pub was ...Read more

A memory of Medmenham in 1947

These were the years when the activity with friends, in Nanty, was at its most intense for me. I was born in Grove Street, 1947, and left to explore the big wide world in 1967. Compared to today, living in Nanty was idyllic, ...Read more

A memory of Nantyffyllon by Alan Lucas