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In the photo of Mickleover Village 1955, things still hadn't changed by 1965 when my mum used to walk us to the village most days to buy food. I remember there was a shop keeper regularly standing in the doorway on the right ...Read more

A memory of Mickleover in 1965 by Patricia Wallis

I signed up for the Territorial Army and was posted to the Royal Corps of Signals in 1967. but after serving for two years in the Manchester area I relocated to London and - just my luck - one of ...Read more

A memory of Scarborough in 1970 by John Howard Norfolk

This photo brought back a flood of happy memories. The only school I actually liked! I was second year senior when the school closed. Sad day. I remember the creepy tunnel down in the art room by the sink.

A memory of Chew Magna in 1984 by Emma Boxer

I lived in Hastings from birth until the mid fifties. Each year there was a carnival week and one memorable year my music teacher was to conduct the Chippenham Police Choir in Alexandra Park. He and the choir would be on ...Read more

A memory of Hastings by rob.catt1

I remember starting in the September when the first girls (4) joined the school ,Margaret and Pat being two of them. Here I learned how to technically draw a nut and bolt in 3D that looked like a photo and a ...Read more

A memory of Worcester by douglpaulin

i was born in northern ireland i went to oliver goldsmith p.s.in1947 i remember miss cowie mrs. john mrs hunt i lived at 10 rainbow st. i remember wells way briicklayers arms my best mate was kenny marshall iwent to william penn ...Read more

A memory of Peckham by billydodd5026

I attended this school from 1951 -1958 and Mr Henry Francis Bailey ( with his wife Mary ) was always the head. At least till the time I left in 1958. They had one son Christopher who I believe wanted to become a ...Read more

A memory of Beckington by patwalker37srpen

I was an evacuee during the Second World War and was sent to Devon I wasn't quite 4 years old. I remember staying with Auntie Hetty and Uncle Jack I think their surname was Gay. I was there from 1939 until 1943 or ...Read more

A memory of Uffculme by maureencaroline

We moved to Southall when my brother Peter was two 1959/60 From a maisonettes in Hayes. I remember my dad had a lot of work to do in the house in Greenford Avenue as when we moved in it had creosote on doors and dark green paint. It ...Read more

A memory of Southall by frances.nana6

The following is taken from my mother's memoirs and the time period Winifred would have worked at the Lodge was between 1929-1932. Her mother, Ann Pamela Myring (b 1887), is described as a 'Housemaid Domestic' in the 1911 ...Read more

A memory of Shenstone Lodge School by hilary.tait