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I was born in - 1940 All Saints Road, opposite the church. We moved to Pitt Cresent in 1941 with my gran, in 1942 we moved into South Wimbledon to Balfour Road and use to sleep on the underground station due to the war. In 1944 we ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon by John Siggery

I have very fond memories of the Wannock Gardens Tea Rooms in the 1950s (and maybe into the 1960s). My dad was a Brighton coach driver who took trips of old ladies out for afternoon excursions and tea there. My sister and ...Read more

A memory of Wannock in 1959 by Mary Funnell

I have a postcard of the photo shown which was written and sent by my mother to my dad in the Netherlands. My English mother, my brother and myself (13 years old) have stayed in the house on ...Read more

A memory of Flitton in 1965 by Jacqueline De Haan Vellinga

I started at padnell infant school in 1968 I think. I had Mrs Ison (? spelling) in the second year and Mrs Griffin in the third year. Was it Mrs Johnson in the first year? I then went to Cowplain Junior School for the next four years. I ...Read more

A memory of Cowplain in 1968 by Terry Beazley

It would be lovely if people had pictures of Jaywick in the 70s to post on this site. We had such lovely times there and I would love to see how it looked in the 70s again - the bus station, the arcade, the beach etc. We did not have ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick in 1977

Hello Ted I was just looking through the old photos of Warminster when I saw your comment. You may well have found out by now that the Snooty Fox was indeed the Globe public house at the junction of Fore Street and Chapel Street. ...Read more

A memory of Warminster in 1962 by Julian Butler

My memories were of coming to my grandmother at the Three Horse Shoes Inn. My Uncle Billy and Aunt Olive had the licence at that time, my mum was Martha Dailly nee Hall. I remember meals in the kitchen behind the bar, ...Read more

A memory of Kirk Merrington in 1948 by Ross Dailly

I remember the Convent of Mercy as one of my fondest memories. I boarded there from the young age of five until I was eleven. Some of my best memories were of the summers when we made long daisy chains with all the ...Read more

A memory of Monks Kirby in 1962 by Joni Balmer

My mother, born in Carlisle 1920, has a memory of one of her brothers going to Newby Bridge Hospital. I have asked around but nobody seems to know if there was a hospital at Newby Bridge. It is such a strong memory that ...Read more

A memory of Lakeside by Valerie Kay

I was born at 19 Broomgrove Gardens, Edgware in 1933. Although the address was Edgware the closest railway station was Burnt Oak. I went to Staglane Primary school and the Headmistress' name was Miss Palmer. My ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1946 by Cliff Charlton