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My gran used to be the nurse at the first aid post at Peter pans pool, next to the first aid post was a hut that stored surplus and waiting to be fixed rides ie, hobby horse, rocket or a car or life size figures of ...Read more

A memory of Southport

I was born in Dewsbury in 1965 and moved to Chickenley when i was 1 and a half,i no longer live there,we moved out in 1977 to the West Country,it was great growing up in Chickenley.I remember as kids playing on the disused ...Read more

A memory of Chickenley in 1973 by John Qureshi

Hi I was a pupil at Langley from 1973-1978. At that time I went by my first name Tanveer Jan - I now go by the name Kauser. I remembered all three of you - Pauul, Steve ( used to call you Steve Austin after the character From the six ...Read more

A memory of Baildon in 1973 by Kauser Jan

This place was at a house, the favourite place for us kids to go. There was an old boathouse that sheltered us when it rained.

A memory of Tenterden in 1960 by Michael Harris

Living in Hillingdon we used to catch the 207 trolley bus into Uxbridge for shopping and entertainment and particularly on Saturdays for Burton's dancing. We would hang around the underground station always fearful of the ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1959 by Garth Randall

Can anyone remember upper and lower boat? I was told that my grandparents lived in the lock keepers cottage at Dynea and I know my grandmother Dora Bateman/Jones was born in Pencoed with the rest of her ...Read more

A memory of Rhydyfelin by Mrs Robinson

My father was the only Nazi in the village, and me and my 16 siblings were unfairly victimized.I rember each whitsun we would march with the other kids from the chapel, but we were somehow different. People would point and jeer at us.

A memory of Cefn Hengoed by Greg Thomas

My memories of Grays go back to the 1940's and 1950's the war years and before the London over-spill estates Of Belhurst Park and Basildon arrived. I was born and lived at 106 Bridge Road with my parents Thomas ...Read more

A memory of Grays in 1940 by Albert Wm Gosnall

When I was small about eight I met a little girl who I often saw behind the counter of Gower's Bakery, located at the corner of Church Road and Epping New Road. Her name was Jill Stock. She was related to one of the ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1941 by Denman Lalonde

My parents and I spent a very enjoyable week at Moreton Paddox when it was run by the WTA. At the finish of our week we went to Wales but, as I was awaiting my School Certificate results, I journeyed back alone to the Paddox ...Read more

A memory of Moreton Paddox in 1948 by Jeffrey Cox