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I seem to recall a family called Brennon living here in the early 1960s. I was at the Haslemere Convent School with one of the daughters (Catherine?). We used to catch the Aldershot & District Bus from Haslemere Station ...Read more

A memory of Shottermill in 1965 by Paul Martin

I came from a family that lived in Eltham, South East London, and we spent many a happy year at Jaywick. We did not have much money and my aunt used to treat us every year to a holiday. Me, my mum, my cousin Debbie and my aunt would ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick in 1973 by Karen Smith

I spent a year in Borehamwood in 1977/78. I was a french student and I worked in Hillside School & Campions Middle School as a french assistant. I loved Borehamwood; made lots of friends: Steve Tann/Steve ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood in 1977 by Martine Hutchinson

Hi, I bet anyone who lived on the Pear Tree from the 50's to the 80's knew the Hyson family on Coppice Road. What a wonderful life it was living on the Pear Tree. We never had much as kids coming from a family of ...Read more

A memory of Hill Ridware in 1976

133 Clemintine Road, Layton - Charles Henry Darby his wife Laura Charlotte Woolston. He was a baker, he had daughters; Vera Frances and Gwendoline Phyllis and sons; Ernest Edward and Joseph William. They had ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1910 by Joann Whittaker

My parents emigrated to Australia in 1968 but I still bear the scars of an altercation with a golf club at the hands of a childhood friend in the back street behind Derby Road, Ansdell. I inadvertently walked behind someone who was ...Read more

A memory of Ansdell in 1967 by Dawn Palmer

On the 19th of April, 1952 Pam Totman and I were married in this magnificent Church; she had just turned 20. I was 22 and in the Royal Navy. Pam had worked in Woolworths but at the time we met she was employed in Harold Wood at ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1952 by Norman Fewings

I lived at 24 Derby Street from 1948 to 1958. It was a family road with mum an dad living at 28 and brother Jim up the road. I remember Billy Dags who owned our houses. I remember going over the road to Joan's shop to have a tin of beans ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Garry Cooper

So glad I stumbled upon this site. I used to live at 10 Dabbs Hill Lane - probably from the late 60's. I remember The Cabin, A treasure trove of sweet delights - sherbet fountains, rhubarb and custards, sweet cigarettes (don't think ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Lynne Edwards

My grandfather John Johnson was born around 1900 and lived all his early life around Billy Mill and Seaton Sluice. He told me that as a boy of about eleven he spent two weeks' holiday with his friend, the lighthouse ...Read more

A memory of Seaton Sluice in 1900 by Neil Johnson