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I was born in Croydon in 1948, and lived there until 1960. Some of my memories are going to the fish & chip shop in Surrey Street and munching on the chips as we walked home to Edridge Road. Also, the ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Robin Poole

Does anyone remember my mother's family who lived at 57 Thornton St when my mother Isabel Birchall was born in 1927? Her parents were William and Mary and her brothers Harry, Bill, Thomas and her sister Alice. She ended up living in ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1930 by Elaine Mooshiabad

Samuel George Marlow, who was reputed to be my great-grandad, lived at 10, Bungalow Road, Thornton Heath, London, SE25 6JZ at the time of his (belated) marriage to great grandma ...Read more

A memory of South Norwood in 1890 by John Howard Norfolk

I lived at Thornton Road from 1960 when I was born and left home in 1985.

A memory of Carshalton in 1967

Hi,my name is Margaret Mcdonagh (nee ward) a proud Collyhurst girl. I was born in 72 Thornton St North. My parents were Elizabeth and John Ward, my brothers John, Billy, Harry, Mike and my little brother Phil. My sisters names ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1960 by Margaret Mcdonagh

Now here's a place with some very happy memories. Beyond the field with the cows in was the BICC cricket ground (factory chimney in the background) - if you look closely the white building to the right of the ...Read more

A memory of Helsby in 1965 by Ian Champion

I lived in Cintra Park, off Anerley Hill from 1950 to 1967 and remember the Paxton Arms on the corner of Palace Road. There was a general store on the next corner up owned at one time by the son of a friend of my ...Read more

A memory of Crystal Palace in 1950 by Alan Baker

I lived in Stakes Hill Road between 1957 and 1970. I used to play with Tamblyn Thornton who Lived in South Africa Lodge and Alex Robertson who lived in the flint cottage in front of South Africa Lodge. Our house was No 54 ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville in 1960 by Richard Martin

My memories of Thornton Heath are not as a local resident, but as the girlfriend of someone who lived in the area and with whom I went out for 6 years from the age of 15 to 21, eventually becoming engaged when ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath by Marion Coward

My parents were one of the first to move to New Addington onto the Boots estate from Peckham before I was born. I have very fond memories of growing up there attending Wolsey infants and junior schools, moving onto Fairchildes ...Read more

A memory of New Addington in 1960 by Gillian Potter