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My fourth set of memories carries on with shops in Barking. Previously I had recalled those along from Fanshawe Avenue to the station. Over the other side past Cambridge Road was Lloyds bank on the corner, my wife ...Read more

A memory of Barking by geoff.purdy

Stumbled across this site and have enjoyed the memories of old barking and the shops it had, thought that I should add my recollections and fill in a few blanks from the sixties and seventies, so starting from the Bull Pub and Heading ...Read more

A memory of Barking by andycairns

My childhood memories are locked in Brynygwenin. I lived at Woodfield House this was a semi detached house. We shared a pump where we drew our water. This was, indeed, a luxury not having too far to collect drinking water. I was born ...Read more

A memory of Brynygwenin

I have no memories of my own but understand that the name Skendleby Psalter is connected with a small very old Church, long gone, which was on the site of Wold Cottage, and that the garden and adjacent land down to the bottom lane was ...Read more

A memory of Skendleby Psalter

Anyone remember the petrol station ,next to saint Crispins school called Bourne and Thomas,a real traditional garage ,the thames trader tipper trucks moving the soil from the A329m ,green in colour ,think the company name was harry ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham by chrisnash

It was early summer in 1967 when suffering from a 'mental breakdown' I was admitted into Macc in the middle of the night, horror upon horror me and my mates had often talked about ...Read more

A memory of Macclesfield

My aunt could make a meal from practically nothing, and those war years really put her cooking to the test. No choice of meat in the butchers, if you were at the end of the queue you took pot luck with what was left. One ...Read more

A memory of Pentraeth by trevor.milne

I lived in Station Road from 1932 to 1943 and attended the Primary School until 1935. I walked to school and remember often having to wait for trains at the level crossing. ...Read more

A memory of New Waltham by whj

I lived above Walters the greengrocers next to the post office from 1948 to 1959 and remember what an amazing time it was .Holters was just around the corner where we used to buy his 1p lollies next door was the ...Read more

A memory of Lower Willingdon by elcoppoinjimena

I was Head Girl at Irvine Royal for the last two years of my education. I was a Kilwinning girl and attended from 1969-1972. Living through the 3 day week and walking daily from Kilwinning to Irvine wasn't much fun! But I loved school there so ...Read more

A memory of Irvine