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I remember as a child moving into my parents 1st bought house it was 71 Lynn street west gorton heading onto redgate lane (which is still there today) and stoodley car auctions was built on this area and also there is a scrap yard ...Read more

A memory of Gorton by georgina4dave

I was born in Queen Mary's Hospital in 1936. My parents lived in Glenavon Road. My sister was 3 years older than me and attended primary school in Water Lane in 1938/9/40. I can remember going shopping in Boardman's with my ...Read more

A memory of West Ham

I moved to 146 Warren Drive at the age of one and lived there till I was 18 years old. I went to Benhurst Avenue School then to Suttons Lane Secondary Modern. I remember the bomb dropping in the school gateway in Warren Drive, also of ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1952 by Barbara Williams

I was born in 1936 so I am probably one of the oldest people with fond memories of Barking. I first went to Gascoigne School and can remember having to practise wearing a gas mask during the war- horrible smelly rubbery ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1930 by Pamela Purnell

I was born in 1949 in a prefab in St Malo Ave just off Town Rd. Things were tough for Mum and Dad as he was invalid and unable to work. I really never noticed for a few years and just tried to explore and enjoy the world ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton in 1951 by John Canham

Rag Days , who knows why they were called rag days I believe Reading Uni is now rated as one of the top 100 unis in the world , as far as i can ascertain the rag day parades have gone now mores the pity they were fun days and ...Read more

A memory of Reading in 1960 by Frank Waddom Brown

I was born in 1931 at 73Maynard Road and went to Maynard Road School. On the outbreak of war in 1939 I was evacuated to Bedford, then later during the war to Leicester. Our house was bombed in early 1941 and we moved into 347 Hoe ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow in 1930 by George Speller

I was born at the Royal Free. My grandparents lived on Faraday Road and due to the lack of housing after the war, we moved in with them. I have wonderful memories of Faraday Road, I learned all ...Read more

A memory of Welling in 1947 by Ken Everley

Lived in East Street, Braintree and went to Chaple Hill School. I remember some of the teachers; . Miss Cliff, Mrs Clark, Miss Jackson, Miss Bacon, John Mews, Bing Clayton, David Coe, Peter Hoy, Ray Allum, Doug Kemp, Willie ...Read more

A memory of Braintree in 1945 by Kenneth Grime

I moved to East Ham as a nipper in 1943 and lived in Bartle Avenue. During the war I contracted diphtheria and spent eight weeks in an isolation hospital somewhere in Woodford. During that time a V2 rocket dropped in the area ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by Stephen Hoskins