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I lived just down the road from here in Sylvan Way between 1955 and 1970. I was a young choirboy in the St John the Baptist church which was alongside the college (it paid 5s for a marriage service on a Saturday and that was good ...Read more

A memory of West Wickham by Andrew Reeds

Left Potter St School at 14 years of age. Two years later, without any particular aptitude or skills, I found my way to Marabelle Fabrics. Styled as a wharehouseman, I cycled from Field-End road everyday except Sundays. The ...Read more

A memory of Northwood in 1948 by Peter Giles

My maiden name was Joan Rose and I lived at 18 Osborne Road in 1940s until 1955 when I moved to Doyle Gardens. I went to Gladstone Park School. My two best friends were Mary and Anne Hall who lived in Chapter Road. We went to ...Read more

A memory of Willesden in 1940 by Joan Dennis

I went to Shaw House School in 1951 a section was then given over to boys as was predominately for Girls , I recently learned that Shaw was taken over as a School following a wartime bombing of a School close to Newbury Rail ...Read more

A memory of Newbury in 1951 by Percival Mills

My elder brother Peter was at Dockenfield School around 1944 and has similar bad memories of abuse whilst a student there. He had been placed in the school by well meaning parents to avoid the bombings of south east ...Read more

A memory of Dockenfield in 1940 by Christopher Farey

I lived with my parents in a Drapers shop in Royal Hill. I became a junior shipmate of the Cutty Sark when it was brought to Greenwich. I played in Greenwich Park, visited the Maritime Musuem lots of times, played by the waters edge of ...Read more

A memory of Greenwich in 1951 by Jackie Payne

Many happy years in Sutton, especially in Sutton swimming baths, when my dad used to cycle with me on the crossbar of his bike, from Beauchamp Rd. He taught me to swim when I was about 8, that's when they had diving boards. The days before ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1946 by David Sheath

My mother & I were rushed into the cellar of the 'George Hotel' which was opposite Woolworths which took a direct hit. We came out afterwards and I was rushed home from what seemed quite an adventure for me, ...Read more

A memory of Yeovil in 1941 by Samuel Legg

My family moved to Rochester during the war ( a naval family). We lived in Union Street until it was demolished for the new police station. We had a small gang, four strong and we roamed far and wide during the long ...Read more

A memory of Rochester in 1946 by Colin Walsh

I stand to be corrected; have been asking around about our dookin holes or places in the river Garnock where we used to swim. Starting at the Conga; the wee lynn, the gless cutter, the Zambezzy, the Comb, the Broom, ...Read more

A memory of Kilbirnie in 1960 by John Allan