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I was a boarder at the convent. I started in the Autumn term before my 5th birthday and remember being put to bed in a large dormitory on the top floor, full of other children with a cubicle for a nun to sleep ...Read more

A memory of Bridport by Marius Rowell

Hi Steve bilsby I have just signed up and reading all the comments really brought it all back NOT that we could ever forget the abuse we all went through! I was there between 1970- 1976. Do you remember major gray hitting us with the ...Read more

A memory of Barwick by blacey121

It was a joy to read the comments about SHGS. I was there from 9/54 to 2/60. I remember nearly all the teachers, good and bad. One of the good ones was Mr Rudd who was our form master in 1R. I have it in my memory that he came from the ...Read more

A memory of Shooters Hill by chris

Yes name was Nora Cleghorn, and we lived next to her mother in Burrs Road in the early 1950s. Nora was well known for bringing the Donkies along West Road from Jaywick for their daily ride home by the now Martello Restaurant. ...Read more

A memory of Clacton-On-Sea

Hi, My Nan and Granfer, along with my aunties lived on Cedar Rd on what many called 'tin town' near Hounslow West and Cranford. Cecil and Peggy Costa, the then Carol Costa (Mum) Auntie Julie, Auntie Lee ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Terry L Slade

My name is Bob Thompson I grew up in colindale I went to colindale school then I went up to Brent moden west Henson I started work at tilly lamps and then brothers on edgeware road I left London about 50 years ago have been ...Read more

A memory of Colindale by robert01.thompson

I lived in Glanville Drive, a residential road off Upminster Road about 100 yards to the west of Wingletye Lane, for the first part of my life from 1947 so I knew the area well. The building on the corner ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch by John Fricker

Lived at 42 Lampton Road Hounslow from 1946 till 1958 . Was a great place to be bought up. Would love to hear from anyone that remembers me or any friends and family of mine. Tony Dave Phil Jean Gill and myself Peter Evans. Friends Martin ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Peter Evans

This was one of the routes I took in the early 70s when riding my beautiful horse out. We would go up West Balgrochan Road, turn in to Acre Valley Road and go up the hill where the woods are and down to the other side, sometimes going on ...Read more

A memory of Torrance

I lived in Oxton from the late 50s to the early 80s, and have many fond memories. Does any body remember Fred the barber in Rose Mount. He was quite a character, and nobody went there unless they wanted a short back and sides, ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by Stephen Williams