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I grew up in Hornsey - Westfield Road to be exact. They tore down a lot of the houses in the late 1960s and built a new estate in its place. I still remember going to Priory Park, the swimming pool on Park Road - ahhh happy days.

A memory of Hornsey by Steve Harvey

Hello from London, Canada... I am the descendent of John and Grace Clemo who owned a horse-drawn bus line between Camborne, Redruth, Truro and Penzance. I have a photo of a "square" where one of the Clemo Buses is parked. I always thought ...Read more

A memory of Truro in 1880 by Alison Ferguson

My great-great-grandmother was from the area, Edith Jackson, 1876. I have traced her family back a little bit further. Mary, Joseph, Agnes and Elizabeth. Edith married James Park and had a son Philip and daughters Mary ...Read more

A memory of Colton in 1870 by Steve Bather

I grew up in Heaton Park. Stanley Street. The Prestwich and Whitefield Guide Office was at the top of the street. I went to St. Hilda's School and at 11 went to Hope Park School for Girls. My earliest recollections are of ...Read more

A memory of Prestwich by Astrid Zimmer

Woking: Having just read memories of New Haw has sent my mind racing. My name is Joe Kennedy, having lived on the corner of Kings Road and Woodham Lane from 1940, doing Nat Service in 1959. Recognising many names from memories. I also went to ...Read more

A memory of New Haw by Joe Kennedy

I was born in New End Hospital, Hampstead. My family lived at 92 Maygrove Road, Kilburn and my dad and his brothers and sister were all born a bit further up the road. I remember Timms Shop which sold just about everything ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1948 by Carole Miller

I was born in 1941. My family lived in Honeycrock Lane, Salfords. The name of the house was "Bethel", later numbered No.17 by the Council. We had a neat clipped hedge to the front garden and a white painted picket gate from Ryall ...Read more

A memory of Salfords in 1941 by Robert Horsnell

The large building just beyond the memorial was long ago replaced by newer BOROUGH COUNCIL offices. Beyond that is where Coval Lane was constructed, and across that road is where the PAVILION CINEMA stood. Just past the car ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by John Crouch

I was born in Sutton Road, Plaistow (Plaster to us locals) in 1944 and from the age of 4 I was free to roam. Things were different then! Barking Road for all the shops, and the pubs. Rathbone Street market on a Saturday, ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by George Davidge

We lived at 12 Brewster Road in Leyton E10 - my sister was born there, we had the upstairs flat and Nanny Mantle lived downstairs. My real nan lived at 6 Coopers Lane for about 50 years (Mrs Johnson from "old Gees" wool shop at Bakers ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1964 by Alison Patterson