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I was10 years old and as I got out of the removal van I cried, I wanted to go back to London. My parents showed me our house it was the first time I had my own bedroom. We lived in Dagnam Park Drive right near Gooshays ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1951 by Brenda Dreyer

My memories are from 1955 when my family, The McNay's, moved to Parkwood Avenue, Bearpark. I was 2 or 3 yrs old, then about 2 years after that we moved to Quarry Cresent. I loved living in Bearpark you could run around outside ...Read more

A memory of Bearpark by Lynn Mc Nay

In the summer of 1952 I learnt that my parents had decided to move from our home in the Midlands to the West Country as my father wished to return to where his relatives lived. It came as no surprise therefore, when one day they ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth in 1952

I too have many happy memories of growing up in Buckhurst Hill in the 50's and 60's. I lived at 25 Loughton Way and went to Princes Road County Primary. There was Mr Carr (a friend of my dads), Miss Gardner, Miss Oram and Mr ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Martin Hough

I lived at Long Green where my father was a shepherd at St Lawrence Farm. I went to Bumbles Green Primary School where Mr & Mrs Hills lived in the schoolhouse. At that time Mr Brent had the grocery shop, the ...Read more

A memory of Nazeing in 1960 by Alexander Hutcheon

I lived in New Street, and my boyhood friends were Richard Freakes, John Denman, Michael and Graham Goring, Jeff and Billy Kowatch and Alfie Manzoli. Amongst many others, we used to play in the woods ...Read more

A memory of Crawley by Richard Hounsome

This the place that as a lad I played in the wood's and fished in the canal for stickelback's.

A memory of Barnton in 1950 by Frederick Beswick

Hi there, Just thought I would see if there are any other people who remember their childhood in Cradley Heath? I lived on the Codsall est. Meadow Walk to be precise, here are a few memories I have of the best childhood ...Read more

A memory of Cradley Heath by Arthur Hinton

I was born in Toys Hill at Bardogs Farm,my father was farm manager to a Mrs Livingstone we were there until 1947? when we moved to Penshurst. Winston Churchill used visit Bardogs frequently and I used to sit on his lap,we still walk in the NT woods with our dogs

A memory of Toy's Hill in 1943 by Jean Langridge

Pictured to the right of you Galleon Swimming pool photo and directly opposite was the Burgh Heath Corn Stores. It was sighted on the old Bake House and in the back room were several old brick ovens. I bought all my horse ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath by Heather Lee