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The Army My call up papers came with a railway warrant for Gloucester, where I and another group of lucky lads, were picked up by army lorry and taken to the barracks of the Gloucester Regiment for our six weeks basic training. Unloaded at ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1947 by Arthur Cottrell

We moved in to a brand new semi, No. 22, before the war in August 1938. The Rappapore family lived at No 20 and the Bannisters at No. 24. On the outbreak of war we were evacuated to my great Aunt in Ludlow until the intial ...Read more

A memory of Edgware in 1930 by Richard Stinton

My uncle, Lewis Clarke and aunty Gert, the butchers, had 4 children, my cousins. Gillian at the time was single and had a friend called Mac who was a pilot at Manby and when he flew over the village he ...Read more

A memory of North Somercotes in 1953 by Stewart Mc Caw

My memories are of the hairdressing salon in Clare Road. It had only been open for a short while. All the shops were new. I went to work there as a hairdresser's apprentice in April 1959. My first job after leaving school. The salon was ...Read more

A memory of Stanwell in 1959

My early memory of Quidenham is sitting with my grandmother on the village seat near the Post Office, which she and my grandfather ran for many years, my aunt worked on the telephone exchange until a modern exchange replaced it. She ...Read more

A memory of Quidenham in 1960 by Christine Hewson

My grandparents were Ethel and Tommy Downes who lived at Normanhurst, Rendham Road, Sax from the early 1900s until their deaths in the late 1960s. They had four children, Gladys (1913), my mum Phyllis ...Read more

A memory of Saxmundham by Lynn Reeve

I came to live at Gara Bridge as a babe in arms in the early 1940s. We lived at 2 Hothole Cottages, and I remained there until I joined the forces in 1960. Our neighbours all that time were called Pullyblank, Phil, the ...Read more

A memory of Gara Bridge by Leslie Wyse

I was delighted to hear (and see) that I was not the only person who remembers the Club House. It would seem that one or two of us lived on the estate (I lived in Coleridge Road) and a comment regarding the primary school ...Read more

A memory of Addiscombe in 1956 by Roger Steer

The building with pointed roof, left of centre of the pic is Bexley Library. On the right I remember the first building as a stationery shop and further into the photo on the right would be the Post Office. On the left, just out of ...Read more

A memory of Bexley by Darryl Ransom

I lived in Horton from my birth to my 22nd year. I went to the Horton Church School first in 1941. There was a separate playground for both boys and girls, and a small door leading into the shelters. When the air raid siren ...Read more

A memory of Horton in 1940 by Sylvie Mc Kay