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Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more

A memory of Abbey Hulton by Marc Thorley

So lovely to find this beautiful photograph and the memories from others. I went to Crouch End High School in Shepherds Hill in the early 1970's. I also have treasured memories of Queens Wood and Alexandra Palace. The view from the ...Read more

A memory of Crouch End by J Stone

I arrived at the school in 1971 I was 9 years old such a long time ago I read through other people views and remember Mr Moore in the way he has been described and also Mr renton who was a very nice fellow ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington by Richard Leigh

In the 1950s, going to the pictures was ‘the-in-thing’, not only did Boreham Wood have its own cinema; it also had its own film studios where they made many of the films that were later shown at our local cinema. When we first ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood by Victor Rowntree

When I was at the High School my form was taken out to the beech woods to see Bodgers at work. I think that this was organised by the History Mistress. Miss Owen. They lived in a camp and hand made ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by Ann Martyr

Looking at this photo, The Angmering Court Marine Club is seen in the background behind the Blue Peter Club. Also, the beach huts appear to be made of wood.

A memory of Angmering-on-Sea by anthony_booty

When I was a kid, in the early 50's I lived in Tilehurst, and an excursion on our bikes was to ride to Sulham Woods, look for rabbits, adders and pick bluebells. The best part was to go down to Tidmarsh and sit in the stocks and pretend to be ...Read more

A memory of Tidmarsh by orpheus

I moved to St Andrews Avenue from a prefab in Harold Wood with my parents and my baby sister when I was 9. I went to Dunningford school which was really handy as our house backed on to the pathway that led to the school so ...Read more

A memory of Elm Park by suehawkins.11

Delamere ws certainly a formative experience for an eight year old in 1955, I witnessed no overt cruelty as reported in some posts here, but merely a babyish regimentation by a few well meaning spinsters which was often usurped. ...Read more

A memory of Delamere by elgoog1223

My parents decided to move to Bramhall and the estate just off Bramhall Lane was brand new and we moved into Lucerne Road. I was in Heaven even as a child I loved history there was the Park, Bramhall hall the woods I could sit for hours ...Read more

A memory of Bramhall by bossiney2003