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Born 1937 in Swan Cottage (demolished for road widening), one of four children, father farm worker for the Jeffrey family. Then moved to Port Ledge where father moved to work and lived in a cottage near a big house about ...Read more

A memory of Fairy Cross by Michael Curtice

Hi it's Ian Richards (Richie) just come onto this site to my amusement. I loved everyday at Bank Hall and all my mates that were there. Ashy, Any Renwick, Carl Myers, Phil Astridge, Coxy and all the other boys that I can't ...Read more

A memory of Chapel-en-le-Frith in 1977 by Ian Richards

I went to school at the house, in the grounds, of Boston Manor Park from 1951-1953. I have very fond memories of this school, Miss Stevenson being the head and Mrs Clark the other teacher. We used to do nature walks around the ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1951 by Susan Silva

I grew up at 23 Alford, and just at the bottom of the street were "the woods". Our gang used to virtually live down the woods, climbing trees, lighting fires, making swings, bird nesting, damning the stream so we could swim and ...Read more

A memory of Ouston in 1967 by John Downie

I have very fond memories of Caerau. I was born 1946 and I loved Caerau. We had real fun times in the summer picking whimberries and your mam making delicious tarts, families gathering on the mountain for picnics, spending hours on end ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1951 by Diane Vincent

I grew up in Croesyceiliog at Raglan Court next to the playing fields and I went to Abyschan Grammer School. There was no bypass road then, and the railway was still was bringing coal from the valleys down to the docks in ...Read more

A memory of Cwmbran in 1969 by Valerie Barton

My family moved to Watford in 1964 when I was 6-years-old. We moved down from Northumberland via the west of London. I finally moved away from Watford permanently in 1989. We lived in a flat above a shop on the busy St Albans ...Read more

A memory of Watford by Ian Marshall

So many memories to choose from. I will try to keep it brief! My dad (Bob/Lofty) and Mum( Diana/Di were rehoused in Tillingbourne Road (1960), when their previous home, on the site of the old Chilworth Gunpowder Factory, was deemed ...Read more

A memory of Shalford by Mark Wyatt

I spent my youth living just around the corner form the Hall. Many happy memories playing in the surrounding woods and snow permitting sledging down the steep hill just in front of the photo. You had to pull up really sharp ...Read more

A memory of Middleton in 1968 by Ivan Walsh

I grew up the Edgware area after being born in Bushey, Hertfordshire. My mum and I moved to Boston Road, Burnt Oak to live with my grandad and nan. At first I went to Barnfield Primary School. We then moved to Cricklewood ...Read more

A memory of Edgware in 1950 by Colin Smith