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Forgot to mention that in those days there was Jones Fish and Chips, opposite the school. My mum cleaned and peeled potatoes and I would press the potatoes into chips with a hand press over a grid thus making chips when you ...Read more

A memory of Mangotsfield by mikeel

I was born in Falkirk in 1962. I lived in Mariner Drive then Mariner Road until I was 40 years old before moving to Summerford. I went to Easter Carmuirs Primary School and hated most of my time there; only really enjoying school ...Read more

A memory of Camelon by joe.fae.kemlin

I was born in Horns Rd in 1940 at start of the war and still have memories of that time when 5 and 6 down the shelter when siren went they were after Plessey works and the airdrome have some pics from this time. it was a great place to grow ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside by geoffreycarter01

I went to the School approx 1952-1957 firstly in the old School and then in the new school which was so modern and spacious- it had everything. The Gym was brilliant, albeit I wasn't very good. There ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury

1955 - I was sent to the hotel with my mother to recuperate after a month in Nottingham isolation hospital with measles. We spent 6 blissful weeks here. My memories are of a very high ceiling in the dining room and the smell of the food ...Read more

A memory of Catsfield by chyandowr

I was born in Cowgate Road, Greenford in 1938. About 1950 we moved to Ruislip Road. I remember playing in the park at the end of the road and visiting the river Brent nearby which of course was out of bounds to us little ones. During the ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Paul Gardiner

Memories of the old Portavogie by Lena McVea. I used to live facing the harbour and a newspaper item on late Robin Drysdale, former Mayor of Newtownards, brought back fond memories of him, as a young boy, sailing in a ...Read more

A memory of Portavogie by lenamcvea

Some time ago I read with great interest in a local paper that the pool at Arley had been restored. My formative years were happily spent at Green Lodge on the green where I was born in 1932. My farther lived there ...Read more

A memory of Arley Green by peterastleslfc

I remember arriving at Andover railway station in 1950 and asking how I could get to RAF Amport where I was to spend the next 18 months or so doing my National Service. Eventually an old pre-war coach turned up and we chugged our ...Read more

A memory of Andover by hachesney

My husband and I bought 178 Langdown Road in September 1965, and moved in with 2 boys, Nick and Paul and a 3 day old daughter,Rebecca, she was supposed to be born in our new house, but couldn't wait long enough. It is the second ...Read more

A memory of Hythe by jean