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I was four years old when I moved to Gilfach Goch with my sister Pauline and my dad Samual James Carson and my mam Sybil (Mills), she was from Gilfach and so was most of her family. We lived with my Gransher, Mark ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch by Joyce Williams

I lived in Lime Tree Road and I was called Rita Simmonds at that time. My gran and granddad lived in Lampton Road, at the Great West Road End. They lived in a terrace of cottages next to a large house which I think was ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Rita Spear

I have an album that belonged to a member of my family in years gone by. In this album, my ancestor's friends have made drawings, sketches, ditties and paintings. There is a beautiful painting entitled "Chagford", ...Read more

A memory of Chagford in 1910 by William Trimble

My name is Len Royle, I lived at 27 Ryder Street from 1950-59. I went to St James primary school from 1953-1959. In Ryder Street were other members of my family, at the bottom were the Shortmans, Uncle George & Auntie Ethel, ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1950 by Len Royle

As a child my family moved from Leytonstone, London to Church Lane in South Benfleet. Memories are sketchey but I remember clearly living in what were called at the time a 'bungalow stores', it was a pre-war pebbledash type ...Read more

A memory of South Benfleet in 1967 by Michael Gough

Does anyone know when the little station cottage got turned into? My mother lived there with Margaret Brown and James Brown, Jimmy as he was known, in - what do you call the street?

A memory of Castle Douglas by Heather Jackson

I remember Woolwich town centre in the 1960's when I was a kid. In this picture I believe you can just see Garrets department store on the left which was a big rival to Cuffs department store a bit further back (out of shot). ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich in 1962 by Mark Stacey

I lived in Hamilton Road from 1940 until approx 1958. (my name then was Mortlock) I went to Ealing Road School and then Brentford Secondary Modern. I remember the air raid shelter at the top of Hamilton Road and hearing the sirens and ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1940 by Brenda Bostock

Reading all the memories of the above, brings back a lot of my own. I lived near Richards Corner on the 122 route, and roamed from the Pantiles to Bexleyheath High Street. Went to school at Bedonwell 1949 to 1954 and then ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1959 by Christopher Smith

Can anyone remember Anne Kernick who lived in (we think) Garden Street, Station Town? Her dad was Mark and her mam was Priscilla, she had 2 brothers who we think were called Rrichard and Benjimin. This is my mam's half sister and we would love ...Read more

A memory of Wingate in 1943 by Lilian Gent