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I was born and lived for 12 years of my life in Fullerton Road, I lived with my parents sister and brother in my nan's house number 19. My uncle and aunt lived at the bottom of the cul-de-sac, I had an aunt in Stretton Road ...Read more

A memory of Addiscombe by Christine Weeks/ Nee Cox

We emigrated to Pennsylvania from Accrington in June, 1954; I was seven years old. One year later we returned to England and settled in Farnborough in May, 1955. My father worked for Turk, Krish and Barstow, Solicitors, who were located ...Read more

A memory of Farnborough in 1955 by David Procter

I was born in 1952 in Redruth, but we lived in the prefabs which were built in Pengegon after the war. Two years later we emigrated to South Africa, where I still live. My mother, Thora Horler (nee Bawden) still talks ...Read more

A memory of Redruth in 1952 by Vivien Horler

I used to walk down this alleyway to school. There is a sandbank on one side leading to the housing estate that I think is called Woodlands (It used to be referred to as the Wates estate). We used to ciimb up on to the bank in ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1974 by Stephen Punt

I have fond and warm memories of school holidays in Bentham. I used to get sent to visit my Auntie Annie and Uncle Jack Heron, thay have a son, Roger Heron. Their house was a small terraced with the ...Read more

A memory of Low Bentham in 1962 by Robert Heron

Hello, I and my twin sister were born close to Ospringe at Painters Forstal next to Mr Flites hop field. The date was 10 of September 1940. My father had brought my mother away from the bombing in East Ham. He was a dock worker and his ...Read more

A memory of Ospringe in 1940 by Roy Harvey

Most of the family would help to do this, it took several weeks to complete. Some looked very good according to the people’s skill. The Children All played together, boys and girls, all age groups and all stayed out until called ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

And the upper floor as the church for worship. This remained like this until approx 1880 when the old primary school was built. (This is now demolished and turned into a housing estate). Between the junior and senior school ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

And had an inter-house sports day annually that was highly contested. The school was divided into four houses, St Columbus, St Aiden, and St Patrick and St Cuthbert’s. Church attendances were very high, poor Fr. Tuohey had to give ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

At the same time in Wimbledon, there was also another Kennards and like the poster said, he used to go to Kennards with his mum and nan and so did I (to the Kennards in Wimbledon). I was about 4 or 5 then, just after the war and when I first ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1957 by Geoffrey Cains