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There were several modern dance venues which we regularly frequented, including The Ritz Ballroom which once stood at the junction of the Kingsbury Road and the western end of the Old Kenton Lane, and the Churchill Club which stood in ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury by gerrysukey1

I was sent to MBS in 1972 because i refused to go to school. All i did in my early days there was abscond. Hated the place!!! Full of bullies, if you were small or timid in Mobberley you were a target. The staff were even worse ...Read more

A memory of Mobberley by edwinparker57

I wasn't born there but the years I spent in Rumford were some of my happiest. We moved there in 1960, my parents bought a house in the very centre of the village which also had a grocery shop attached. It turned out that ...Read more

A memory of Rumford by Barbara Fisher

The house on the right of this picture was owned by the Parker family who lived there and ran a Post Office, drapery and grocery store next to the house from 1902 until the 1950s. Members of the ...Read more

A memory of Thorpe St Andrew

Gosh, I remember the park gardens. I spent the first three years of my life at 2 Ashton villas in slad road, just along from the gardens. Mrs Vincent owned the house. Whenever the sun shone, we were taken to the park. I particularly remember ...Read more

A memory of Stroud by fdavies38

where on earth do I start, well lets have a bash, do remember when you were a small child. and the staff, ie sisters, the principal, his deputy, the carpenter,the gardener, the matron in ...Read more

A memory of Bramhope by Ronald Ellington Tully

I am very interested in getting further details or photos of the large red mansion that stood on Main Road in Sidcup. It was about 100 yards further down from St Lawrences, going away from the high street. I remember walking to ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup by samourx1

We moved to Mount 1962, I started school at Darran Las Infant School. Then moved on to the Comprehensive. How big it looked and the kids where so grown up. The grounds where just beautiful and the old house was incredible. The ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash by uksteveandsue

I recall spending a few days holiday each year in the 1960's with my father Ronald Lane and his friend from Vauxhall Motors called Archie Harrup. Archie used to rent out a houseboat every year from the ...Read more

A memory of Hemingford Grey by slane44

I lived in Figheldean from about 1949 - 1953, my parents and I lived in the Red Bungalow near the Wheatsheaf pub. My best friend was Wendy Stanfield, sadly no longer with us. Her father owned Stanfield's garage situated in the ...Read more

A memory of Figheldean by Rosemary Coleman