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Hi Susan the huts were located the side of the swimming pool and Barking Abey school thy previously been erected to house the soldiers who manned the guns the huts more level with the swimming pool and the guns in ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Maureen Salle

I have vivid memories of the slippery rock in Vernon Park. Other memories from the park were, the bench in the shelter at the lower entrance, I used to run around on top of the bench. The rhodedendron bushes, they were great for ...Read more

A memory of Stockport by lcwood

My family on my mums side were the Bedford's that owned and worked in the Bakery. Fred Bedford was my grandad, sadly we lost him when I was 18, back in 1984. With the expansion of supermarkets, and increased ...Read more

A memory of Moreton in 1970 by Lisa Samways

I have so many happy memories of my childhood in Camberley. I lived in Stockwood Cottage, Crawley Hill. My parents worked for the Thomas family in Stockwood House. Sadly it's no longer there but now there are many houses ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by sarahchampion4

Brought up from age 7 Lived at 9 ferrymead gardens directly opposite holy cross church. Used to watch all the Saturday weddings and the cherry blossom along the middle verges. Schooled at Bethams, coston girls Then ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by sj-sarahjane

My mother’s cousin, Gordon Ross, was the head gardener at Howden Dene in the ‘30s and ‘40’s, when the property was owned by the Straker-Smith family. I was born in 1934. During WW2 when sea-side holidays were difficult, my mother ...Read more

A memory of Howden Dene by p.wolstenholme

'The Stream' ! We always have called it 'the brook' - Broughton Brook, and still do. However, the brook is in fact a tributary to the River Soar, it may in fact actually be the River Soar but simply not ...Read more

A memory of Broughton Astley in 1930 by Reuben Reynolds

My grandfather CE (Charles) Fox was the lieutenant for the home guard at Hill Ridware (based behind the Bull & Specs - a good spot!). I remember long ago seeing his army Webley revolver holster as a child - its been lost over the ...Read more

A memory of Hill Ridware in 1940 by Nigel Fox

As a little girl, my mum would walk with us to Stillingfleet - quite a few miles. We went to see a lady named Granny Scott. She had my mum to stay after she had ...Read more

A memory of Stillingfleet in 1930 by Audrey Richardson

I was just boy at the age of 6 when I was admitted to Tilbury Seaman's Hospital to have my tonsils taken out. I can remember seeing the big funnels of the ships through my ward window at the end. The wards were long, big and white ...Read more

A memory of Tilbury in 1966 by Trevor Milne