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Laura Ellicott was my grandmother and I was one of the grandchildren mention by Anne Sandells (nee Buckle). I remember my mother talking about Peter and Anne Buckle but was too young to remember them myself. I was born in 1940 and lived ...Read more

A memory of Luson in 1940 by Alan Daw

Burley Woodhead. We lived in Shotover from my birth in 1942 until approx 1957. My parents moved into the house and the village 1939. When my brother Roger was born in Bingley in 1946 I ...Read more

A memory of Burley in Wharfedale in 1950 by Michael Inman

My father used to take me to the Sunday market in the Broadway where they sold day old fluffy yellow chicks! I never got one despite my begging. Also remember the linen shop called Pecrys where the money whizzed around the ceiling to ...Read more

A memory of Catford in 1950 by Rita Williamson

My memories of The Triangle take me back to 1944 when I had completed my first 6 weeks of Army Training and was posted to the ROAC Driver Training School at the Triangle during Oct/November for 6 weeks. The Army ...Read more

A memory of Triangle in 1944 by Kenneth Morley

Still more memories of my early life in Crewe. As a young boy every Saturday morning was spent watching my favourite film stars; Roy Rogers, Ken Maynard, Dan Dare etc. Plenty of cinemas to go to; The Grand, The Kino, The Empire, ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1930 by Ken Wood

The public house now known as the Three Trees, was originally the old farmhouse and behind it was the barns of the farm which we used to play in. This was the short cut from my house to Chandlers the sweet shop. We got into the ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley by Susan Bailey

I was born in 1945 in my aunty's cottage in Searle Street, which ran from the corner of the Station Hotel below the railway line embankment where we would wave at steam trains as they went past. ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell in 1950 by Deidre Parry

I am not old enough to go back to 1925 but going back to an eleven year old I can remember Nonsuch Park being cropped during the war with cereals. We were able to walk through the park to the mansion & gardens & the only ...Read more

A memory of Cheam in 1944 by Brian Mackie

I was born in 1960 in Delham Ave and grew up at 1 the Crescent with my two brothers and sister. My father, Ronald Wykes, took the steam train to Waterloo each day as he was a banker in the city. After he retired he took up a strong ...Read more

A memory of Egham in 1960 by Andrew Wykes

My family moved to Harold Hill in 1952 to 43 Sheffield Drive when l was only 2 years old, it was a new street at the time and all new families moved in about the same time. My school was at the top of the road, Priory Infants, ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1952 by Alan Day