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I used to attend Middle Park School way back in 1943. I recall we used to have to write the date in the top right-hand corner of our exercise books and I distinctly remember the year. The war was still on. I'd probably ...Read more

A memory of Eltham in 1943 by Tom Ware

I used to live in Langley park up until 1971 three time a week three of us used to have to go to Consett for commercial study typing and bookkeeping we used to get off at this bus stop and walk back to the village on our way home.I ...Read more

A memory of Langley Park by carol234

I was born in July 1937 in Lord Asquith house which was a maternity home in those days.my parents were Dennis and Anne Pickersgill... They told me that I was so tiny I fitted into a shoe box lined with cotton wool..and kept on the oven ...Read more

A memory of Morley by rlinhart

I was at fallin primary,capt cracie was head,he was always marching us into the hall;I was born in 3rd block,then family moved to stirling rd,I remember the fire,was in the house with my gran and cousin david,mum had taken my brother to the ...Read more

A memory of Fallin by tayloremily6

I lived in the Swan Inn at Mitcham from 1960 through to 1966 in rooms at the back of the pub. My parents were 'mine hosts' during this time. It was patronised by many 'regulars' one of which was the local rag and bone man called Rosco and often ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Jan May

Born in 137,Station rd in 1948. One of four children. Went to hawthorn junior and then cathays high .cannot remember name of infants school, but I do remember my nana picking me up one day one as we walked home a dog ran out from a ...Read more

A memory of Llandaff North

My name is Robert Best. I was born June 24th. 1939 in Plymouth and evacuated to Princetown in 1941. My Mother, her parents and I moved to Plympton when I was 3 years old. I have clear memories of Princetown, of riding the train up ...Read more

A memory of Plympton by rjbmk

Like Andrew, I was also living in New Haw around the same time. We came to 144 Woodham Lane, about 1964 and I attended New Haw County Primary school from my 4th to 10 th year. My Dad was from Ireland, Mortimer, he had a business ...Read more

A memory of New Haw

Hi my husbands family lived in manaton rd the lewis family ,sid &frances their children Christine ,siddey. joyce , lenny their dad sid was in the Navy ,his wife france family were frank & rose Gillman , frank & Sid drank in the ...Read more

A memory of Peckham by carolinelewis

I used to sit in the window seat ,very excited as i waited for the 6-30pm bus to arrive from Bircotes hoping it would stop across the road.Hopefully the first person off the bus would be my boyfriend John. He would join me in ...Read more

A memory of Bawtry