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I remember when I started my first job as a junior in the Westminster Bank in the background in 1964 -I stayed for just over 2 years and was then moved to Warminster branch and living in digs for the first time! I also remember the ...Read more

A memory of Midsomer Norton by peterwilmott

Hi, I worked on a farming scheme in1953 when I was 15, we lived in a wooden built hostel just down from the railway station as you came out and turned right, you turned right again and it was set back from the road. I would love to find ...Read more

A memory of Burscough

My lasting memory of Theydon is the walk from the station to my aunts house which backed on to the railway line. This was near the end of the war I think but I clearly remember a field full of the remains of downed aircraft . ...Read more

A memory of Theydon Bois by Ron Sargeant

I WAS BORN IN ASHFORD IN 1938 LIVED THERE TILL 2001 WHEN I MOVED TO BRANDON SUFFOLK I MARRED IN 1963 AND AM STILL GOING HAPPY I REMEMBER THE OLD TOWN VERY WELL I WENT TO SCHOOL IN WILLS AT THE AGE OF 5 TILL 11 THEN NORTH MOD ...Read more

A memory of Salford by tony1938.tg

I went to Ardleigh Green School for 7 years and knew most of the shops. Starting in Squirrels Heath Lane there was Langs (Newsagents), Smys (wool), chemists, Greens Stores, a butchers, shoe repairers, the Fish Shop (lovely ...Read more

A memory of Ardleigh Green by childsj

We loved playing in the park, hard to imagine that in the 50s the swings were locked up every Sunday.! The old quarry in the park was a playground for many of us, climbing the sides and sliding down on old tins. The stream ran down the ...Read more

A memory of Grenoside by support

There are no photos of Udimore but I remember it well and the building named Pound House.This is way back in the 1920's. My grandparents were on my mothers side and every now and again my family would walk from Winchelsea Beach all ...Read more

A memory of Udimore

The shown photo is how I remembered it circa 1955 when I was 10 years old. Very popular venue for Sunday brassbands and the occasional visiting magician/children's entertainers. When the bandstand was not in use during weekdays, ...Read more

A memory of Kettering by raw50

Another reason that I liked to visit Leatherhead was because my Auntie Mag had a shop there and I was always guaranteed a welcome that invariably included a sticky bun or some similar magnet to a young ...Read more

A memory of Leatherhead by Brian Simmons

Seeing this shot of the hospital brings back wonderful memories. I was born here in 1975. Both my parents worked here: my Father did his PhD in Rheumatoid Arthritis here under Dr L. Glynn. My Godparents, Bob and Diane Rogers, set up ...Read more

A memory of Taplow by shepherdsnest