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My father, William Walter Inge (1907 -1991), was born here. He was one of two boys and three girls, and always had fond memories of Holmwood, so much so that the house I was born in, in Rugby, was named Holmwood, too. I'd love to know, does the house still stand and what does it look like now?

A memory of Holmwood Corner by Charles Inge

think we called this Pub the DOG, we used to come over from Streatham.. I am after a photograph of the old Massey Hughes Con. Home, Kingswood Estate. DULWICH.. the Canadian Infantry had it during WW1, yes Kingswood, ...Read more

A memory of Dulwich by Adele Pentony Graham

I am looking for the living descendants of the little known Victorian print-seller and art dealer George Love (1804-1883) of 81 Bunhill Row in Finsbury, London. His son William ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1910 by Julia Dudkiewicz

My grandparents and father were born in Brentford, so armed with an address from the census and a new-found enthusiasm for family history, I made my first ever visit. I walked along the High Street and found a large supermarket and car ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1978 by Celia Cotton

I think this was the year my dear Uncle Jim Crawford died and left my Auntie Isa and my two cousins Helen and Isobel.....all very dear to us in memory. We used to visit them in Polmeur Road, cannot remember the number but it was an end ...Read more

A memory of Kelloholm in 1962 by Sarah Butt

I lived in Clinton Road, Shirley from 1950 to 1956 when we moved to Smethwick. At the time it was a cul-de-sac and we lived at number 95 right at the end. There was a wood next to us with a wide path though it to Widney Lane. There was ...Read more

A memory of Shirley in 1955 by David Hall

I moved to Thetford from York when I was 2, my father bought a house in St Marys Road. I used to wake up to the smell of freshly baked bread from Barretts bakery. The bells of St Marys Church would ring out every morning at 7. My two ...Read more

A memory of Thetford in 1950 by Carol Boreham

My Nan, was Mrs Ring, we used to stay with her in her house in Hearts Lane opposite the Asbestos Co , next to the Thames Plywood Co (where I worked a few years later). Nan's house was one of two on stilts right beside the railway ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1948 by Terence Flood

I was born over the butchers shop in Harborne Lane, my parents Harry and Gertrude Ludlow owned the shop. My mother kept the shop open all through the war years and I can remember marking off the meat ration books when I ...Read more

A memory of Harborne in 1956 by Graham Ludlow

In 1976 my partner and I rented the ground floor flat of number 73 Radford blvd,Radford Nottingham,I was pregnant at the time and this flat was my baby's first home,I can,t say that I was happy living there ,I was ...Read more

A memory of Old Basford