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I can remember the square not only for its shops but also as a meeting place . Most of our games back then involved huge amounts of our friends either playing war games or football matches over on the field opposite the ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell by Lance Belsham

My father was the gamekeeper at Spetchley Estate for Captain Berkeley for about 14 years until my father at 55 had a heart attack one night after they had been duck shooting at the bottom lake in the deer park. My father,mother and ...Read more

A memory of Spetchley by debiroper1

My father would put me on his bycycle crossbar and took us from Elthorne Rd to the allotments via Whitehall Road and Vine Street. Cricketfield Rd was (is?)a dead end. A footpath to the left passed by a nursery ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

I'm Mandy Coggins and I was born at 7 Peel Road, Kilburn in 1960. It was a beautiful Victorian House and I can remember the marble fireplaces, oak staircase that us kids used to slide down. My nan lived on ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn by mandalynca

My memory of Turners Hill goes back 60 years, to 1955, when our scout troop camped across the road from Worth Priory. We were the 53rd Croydon (St Gertrude's) Troop. I recall we were given the run of the woods in the ...Read more

A memory of Turners Hill by druidh

Yes, I remember a small branch of Broomfields in the block next to Reeves Corner and opposite the Eagle Pub. There was also a Sanders Grocers next to it where Mum would buy split peas that we had that evening with Faggots bought from ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by frank.aylard

On the maternal side of my ancestry, I knew my maternal grandfather for many years. There was a large leather bound family album which as a child, I was permitted to look at. It was after the "all clear" sounded in the ...Read more

A memory of Shrewsbury

My name is Nigel Redding and I was sent to Llangynwyd about 1942/43? as an evacuee. I was aged about 3 or 4 years old and accompanied by my older brother Alan who was 5 years older. (Both born in Rogerstone , ...Read more

A memory of Llangynwyd by Phillip Redding

I was born at Aylesbury Hospital in 1948 and lived briefly at Pitstone, then Tring in Park Road and later Western Road. My Parents, Grandparents and many other relatives lived in the town. I attended Gravelly infant school in Park Road ...Read more

A memory of Tring by richardjandchris

Hi I was in wood lane homes in 1955/6 mr and mrs marlow were in charge if you were in trouble you got your face smacked short but sharp punishment.i ran away once just for kicks .I remember Vic Ross dave Maxwell.At18 you ...Read more

A memory of Rothwell