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My grandfather and father owned J.McMurdo & Son Bakery in Fairy street. My grandfather started the Bakery before the war. It came under a compulsory purchase order and was demolished in 1973. When I left school in 1972 ...Read more

A memory of Rutherglen in 1965 by James Mcmurdo

I was my parents' first child, born at a nursing home in Broxbourne Road, Orpington, in 1936. We lived in Woodhurst Avenue and my earliest recollections are of going shopping with my mother. I remember Queensway ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood in 1940

I spent most of my childhood in Berwick staying at my nana's house in Wallace Green and then at my aunt's pub, the Harrow Inn in Tweedmouth. I would spend days on the beach, either Berwick or Spittal where they had trampolines on the ...Read more

A memory of Berwick-upon-Tweed by Brenda Mcquade

I spent my school summer holidays in Millbrook from the mid 50's to the mid 60's - and every one was wonderful. I stayed with my grandparents, Mr and Mrs Ede, at 85 West Street, Millbrook. The house is long gone albeit the address ...Read more

A memory of Millbrook in 1956 by Roger Mutch

Does anyone remember Mountfield Street, later called Milton Street? I lived at number 37 with my mam (Veronica), dad (Jim) and my sisters, Vera and Mary. We went to St Bridget's School. The three of us used to ...Read more

A memory of Manchester in 1947 by James Shaw

My nan had a caravan on the Blue Anchor Site and my cousins and I were shipped off there every summer.The highlight of the week was always when the fish and chip van used to come and park near the pub. The lowlight of the ...Read more

A memory of Seasalter in 1969 by Neil Bryan

I was born and raised in Elm Road, Norton Canes with my 3 older brothers. I have some fond memories of growing up in a community were everybody new everbody and of spending time at Chasewater and the old Sunday School in Popular Road. I ...Read more

A memory of Norton Canes in 1967 by Dale Rowlands

I went to Colton school from 1952 to1958. The Headmistress was a Miss Snape, she lived in the school house down the road. The school was opposite Colton church - it closed as a school in the early 60s, and is now the parish ...Read more

A memory of Colton in 1952 by John Michael Allonby

I was a border at Merrion House around 1944, whilst Mr Brummell Hicks was Headmaster with Mrs Brummell Hicks, who kindly gave me free piano lessons whilst I was at the school. We swam in a smelly pond which was also the ...Read more

A memory of Sedlescombe by Richard Baylay

At the age of 14 my father began work as an apprentice pawnbroker for the firm W. Paines & Co. at their Strood branch on the corner of High Street, and Station Road. The firm had 3 branches. The apprenticeship lasted 5 years, followed by a ...Read more

A memory of Grays by Ann Claydon