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My memories of my aunt and uncle's shop in Lonsdale Avenue spans from my earliest memory until 1978 when it was destroyed by fire. My aunt and uncle were Violet and Stanley (Mick) Mitchell. I'm not sure when ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by Joanne Andrews

I remember travelling from Luton in Bedfordshire during the late 1950s and early 1960s to spend a week at Mrs Sampson's Harbour House boarding facilities. My father used to drive the coach overnight from Luton and we would ...Read more

A memory of Porthleven by Michael Bream

My G Grandfather and G Grandmother Thomas & Eliza Webb owned the local butcher shop, he resided in Lyminge for the 31 years, was a butcher and for many years he was a chorister, bellringer, member of the parish council and gardeners ...Read more

A memory of Lyminge by Sharon Webb

Our family used to own Mottingham farm when it was a dairy farm. There was a United Dairies shop just around the corner to the memorial and the bike place was the United Dairies delivery base. My great aunt lived over the shop ...Read more

A memory of Mottingham in 1900 by Valerie Hill

My grandparents, Daniel" Pentir "Thomas and his wife "Momo", lived not far from Station Road. As you went over the bridge (see photo) towards Gwaun-cae-gurwen, on the left was the "War Memorial", followed by the Rugby Club on the ...Read more

A memory of Upper Brynamman in 1953 by David Lougher

Came upon the Talacre photos while looking for photos of my hometown. The memories just flooded back of happy holidays with my Mum, Dad and sister and also extended family of uncles, aunts and cousins. Our first holiday was about 1967 ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by Christine Gilbert

I think the date at 1974 is correct but I would have been 6 then!! We owned all of what is Beechbarrow now and as a young man I had the run of the place! I hope the beech walk is still there, I built my first tree house in ...Read more

A memory of Wells in 1974 by Chris Styles

By the late 1960's ICL had absorbed much of the country's computer industry and had several manufacturing centres at Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and Letchworth. It needed a base for running ...Read more

A memory of Hedsor in 1970 by John Howard Norfolk

I was a motor vehicle apprentice with W&C French Ltd fromm 1958 to 1964 at North Farm Loughton which is now a private housing estate.The fleet was mainly Ford but I did work on heavy vehicles such as Foden, Scammel & AEC ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1960 by David Rowe

I remember a bowling green, a tennis court, a social club, a council house, can anyine fill me in? In high valley field.

A memory of Crossgates by Liza Graham