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My dad, Ken, was born 13 May 1938 in the front bedroom of 5 Gallards Hill - he was the youngest son to Sidney and Gladys Taylor. My grandad spent almost all his life in the Leicestershire Regiment. During ww2 my grandad was ...Read more

A memory of Braunstone Town by Caroline Taylor

Wow I can give loads of memories in the 60s Going down there with my parents. Ansty cove; Afternoon tea; Charity box on counter; As a black person supporting foreign aid; Put a coin on his hand twist his ear, coin went in. Also the gong at ...Read more

A memory of Torquay by Derek Fletcher

I lived in Foxlands Road in the 50's as a 6 year old, I remember cycling to large deep pits at the back of my grandparents house in Gay Gardens, I think that the area is now is parkland, and perhaps the deep holes were gravel pits, ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by Peter Reynolds

David Greig was opposite the Queen's Hotel, next door was Boots the Chemist, then Sydney Greys the electrical and TVs etc. This is where I bought my first guitar. Just opposite was Pains, a little farther on was ...Read more

A memory of Grays by cyril.chapman

I have fond memories of the enormous factory in the 1980's and driving around it at night with a van stuffed full of heavy backup computer tape boxes which needed fire safeing. Site had a great social club and not a bad canteen.I ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by Martin Voges

Photo shows roof of the baths in castle street and the car park opposite which is now shops heals went in there when it opened I lived in 18 castle street till they knocked it down about 1968/69 I remember the car park very well ...Read more

A memory of Guildford by Bob Whitehead

I lived at 4 Bungalow ,Christchurch Road which was a prefab Next to the prefab was an old victorian house occupied by the Knights Youth Club I belonged to the cubs at Christ Church A crowd of us used to go to Saturday ...Read more

A memory of Streatham by John Newton

We moved in to our new house in Rosemary Avenue in 1938. We had a Triumph car and my father built a garage of timber and asbestos sheets and laid concrete runways for it (they're still there). I started school in 1939 at ...Read more

A memory of West Molesey by David Leach

I went to Quinta in 1962 aged 12 had to be tough to get through did not receive any education went to work in the kitchen always had plenty to eat the cook was mrs Fox she looked after me Would not sing in the choir golly kept me there for ...Read more

A memory of The Quinta

Hi Guys , Another piece of East End literature from Vic B , I was thinking back the other day of the things that made me laugh as a youngster growing up in the East End although it must have applied to the whole of ...Read more

A memory of South Hackney by vickyb60