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I used to love the Roylance on Saturday nights when he'd clear the shop for dances in the 60's. I had an ancient BSA motorcycle and had to compete with the scooter brigade.

A memory of Barkingside by shortstop112

Just found this site , I was born in Rosemary Avenue in 1948 . The shops I remember from right to left ,cycle shop,hardware shop (think this was also at the othe end as well opposite the Cannon) Regent fish shop ,shop now ...Read more

A memory of West Molesey by david

I'm sorry that I have no personal memories to share about High Wycombe, but I've been building up my family history for years and have found that a family member lived either at Frogmoor Gardens and/or at ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by temble5

My mum Ruby Osbourne born in 1913 and her brothers and sisters grew up in Lowestoft. She married my dad a sailor in the Royal Navy and was then Ruby Pearce. She later moved to Wiltshire with my two brothers due to the Second World ...Read more

A memory of Lowestoft by barree64

Like others in these comments ,I to went to Courtlands Primary School and remember well the building of Moat Mount School. In the early sixties the Landlord of the "Royal Scot" was a Mr Mullen and his son Dave sat next to me in ...Read more

A memory of Mill Hill by charlie.port

I was born at 247 Cranbury road Eastleigh on 12 December 1944 and stayed there with my parents, Jack and Tess Norton and my younger brother Richard, until 1963 when I left to join the Royal Engineers. Every ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh

I wonder if you can help? I'm trying to discover more about my history and know that my great grandparents were once the owners of the royal hunting lodge - Langfords (I believe also known as Potelles) - which was in Buckhurst ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by jacqui

Stanley Fritter's memories of Lower Stoke jogged a few of my own memory chords. Val Mudge was my cousin, my father was Harry Mudge. I was born at the old cottage known as The Shant on the Grain Road on 15.09.1940, my sister Iris following on ...Read more

A memory of Calmore by Alan Mudge

My father, Douglas Aubrey Dixon, also known as 'Reginald' lived with his father, Temple Dixon, at 'Westholme' Westfield Lane - No.81. My paternal grandfather bought the house for £385 in June, 1935. Temple Dixon was a ...Read more

A memory of Kippax in 1940 by Geoffrey Dixon Hamilton

I was born in 1937 but remember nothing of that year! We lived in Backworth, Northumberland where my father was the colliery engineer at the Maud & the Eccles pits. In about 1945 we moved to the village ...Read more

A memory of Earsdon in 1940 by John Thompson