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This photo has brought back so many memories of when I had my summer holidays in the last house before the white houses. There was a gate to the side of the house which lead into a large garden where my grandad ...Read more

A memory of Abbotsham in 1973 by Beverley Cousins

I was born at Mayday Hospital. My parents still live in Baring Road and my mother has lived there from the age of 13, as my grandmother had the house before they did. I vividly remember playing 'up and down the road.' It is so sad ...Read more

A memory of Addiscombe in 1955 by Jacky Hughes

I remember moving to Pelton Fell at about the age of eight, number 9 Ferndene Avenue. The house was new and we were the first to occupy it. There was a small alley at the end of the street that led to the railway line. A ...Read more

A memory of Chester-Le-Street in 1954 by John Moffatt

We lived in Lindford when I was about 11 years old in 1972. My father was in the army and was based in Londmore, but we lived in the corner plot, opposite the farm, in Windsor Road. I have many very happy memories of Lindford: ...Read more

A memory of Bordon by Jueli Barker

My family were the last people to occupy Glebe Farm House, Glebe Ave, Ickenham. The area is now called Cloverlly Close. It was built in the 17th Century as a rectory. We lived there from 1933 to 1936, then moved up the road ...Read more

A memory of Ickenham in 1930 by Eric Hazell

I was born in Lumphinnans Road but my childhood memories of growing up are in Station Road where the houses were knocked down to build Lochgelly School. My name is Anne Steedman, my mum & dad were Mary & Andrew. The girl next ...Read more

A memory of Lochgelly in 1953 by Annie Gibbs

I have never lived in Bletchingley, but my paternal grandfather, Alfred David Balcombe, was born and raised in the village. My great grandfather was a publican - at The Cottage of Content - but had died when my father was ...Read more

A memory of Bletchingley by Michele Doick (Nee Balcombe)

Hi, my name is Jessie Peake (Nee Kent), I used to go to the Willows school between 1944 and 1952. The Willows was my favourite school, I can remember having to sleep on camp beds every afternoon .. boy, did that room smell from those that ...Read more

A memory of Morden in 1950 by Jessie Peake

Every day, on the way to primary school, Sherborne House I was driven past the Tabby Cat, from the Vicarage at North Baddesley where I lived. Every day I was told "Oh look, can you see the tabby cat?" A picture on the door I ...Read more

A memory of Chandler's Ford in 1964 by Hilary Dyce

I was born Joan Mary Waters and lived in George Street, which is now Greenway Avenue, Levenshulme. We had a fish and chip shop next door but one, and when I visited Levenshulme in 2005 I believe it had just ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1954 by Joan Charrison