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I was born in Wood Green in 1940. My earliest recollection is being in a classroom in Lordship Lane with other children and being told I was not supposed to be there.It's possible I had wandered from home,which was on the Tottenham side of ...Read more

A memory of Wood Green in 1947 by First Name Last Name

I am very much a novice with the computer and Googled Blackford, Scotland, and to my delight lots of things came up, plus this site which I am so delighted about. I lived in Blackford till I was about 15 a half. I so ...Read more

A memory of Blackford in 1949 by Linda Newport

I was born in 1949 and grew up on Victoria Terrace. The picture of Victoria Terrace has special meaning to me, upon closer inspection I noticed my mum scrubbing our front door step, this she did daily along with the strip of pavement in ...Read more

A memory of Glasson in 1949 by Wendy` Beckett

Country born and bred, I regularly stayed with aunts and uncles in Seven Kings and Barkingside My regular haunts were Valentine's 'Cranbrook' and Barkingkside Parks as well as the disused airfield known as Fairlop. The latter being a ...Read more

A memory of Ilford in 1949 by John Wicks

I went to school in Bexleyheath between 1950 and 1954. I believe the school was in Pelham Road but I can't be sure. Maybe there was a separate infants department in North Street? My first (very ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by John Howard Norfolk

I was born in 1937 and with the outbreak of WWII lived with my grandparents, Ollie and Maggi Owen, at 29 Cottrell Street, Aberfan, while my father served in the army. My parents were Roy and Ada Taylor, and after the war my dad ...Read more

A memory of Aberfan in 1950 by Alan Taylor

I moved to Broadstone with my parents at the tender age of 2, and we lived in Sidney Road, off York Road. It was 1950, and ,of course there was no Waterloo Estate at that time, so York Road ended when it came to the railway line and the ...Read more

A memory of Broadstone in 1950 by Ian Sutherland

I still live in Barnehurst having moved back in 1947. The picture of Barnehurst Road, although the scenery hasn't changed much the shops have. The corner shop on the right was United Dairies and there was a butchers ...Read more

A memory of Barnehurst in 1950 by Keith Jackson

I was born in the flats at Stewarts Lane by the dogs' home in 1950. My mum was born in Tidemore Street and my grandad in Curry Street, Nine Elms in 1897. My dad was born in Livingstone Road, the other end of Battersea, and ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1950 by Marilyn Biddle

My name is John Watson, I was born at Dimsdale Crescent, Wishaw in the kitchen on New Years Day in 1950. My mother and father were Jean Gray Watson and John Watson. My skype name is john.watson1150......my email is: cambus11505589@yahoo.com

A memory of Wishaw in 1950 by John Watson