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How different we can be! I absolutely did not like Sister Veronica at Our Lady's Junior School, she frightened me to death. I remember Sister Anthony and Sr Hilda and they took us to Gerrards Cross where their order had a ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1952 by Polly Short

I remember Mr Crossland reading two books to our class on an afternoon. One was Wind on the Moon and the other The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. I remember Mr Perry, Mr Taylor, Miss Hutchinson, Miss Hingley , Miss Reid ( who terrified me) and Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Selby by hartas4

It all started in May of 1945, the week the War ended in Europe, I was born, whether that had anything to do with the war ending I have no Idea! I was born at 88 Hunter St, all gone now, knocked down a long time ...Read more

A memory of Middleton in 1945 by Barry J Ratcliffe

I used to get off the bus in Windsor Street down by the post office. When I was young there was an optician on the left hand side. I can remember staggering out of there, when I was about six years old. They had enlarged my ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge

I have vivid memories of the slippery rock in Vernon Park. Other memories from the park were, the bench in the shelter at the lower entrance, I used to run around on top of the bench. The rhodedendron bushes, they were great for ...Read more

A memory of Stockport by lcwood

I have only just found this site for sharing your memories of days long gone by, I used to live at No 30 Coningsby Rd South Ealing W5, we lived in 3 rooms upstairs in this house until my dad was given a ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by wrgbuck69

My mother grew up in the Mainstone area in the 1930s and went to the village school there (by the Churchtown turn) for a number of years. Twenty years on, my brother and I would spend most of our summer ...Read more

A memory of Mainstone by Kevin Flynn

My name is Keith Webster and I was born and brought up in Clowne. I was born on King Street before moving to Rose Avenue, then to Hickinwood Crescent, where we lived next door to Bill and Jean Ashley and their family. I was great friends ...Read more

A memory of Clowne by edbear4856

Such a lovely Village back in them ol' days !! I was born in Careys Wood in 61. Lavish memories of playing in Moodys Farm field (stories of Elephants being buried there ??) Wonderful Mr. Sheppard in his shop dishing out 6p ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield

Getting in to Swanwick Hall Grammar School from Kilburn Junior School was an incredible surprise for me but I did OK all thanks to the amazing teachers there at the time and it set the scene for the rest of my life. It got me ...Read more

A memory of Swanwick by geoffkmc