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I have so many clear memories of Gatley Primary. My mother used to take me by car in the morning, but in the afternoon I walked down Cedar Road to wait at the bus stop. There was a wonderful sweet shop there. The ...Read more

A memory of Gatley by gwynandphil

This photograph of 1929 is of special interest to me because of the long, white building in the top left-hand corner of the image. This was the temporary chapel at the College and served in that capacity from ...Read more

A memory of Durham by keith.i.bulley

This is located at Newlands Corner. I remember the old cafe over the road.

A memory of Guildford by Diane Heaven

My grandmother was the head-teacher in St Catherine's School just around the corner. She lived in St Catherine's Cottage beside the school. My dad and his brothers and sisters all went to that school. My earliest ...Read more

A memory of Littlehampton in 1930

Opposite the beehive, the white-fronted shop was Saronis Photographers and I can remember a chap that used to stand in the doorway dressed somedays as an army officer, other times as a cowboy. He went to court once for impersonating an ...Read more

A memory of Ipswich by Peter Parker

Hello everyone. My name is James Wilkinson. I came from Zurich to live in London in the mid 80's. I rented a room from my flatmate, Elaine Livesy, who worked with BTT in St.Paul. I cannot even find ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by James Wilkinson

My dad bought a brand new house on Craigwell Avenue in 1956. Builder was William Old. I was 4. The house was blue and yellow, 4 houses up on the left from Newberries Avenue. The construction went on for at least two years after moving in. ...Read more

A memory of Radlett in 1956 by Robin Thompson

We used to visit Sunderland when I was a child. Laurel Cottage had an orchard full of daffodils in spring, and whenever I hear Wordsworth's poem I'm taken straight back to the sight of all those daffodils on ...Read more

A memory of Sunderland in 1952 by Sheila Mc Cann

I was brought up in the flats on the main road of Aldrington Road next to Wates furniture shop. I went to Eardley Road then in 1960 went to Dunraven. I remember very well the sweet shop on the corner; the smell was heavenly. I had a ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1960 by Valerie Mcintyre

Not quite a historical memory. But only last year I began some serious searching into my father's mother's family. She died when he was a wee child, and he lost touch with her family. He is now 94 years old, and this year I ...Read more

A memory of Hythe in 2013 by Lavinia Moore