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My dad once made me what us Royston lads would call a Cadjie! It was a go-cart made from bits of waste wood and two sets of wheels from off an old pram or pushchair. One would control it by its front wheels which were attached to ...Read more

A memory of Royston in 1959 by Roland Mitchell

I was born in Bredbury in 1941 and went to Barrack Hill School, I remember Mrs Gyton, Mrs Heaton, Mrs Stannier. I also remember the dinner meals being delivered to the school in milk churns. Later a Kitchen and Dining Room was ...Read more

A memory of Bredbury in 1947 by George David Warren

Our family moved out of Tottenham to the green fields of Waltham Cross in 1951. In those days that was where the trolley buses turned around to go back into London and where the countryside began. There was greenhouses ...Read more

A memory of Waltham Cross in 1951 by Charles Youens

I remember being evacuated to Doveridge with my sister Brenda. We stayed with a family called Lloyd, the mother was Marie and the husband was Lou, they had three daughters called Jean, Joyce and Dawn. If anybody remembers my sister and me ...Read more

A memory of Doveridge in 1944 by Jack Bainbridge

There was strong competition among us young lads in the 1950s to be allowed to help Horace, our local United Dairies milkman, with his milk round in Hillview Road, Grimsdyke Road and Sylvia ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1956 by John Howard Norfolk

Terry Watson worked down the old pit as a coal hewer until his untimely death in January 1964 at the age of 53. I used to have a drink with him and his long time friend Jimmy Walker who was our Lodge Chairman at the time. We spent ...Read more

A memory of Kibblesworth in 1960 by Les May

I used to go to Sacred Heart in Gorton. We lived at No 2 Barton Avenue, our back yard backed directly onto the beer garden of the Vale Cottage. I can still remember the smell of the empty pale-ale bottles. My sister Kathleen also went to ...Read more

A memory of Gorton by Anthony Davies

Hello. I thought I should add to your memories, At the time the new school was built. I held the position of Infant 1 and 2 teacher,Mrs Beatrice Pickering taught Reception. Mrs Patricia Henderson taught year 3 and 4. A ...Read more

A memory of Edmondsley by shiell126

This scene shows the road I lived in for 25 yrs from birth in 1947 at The Old George ,the lady in photo stands outside my Uncles builders yard “ A R Fear” Good times

A memory of Beckington by derekjwhite

I moved to Groombridge with my family in 1960, My dad worked as a railwayman. We lived in the Station House. I don,t really remember the early years because I was only 18 months old when we moved into the village. I ...Read more

A memory of Groombridge by nickeckersley