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We moved to Delaport Farm , on the edge of the golf course, in or around 1958 til 1965 to move to a larger farm in Somerset. At that time my mother would fill her car up with 4 gallons of petrol for £1.00. Simons was the ...Read more

A memory of Wheathampstead in 1958 by Fiona Blyth

We used to live at The Green, Bexleyheath off Heversham Road and my earliest memories were riding my tricycle around the detached bungalow. My mother took me shopping at Long Lane on this tricycle which had a boot and a rod ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by Bob Hewitt

Hello, I was born in 1942 at 88 Sunbury Road, Feltham. There were four children born at the house, 1938 Gwyneth, 1942 Carol, 1945 Hilary, 1949 Kelvin. My mother, Gwyneth, and dad, Stan, moved into the house the day they were ...Read more

A memory of Feltham by Carol Anne Wilkins

We lived at 54 Millbank Road, off Caledonia Road, near the Wishaw train station. As kids we trainspotted, played soccer, cricket, rounders, etc. I had lots of cousins to play with. We would go to the pictures in the town ...Read more

A memory of Wishaw in 1952 by William Bunce

I remember when I was about 13 years old. Where the roundabout is now there used to be a very high wall which surrounded a large house which was the local surgery and I believe the doctor's name was Dr. Oakell. On the corner of ...Read more

A memory of Over in 1963 by John Wilkinson

This picture brings back happy memories, I was born in Oadby when it was a village like this picture shows, it was a wonderful time. The picture shows the large building on the corner which was "Allens" Chemist, further down the ...Read more

A memory of Oadby by John Warner

This, I believe, is me as an 8-year-old shopping. This road is now so busy you can hardly get across it. The pub in the background has gone and so has the shop I am walking towards. At the time of this photo there were 5 shops, a ...Read more

A memory of Sissinghurst by Chris Berry

I was evacuated to Borth in 1944 from London. I woke up in the morning in an air raid shelter in Shepherds Bush and went to bed in Benfleet, Borth having been taken in along with my brother by Mrs Bennet who owned the Grand Hotel. I lived in ...Read more

A memory of Borth in 1944 by Terry Pettifer

My name is Barbara Annison, nee Wyer. I was born in Binham in 1948, we lived in a house on the green facing the market cross. My dad worked on the farm nearby and as children we used to play in the stables and barns. There was a lovely big ...Read more

A memory of Binham in 1948 by Barbara Annison

My mother's family lived in the Milburn Road area of Ashington from the 1920s. My mother met my father, a Londoner serving in the Army stationed at Acklington or thereabouts at the end of WW2. They married in Morpeth and ...Read more

A memory of Ashington