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Suburban Elstree

I lived in Lodge Avenue from 1957 to 1976. It runs off Allum Lane, which was a major road that connected Watling Street to the Railway Station, which opened in 1868. Lord Aldenham, Governor of the Bank of England, lived in Aldenham ...Read more

A memory of Elstree by Hamish Adam

The War Years And A Life Of Bliss

During the Second World War my parents, my sister and I moved from Birmingham to stay with my paternal grandparents at New Mill Bridge wher my grandmother Harriet Cook owned and ran the local store "Cooks ...Read more

A memory of Shelsley Walsh in 1941 by Antony Cook

Glenhafod Colliery Goytre Near Port Talbot

When was the colliery opened? My elder brothers worked there and my dad (1930-40s). We lived in 22 East Street, and I attended Central School. My name is Glyn Parsons. When was the crescent built?. I know ...Read more

A memory of Goytre Ho in 1930 by Glyn Parsons

Ven House

The entrance to Ven House had two phoenix on the gates, I believe we adopted the phoenix to our college badge. We were evacuated from Eastbourne during the Second World War, as a molotove cocktail bomb burnt down the building. We were ...Read more

A memory of Milborne Port in 1944 by Patrick Lee

New Hartley

I was born in Long Row. During infancy I moved with my family, father, mother and sister Margaret to Gloria Avenue where I lived until nearly 18. My early pals were Don Peggs and Betty Lonsdale. Across the road were Gwenda Fellows ...Read more

A memory of New Hartley by John Pearson

The Open Air Swimming Baths In Charles Crescent

I was never a keen swimmer and my school's compulsory trips to the open air pool in Charles Crescent did nothing to encourage me! Every week in Summer Terms an ancient double decker bus ...Read more

A memory of Harrow on the Hill in 1956 by John Howard Norfolk

Longheath Gardens

I attended Ashburton Primary for a short time before transferring to Monks Orchard, The Glade. My parents moved from Colleridge Road, which was on the housing estate behind the fire station, to Longheath Gardens in about 1959/60. I ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1959 by Julia Tomkin

Memories Of Childhood

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

Memories Of Old Church Pontefract 1929 1939 K. Atkinson

The formative years of my early childhood were spent at No. 39 Bondgate, Pontefract, which was one of a block of four small two-up, two-down houses situated immediately adjacent to the front ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract in 1930 by Graham Atkinson

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