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The land opposite the shops in the picture was used by a visiting fair in the summer,because it was so boggy the used railway sleepers to put under their rides, in the winter the land used to flood and my brother and I used ...Read more

A memory of Chessington

I began my working life as a junior clerk at the Wood Green Branch of the National Provincial Bank in September 1949. my starting pay was £2.13.6d a week. In those days we used dip in pens and bank statements were typed on a typewriter, ...Read more

A memory of Wood Green

I remember in 1948 at age 5 years old staying at Monkham Farm with my aunt Ann Maddock and walking behind two cart horses and a single furrow plough with my cousin Deryck Maddock and the furrows being up to my knees. There was no ...Read more

A memory of Luxborough by Gerald Bull

I used to live in the Barking/Dagenham area from 1945-1973.I was born at Barking hospital,sometimes known as Upney in 1945.I lived on the corner of Rugby Road and Bromhall Road,my mum and dad moved there from Bromley by Bow ...Read more

A memory of Barking by ronnieibi

My mum Vera Thurgood, eldest of 6 children was born 1914 at 96 Surrey Lane. Grandad James, married to Katherine was a coal merchant with 12 work horses in the back yard. He used to give me rides on them in the yard. The laundry, ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by Penelope Dudley

I was born on Vicarage lane in 1947, moved to a flat on Charlemonte Road then onto St Albans Ave. I remember Bonny Downs and all the friends we had as times were very tough so we went "pinching" fruit off ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by fscfiresafety

In 1960's Newcastle we didn't see a lot of woodland or wildlife on a daily basis. My dad was from a Romany family and during the war had spent a lot of his childhood, when school was closed, travelling with his uncle who was a ...Read more

A memory of Plankey Mill

I was born in Southwell in 1955. In Easthorpe. I still go for walks around town i will be 62 this year. I would love to move back but the cost of houses are to much My first taste of beer was in the Portland. No longer there. I use to go to ...Read more

A memory of Southwell by jwkkkkkkkkkk

At the juction of Leeland Road and Leeland Terrace was the Jackaranda Coffee Bar. Around the late fifties this was the place to be. Unfortunately I was too young to go in. I used to ride from Hanwell on my bike and look at it in ...Read more

A memory of West Ealing by Nick Beard

My name is Frances I was born in 1948 at Rose cottage which was opposite the Angel pub. I was about 3 or 4 yrs old I was taken over to the pub and sat outside the back door with a bottle of pop. At the back was a farm - not sure if it was ...Read more

A memory of Ferndown