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Many times I rode my scooter (didn't have a bike!) down Moordale Avenue, thru the park, up the hill to the shops. Sometimes having to buy for my mum such things as; milk, eggs and sanitary napkins! Good memories, thanks!

A memory of Bracknell by Keith Gillman

My family moved into Darenth Road in 1960 - we were the first in our street and watched the rest of the houses being built around us. There was nothing but mud, wheelbarrows and workmen. My dad's ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Carol Bouziane

I remember going to Battersea park on Sundays and going in the paddling pool by the jungle. We used to make a day of it having a picnic there. Mum used to get us to save a place by the tennis court so we could hang our costumes up to ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1962 by Susan Butler

I was born in 1958 in the Perivale Maternity hospital off the Western Avenue. I lived for my first few years in Goring Way and then Queens Avenue until leaving the area in 1973. Memories etched on my mind: ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Ian Buck

A few days after starting school, I paid my first remembered visit to Fordingbridge Fair. A funfair visited Fordingbridge every year during the first week in September. It was situated in Church Square and in the land ...Read more

A memory of Fordingbridge in 1955 by Cathryn Candy

I remember my happy days in Wallasey, being born in 1942 in Neston as Wallasey was struggling with bombing, then moving to Clifford Road, and having great times with friends. Stuart Youds, Brian Avery, Alexander Park and Keith Norbury ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey in 1952 by John Fletcher

About the time that this photograph was taken the house was boarded up as being dangerous so some friends and I broke in. The inside was in a really bad state of repair but the piece of architecture that stunned us was the staircase. ...Read more

A memory of Carshalton by Tony Arkell

One of your contributors mentioned about the Edmonton Lido, near Jubilee Park. I certainly do remember it, and I too spent most of my summer there, even if it was raining. There was a shop/cafe close to the sunbathing area but I seldom ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton in 1960 by Colin Hornsey

I was brought up in Tullibody, my name was Mc Bride. Good memories of the place; kick the can, playing beds, skipping ropes. I remember Louies chippy, Stephensons post office. I moved to England in 1969 for work, been here ...Read more

A memory of Tullibody by Theresa Gralton

I was born in the third house along in this picture, it was my grandparent's house and I was born in the living room 24/3/58. Many happy memories playing in the park at the end of the road.

A memory of Wickford in 1958 by Julie Radway