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Spent my childhood in Valleyfield Road. Streatham. attended St. Helen's school for Girls. Streatham Common North side. (mind you there were a few lads there as well!) Spent hours playing on the Common, walking through the ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1943 by Adele Pentony Graham

I moved into the first house on the right in the photo with the bay window in February of 1960 with my parents and 3 brothers. We were only the second tenants of that house. I stayed there with my parents until I ...Read more

A memory of St Dennis in 1960 by Malcolm Burnett

I was born at 55 Pattinson Town about 20 yards from the chemical works which manufactured products from asbestos.  Most of my mother's side of the family worked at the factory and have since died of asbestos related ...Read more

A memory of Washington in 1946 by Gordon Brown

We moved to Brighton in 1959 and my parents Pat and Jim Webb bought a house here after spending their honeymoon here (lived in Dulwich).   I remember when there were very few cars parked in the road and we could always play safely out ...Read more

A memory of Brighton by Anne Webb

My father Leon Lalonde was Mechanical Engineer for W&C French from 1928 to 1947. He was responsible for the repair and maintenance of all Mechanical Equipment and Heavy Machinery. The large yard was located ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1940 by Denman Lalonde

We were clearing the last furniture from my mother's bungalow a few weeks ago. A heartbreaking task, having lost her in April. Behind the last set of drawers, on the floor, I found an old sepia photograph. It showed a group of ...Read more

A memory of Pymore by Veronica White

My mother and father moved into number 1 Church Lane, just seen on the right of the picture, in the 1950s. Four children were born in that house and were christened in the church. It remained our family home until ...Read more

A memory of Whitchurch by Angela Ashdown

I lived in Morley from 1953 till 1960 with my father and brother. We lived initially at Fairfield House which was directly across from Dartmouth Park. I have fond memories of the gardens there and the many times I spent asking the ...Read more

A memory of Morley by Robert Smith

I went to the little village school opposite the pub in the village. We only had one classroom for children from 5 to 11 and a yard, so we had our sports in a field on the Shearsby road.

A memory of Saddington in 1952 by Maureen Evans

I was good mates with a lad who drove a big white van. He was a salesman and had a fairly good standard of living. I met him while drinking in my local pub, the Springwell Inn, in Wrekenton. One Saturday we went to ...Read more

A memory of Hanging Stone in 1956