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Peter Ward & Brian Moore lived close by - we were in Kings Own a teenage group run by the curate at the church. All genteel stuff no wicked behaviour. For me, a cycle ride from Winchmore Hill.

A memory of Oakwood by Malcolm Geary

I remember as a child visiting my Aunt and Uncle, Nellie and Ernie Cutler, they used to run a pub back in the forties and fifties I believe. For many years I have searched to find any mention of them around the Rowley ...Read more

A memory of Whiteheath Gate

1965. I grew up in Merthyr Mawr road Cottage Homes for children. The walk to Merthyr Mawr village was always an adventure. We would tickle trout from the estate river and run like mad to avoid the water baillif. The old ...Read more

A memory of Merthyr Mawr by Stephen Lloyd Cook

This is my mum, Sheila Wright, outside the post office run by Tony and Phyllis Wright. 1938- 1972. She says the date is about right. Brother to John, who still lives in Blakeney.

A memory of Stiffkey by Liz Shepherd

I was a bakery student at Wrexham Tech. in the early 1960s and worked two holiday jobs in Rhyl. The first was at a bakery run by a Polish baker and he had a real Vienna oven, baked lovely crispy bread! The second was at Harry Brereton's ...Read more

A memory of Rhyl in 1962 by Ian Mabbitt

I was born in Park Royal Hospital in Dec 1948. I remember Woolworths in Wembley town had an exit on a corner of the high street and there were trolley buses all round. We used to shop for toys and games in George Arthur's which seemed huge to ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1956 by Janet Cockman Nee King

We, the Felton family, lived in Ashtead for many years until Dad retired from running the hardware shop Norman Stores in 1963. That shop had been in our family since probably about the 1890s (Dad was born there in 1907). We lived ...Read more

A memory of Ashtead in 1960 by Susan Felton

I moved to Boreham Wood when I was six weeks old in 1952 and lived there until 1977, spending my whole childhood there and my teens and early 20s. My parents moved from there in 1984 along with other ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood by Eric Oliver

My mother was born in 1920 and grew up in Raynham Road. She lived next door to the chip shop. I remember going in to the shop as a small child to ask for the crackling from the batter. My grandparents and family owned ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton in 1947 by Maureen Russell

I was at the Methodist school at Burgh Heath from 1950 to 1957, my maiden name was Hopper. I was born and lived in Burgh Heath until 1965 when I married and went abroad. When I returned in 1971 I moved locally to Epsom Downs. I ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath in 1950 by Evelyn Killick