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This looks like School Hill. If you go up the hill, you reach the Golden Wheel on the right and the war memorial on the left at the junction with the A23, London to Brighton road. If you go down the hill, you go under the first railway ...Read more

A memory of Merstham

I remember going down to my Uncle Adam's who stayed at the house near the saw mill bridge, and walking along the river path to what they called the secret works. it was a place where they made stuff for the war effort and was in a ...Read more

A memory of Kilkerran in 1951 by Andrew Plain

I was a paper boy for Ives when the Father was in charge and then at the end his son Brian? took over. I did not have many papers to deliver but the round started by the Junction Pub and cottages by the Canal along the towpath up to ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1955 by Ken Chapell

When I was in my teens I had a Saturday and school holiday job on Newboulds bread van, and although I went to other areas of Yorkshire, I was more often than not on the Dewsbury journey. Our major customer was Knights, ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury

On June 8th 1940, just 6 weeks before my 8th birthday, I was evacuated to Fillingham where I was billeted with Mr & Mrs Cross and their daughter Violet. I had to attend church three times a week and chapel twice. At harvest ...Read more

A memory of Fillingham in 1940 by Alex Litchfield

I remember the old Kingston of the seventies. I remember very fondly the entrance to the old Bentalls store in Fife Road - as you walked in you saw the two beautiful staircases, and to the right you saw the lifts operated by an employee. ...Read more

A memory of Hampton Wick by Barry Caldwell

After reading all the nice memories of the area, I just want to add that my father was stationed at Bentwaters, and we lived in Ufford as well as Woodbridge. My mother was from Ufford, and I was born in Melton - best time of ...Read more

A memory of Woodbridge by Paul Bollman

I have very happy memories growing up in Battersea. My very special memories are of me and my friends Jackie Heath and Geoffrey Marshall going to Battersea Park and going into what was called the Jungle back then. We would ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1973 by April Gagg

I came from Ludlow in 1944 to live with a great aunt & uncle (when I was 13 months of age) in Priestmans Avenue. I started school at The Grove and have many good time memories with friends of that time. As you recall, ...Read more

A memory of Consett in 1947 by Patricia Cade

I used to live at 22 Clifton Road. Tin baths, outside loos, newspaper on a nail in toilet, all of that. I went to Clifton Road School so I only had to skip a few yards to get there. I remember a teacher called Mrs De Orfe and the ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1952 by Sheila Haynes (Was Hayes)