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I'm 70 now and still have great memories of Kingsbury where i lived from 1950 until 1960 with my parents Dick & Joyce and brother & sister Steve and Lynda. We lived in a Prefab just 5 doors down from Kingsbury swimming ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury by Barry Draper

Oh my goodness, whata wonderful collection. I grew up in Grays lfrom 1945 to 1961. In most of these pictures, there are buildings my great grandfather built. The library for example and next to it a row of shops. All built by H. J. ...Read more

A memory of Grays by Jennifer White

I'm trying to find out where my Grandad worked. I think the shop was called Jolley (Jolly, Jollie) and there was more than one shop, even one near Oxford Street. I thought it was a butchers at first but ...Read more

A memory of Paddington by Janice Tatham

We were part of the 3rd Cadet Batallion of the East Surrey Regiment. Our base was the wooden huts erected behind Snows cycle shop in East Street after a German bomb obliterated the infants school that was there. The Officer in charge ...Read more

A memory of Epsom by b.waterman

Does anyone remember West Street, Erith in 1948? Did it comprise shops, houses/flats? I was just a baby when I was abandoned in West Street, Erith and can find out very little about my origins. I would love to know the layout of the street if anyone recalls.

A memory of Erith by marie550

These were the two weeks that my family would look forward to every year throughout the 60's, for this was the time when we would hire a caravan on the Blue Anchor site. I went back there last week ...Read more

A memory of Seasalter by alistair.burford

I have great memories of ansteys cove in the 50s,and of the hotel Ansteys Manor Hotel, my husband's uncle owned ,we had our honeymoon there,and went back for holiday's with our young daughter,we went down to the cove ,beach, she has just ...Read more

A memory of Torquay by Patricia Symons

I. worked there for a few months in the 1970s also visited most mornings in the about 1960 as I took my baby sister every morning to Rayners Lane Nursery before I went to Grange Scchool - it had lots of flowers and a second ...Read more

A memory of Rayners Lane by willgock

Many people assume the P H on the chimney was painted on This is not correct the letters were made of fully glazed white bricks these bricks had also been used in the toilet / showers and wash room I worked there as an electrician from ...Read more

A memory of Crook by b.richardson208

My cousin and spouse lived in Dartmouth when I was young, - they were a generation older than I, and ran a Fish and Chip Shop on Broasdway. The family visited them quite often - during the day my siblings and I would patrol the ...Read more

A memory of Dartmouth by Edward Williams