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Bert Price's Shop was at the top of our street - Church Street. Bert Prices' shop sold anything and everything. From household buckets and dusters to DIY tools, firewood, fire lighters and paraffin for the heater in our bathroom. ...Read more

A memory of Davenham in 1970 by Lynn Quigley

I lived in Seymour Road, Beddington Corner from 1940 until my parents moved to Carshalton in 1957. As a child I first attended Hackbridge infants school followed by the junior school and finally on to the dizzy heights ...Read more

A memory of Hackbridge by Norman Gardner

I lived in the hostel in the 1960s and liked the area very much. I was a member of the working man's club, the cinema always had up to date films. The town boasted good pubs, there was plenty of work in nearby Letchworth. I had spells ...Read more

A memory of Baldock by First Name Last Name

My dad was a geordie and every year when I was a kid we would always visit his hometown, Jarrow, N Newcastle. I loved the northeast with all the different beaches and everything about it, as I got older I loved the northeast more, ...Read more

A memory of Whitley Bay in 1975

Crumlin was a day attendance college with a somewhat rough and more mature worldly-experienced set of students. All resources were concentrated on classrooms and essential equipment. The harsh ...Read more

A memory of Crumlin by Miranda Andrews

This photo brought the memories flooding back. My parents moved to Verwood in '57. My dad worked for the De Havilland Aircraft company in Christchurch. I'm searching my memory but I think the building on the left had a ...Read more

A memory of Verwood in 1957 by Alan Langridge

In the process of searching for family details I have discovered that Google Earth has a lot of modern photographs of Wincobank as well as a clear picture of the site of the ancient castle fort between Wincobank and Shiregreen. I ...Read more

A memory of Wincobank by Eric Billingham

I could not think of a better place to spend my early years than overlooking the old reservoir. My grandmother's timber cottage was one of eight built long ago, probably to house estate workers. Each cottage appeared ...Read more

A memory of Elstree by John Gates

At one time I was a choir boy at All Saints Church. I cannot remember who was in the choir with me at the time but I do remember the vicar was the Reverend Bache. When I visited the church in 1997 while ...Read more

A memory of Shelsley Beauchamp in 1940 by Antony Cook

My  pal Stanley Ponting lived in Newton Street, Abercanaid. I visited there in 1960 and 1980, and more recently his daughter, after conferring with me, has fulfiulled her long held desire to see where her dad lived during his evacuation ...Read more

A memory of Abercanaid in 1941 by Herbert Piddock