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The shown photo is how I remembered it circa 1955 when I was 10 years old. Very popular venue for Sunday brassbands and the occasional visiting magician/children's entertainers. When the bandstand was not in use during weekdays, ...Read more

A memory of Kettering by raw50

Hi there. I'll always have fond memories of Valentines Park, those beautiful swans and Canadian cygnets at the Cranbrook Road end, Gants Hill Odeon, library, the bird cage in Valentines Park, the boat lakes, the brass ...Read more

A memory of Ilford by bevjoemorris

Great to see the place But you got the date wrong we brought amusements and shop in 1957 I made signs at whitsun and the whole was rebuilt in 1958 .that is my car parked by phonebox. .

A memory of St Osyth

In 2011 Croydon Council stopped maintain the bowling green. Since then volunteer local residents , The Friends of Marlpit Lane Bowling Green (see our website), have restored, maintained and managed the ...Read more

A memory of Coulsdon by Peter Morris

My first posting concentrated on my birth and school life in Barking, next a little about different memories of my early life. I lived in the prefabs in Ilford Lane on the corner with Victoria road, a few more yards up ...Read more

A memory of Barking by geoff.purdy

I was born with my twin brother at 91 Greenland Cres. In November 1945. Following my fathers discharge from the RAF we moved to 197 Allenby Road. It was quite a nice location then and backed onto Jubilee Park. During my younger ...Read more

A memory of Southall by malcolmcg

My earliest memories are of meeting my dad when he came home from working at Morris Motors on his bike he was among some 11000 workers who turned out at finishing time, the bikes filled the road to the ...Read more

A memory of Cowley by John Yeates

My father owned the corner shop (newsagents) adjacent to Park View Road, opposite Holy Trinity church from 1961 until it was pulled down in 1968. My parents, sister, brother and I lived in the accommodation above ...Read more

A memory of Southall by soberty1956

I lived with my parents in Hill Court, Wimbledon Hill Road in 1953. In 1955 I went to infant school across the common and past the Windmill. I can't remember the name of the school but I'm pretty sure it was in Camp Road. We then moved to ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon by huggins_sandra

I lived in Bredbury from 1960 till 1979 went to Arden Park then BCCS Formerly Highfield. I lived at the children's home @ 60 Meadow walk. Used to go to the Rising Son; Queens arms and the pub accross from the rocks near the post office can't remember the name. I live in the States now since 1994.

A memory of Bredbury by lomasgstgvmn