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We lived in a block of flats, Weihurst Court, Carshalton Rd. This was at the top of Ringstead Road, where the trolley buses came up this steep hill. As a child it was fun to watch when the arms of the trolley came off the ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1943 by Peter Russell Shurmer

Dear Herbie, You tell me so many great stories. I'd like to tell you one. On our way to Thirsk that day in 1990, Molly, Cassie and I spotted a castle tweaking our curiosity. We bumped over a 2 track path winding around and up the ...Read more

A memory of Bottesford in 1990 by Phyl Matteson

To the left of the little girls in the photograph of Churt Post Office there is a large house that was called Threeways in the 50's and 60's, perhaps it was always called this, I do not know. After WWII my parents, Norman ...Read more

A memory of Churt by Steve Middlehurst

At the age of 7 I was told by my parents we all had to go to Wellesly Road to be fitted with a gas mask. I have a clear memory of this horrifying experience. It was one thing then another, upsetting my childhood world. First in 1939 I was ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1940 by Michael Baker

I remember walking past this church to visit my grandparents in Highcliffe Road. There was a short cut just before the church; I remember there were nice trees that overhung the pathway and it was lovely in summer. Further down the hill is the Wickford C of E Infants School.

A memory of Wickford in 1959 by Gina Gibbs

Many happy memories of my early years living at 101 Kienton Green Road, Olton. Infants school first, just down the road with Mrs Revelle, the scary headmistress. Then to St Margaret's Church School where for ...Read more

A memory of Olton in 1955 by Pam Lukins

Absolutely right Vicki, as soon as they built that high rise there was a wind tunnel effect. Before that there was a lane that cut the corner down to Simpsons Road and Westmoreland Road - it had some interesting little shops on it including an aquarium and a junk shop.

A memory of Bromley by Jon Holland

Hello John, I was one of your dad's paper boys. I can't remember what year as I also delivered for Billy Evans, Stuart and Linda's dad. Just down the road in our village, if you remember not only that, but I delivered for Chaplins on ...Read more

A memory of Walsall Wood by Keith Davis

Well, the story goes that there was a robbery from a jewellery shop in the town during the day, and in those days there were no mobile phones or walky talkies, only landline phones. My granddad ...Read more

A memory of Newport by Wayne Ruffle

I used to live on Windsor Street. My name was Rita Meuse, my mum and dad were Sid and Irene. I used to go to the Tin School and had a brother called Cyril, he was in the cubs. I used to swing on the lampost with my friends. We went ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1950 by Rita Daly