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I don't know the name of the bus driver but I clearly remember the bus service mentioned which had its origins in the 1950s. I don't think it had a number in the early days, it was known simply as "The Blue Bus" and has its own distinctive ...Read more

A memory of Bedfont by Pete Baker

I used to live in the little cottages at the bottom of Chequers Lane. 7 of us in a 2 up 2 down, outside loo - no bathroom. There was a ditch running all along the back of the cottages and all us children had hours of fun playing there ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1953

My first job after leaving school in 1968 was at the original Frith & Co. in Raglan Road, Reigate. The company was based in a large Victorian mansion and in many ways the working methods probably hadn't changed much since ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1968 by Stephn Gale

My granddad used to have the car park opposite the market, he used to run it with the help of my uncles, I seem to remember he used to charge something like a tanner (old sixpence) to park there. My mum used to take several shopping bags, ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury in 1965 by Linda Pickles

I am Pam Craddock nee Waller. I grew up in the 1950s and 1960s in Low Valley. My father Ernest worked at Darfield Main Colliery until the 1980s when he took early retirement and he and my mother Edna came to live here in ...Read more

A memory of Low Valley in 1962 by Pamela Craddock

I was a boarder at Uplands School, Sandecotes Rd.,Parkstone and we often went for long distance runs around and near the harbour. We got a real surprise one cold morning, I think 1956 or early 57, when we found the harbour iced up and we were ...Read more

A memory of Poole in 1956 by Angela Green

One of three sons, Peter Came a local historian and former pupil of Danbury Infants and Juniors School who later became a teacher at Maldon School wrote extensively about the village in preparation for a book which ...Read more

A memory of Danbury in 1950

wake house (hereward the wake)1966 till 1969 I too was an inmate at that time ,the bullying from the bigger older boys made the place hell for the first year .then one evening i flipped out on ...Read more

A memory of Tiffield in 1966 by Kenneth Sumner

Albert Victor Whitaker known locally as Pop was the propieter of the Empire it belonged to Headly Roberts upon who's death was left to his wife and upon her death she left it to the Catholic nuns based in Blackwood. Pop, his wife ...Read more

A memory of Crumlin by c-j-s-b1

Does anyone remember a small cafe from the late 70's, run (I think) by older ladies, that used to be in a turning off the main Borehamwood High Street, quite near the front 'studio' end of the road? I believe it was ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood by mfarrier