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In the late 50's I moved to Rochford Road, just a few hundred yards from the airport. My dad, had learned to fly in Canada during the war and was now back working as a booking clerk for British Rail at Prittlewell. As a ...Read more

A memory of Southend Airport in 1958 by Colin Prentice

Have returned to Cornwall to try tracing some of the ancestors through graveyards and the Mormon Centre. Also found a brilliant library in Redruth on the day we were going home and found written info on John Carter ...Read more

A memory of Prussia Cove by Clare Brown

I was born at no 36 Church Street...it's not there now but 'Nip' Denton's family lived one side and the Parker's the other. My brother, Peter, was born at the bottom of Bakehouse Lane and my Grandmother lived in a bungalow next door to ...Read more

A memory of Gawber by jhirst2909

I grew up & lived in Rainham from 1955 until 1967 when my family migrated to Australia. Oh what wonderful childhood memories these photos evoke. What a lovely time. I wonder if anyone remembers the Baker family from Mygrove Close

A memory of Rainham by jhb1955

Does anybody have photos of Baker Lane or Canal Road in Stanley, or any information about the Littlewood family that lived there? If so, anything about the Littlewood family would be helpful. Contact details: satellite50@live.co.uk .......thank you. Peter Littlewood.

A memory of Stanley in 1900 by Peter Littlewood

I can remember my mum delivering bread in a van shaped as a loaf of bread for Bakers Boy Bread and Sunshine Bread in what I think was an Austin JU. I was wondering if there was any photos left of it as I now live in the Isle of Man. If anybody has any please contact me: crazyone124@hotmail.com

A memory of Doncaster in 1965 by Karl Matthews

From the early 1900s to the mid 1960s my family, the Coopers, owned Thompsons Bakers, Confectioners and Restaurant at 34-36 Tavern Street.  If you turned left into St Lawrence churchyard - just where the person on the left of the photo ...Read more

A memory of Ipswich in 1960 by Suzanne Dawes

I have this photograph on the wall as it reminds me of my dad, Arthur Edward Elson. He was born in Mill Lane in 1914 and worked as a 'butcher's boy' for Baldwin's which is just visible on the right of the photo. He delivered meat ...Read more

A memory of Ewell in 1920 by Patricia Howard

I've been wondering why I could not find my grandfather (William Balshaw) on the 1901 census when he was 15 years old, I've now discovered he joined the Navy - he was on the Caledonia at the time of the Census. I have ...Read more

A memory of Patricroft in 1890 by June Bartlett

Does anyone remember Bamatres Cycle Shop? It was on the right, literally just before you went over the bridge to Harrow and Wealdstone station? My brother worked there in the early fifties prior to being conscripted into ...Read more

A memory of Wealdstone by Richard Osler