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Basildon has an interesting history, for it was ‘reinvented’ not once, but twice. At the start of the 19th century Basildon was a small rural parish, bounded on the west by Laindon, Dunton, Langdon Hills and Lee ...Read more

A memory of Basildon in 1958 by Julia Skinner

This is a very evocative photo, bringing back many memories. I would point out that the image is of Leeds Town Hall not City Hall, Leeds has a Town Hall and a Civic Hall but not a City Hall.

A memory of Leeds in 1963 by Trevor Dixon

I was born at 8 Islwyn Terrace and have fond memories of Pontllanfraith. Playing up the Tumpee with my brother Lynn Lewis and the freedom we had as children roaming the hills before the council estate was built. ...Read more

A memory of Pontllanfraith in 1930 by Mary Miller Thomas

I was born in Fulham at the Parsons Green Maternity Hospital in 1948. Our family lived in Shorrolds Road, which we shared with my mother's uncle and his wife. My friends and I used to go to BHS in North End Road to have a hot ...Read more

A memory of Fulham in 1964 by David Byatt

I moved to Dorchester in 1949 with my parents and lived at 2 Castle Row, North Square. I have nothing but fond memories of growing up in Dorchester and even though I haven't been back since the early 60's and have lived ...Read more

A memory of Dorchester by David Bawden

I was born in Hounslow, Clare Road. We moved when I was two. I was born actually next door to the now well known Francis Forsythe!!!! My Aunts all lived in Matindale Road. I know the area from 1947. I have so many memories. Loved ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1960 by Kay Oliver

The formative years of my early childhood were spent at No. 39 Bondgate, Pontefract, which was one of a block of four small two-up, two-down houses situated immediately adjacent to the front ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract in 1930 by Graham Atkinson

The white building with the large doorway is the Midland Bank, now HSBC. Behind the trees is the Town Hall and to the left of the trees is Lloyds Bank.

A memory of Haslemere

Back in the 1950's my father was the signal man crossing keeper at the Andover Town signal box. Trains running from Andover Junction would travel down line to Southampton, crossing the main road by the Odeon Cinema. We lived in a ...Read more

A memory of Andover by Jack Robert Massey

When I was born, in 1948, my parents lived in Mount Park Road. My father, who was chairman of the Ealing Rotary Club (at least twice that I remember), was a solicitor and his firm 'Machin-Smith & Brown' had two offices. One was on ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by Helen Machin Smith