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Oh! yes I remember the ice cream cart on Tooting Bec Common. It was always situated in the vicinity of the four way drinking fountain. Just across the main road was the Tooting Bec running track. The ice cream ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1960 by Mike Pierce

I was born and spent my early childhood at Rapleys, Grazeley Green. My father's farm, James Farm, was at the far end of the Green in James Lane. We had a herd around 120 friesians for milking as well as arable ...Read more

A memory of Grazeley Green in 1955 by Charles Skipwith

The impressive entrance on Lavender Hill actually led into the Council Offices, where I started work when I left school in 1966. At that time they had changed very little since their Victorian origins; there was a grand staircase ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1966

Turvey Abbey was owned in those days by Rupert Allen who owned an engineering factory in Bedford. My father was employed on the estate as gardener/general factotum (and was paid a pittance for the privilege). The Abbey ...Read more

A memory of Turvey in 1945 by Robert Gore

I was born in High Lane Brown Edge and lived there until 1963. I have lots of memories, everyone knew each other, they didn't need to lock the doors in fear of unwanted intruders, in fact during the war years neighbours became family. ...Read more

A memory of Brown Edge in 1940 by Margaret Wright

I was 5 years old when the Second World War started.  My father Alec Lawlor and mother Thirza Booty Lawlor along with my little brother Brian and myself were living in Bristol, West England at the time. ...Read more

A memory of Stondon Massey in 1940 by David Lawlor

I remember meeting my friends in DeMarcos ice cream parlour opposite the Regal Cinema, sitting for hours over one cup of coffee doing the crossword in the Evening News. I remember coming out of DeMarcos, crossing the road and ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1965 by Judie Tierney

My family moved to Bishton in 1945 when my father began working at Bishton Signal Box. Because of the returning soldiers, few houses were available in the Newport area so we settled at Bank Cottage, Bishton. The cottage had ...Read more

A memory of Bishton in 1945 by Bob Stinchcombe

The photograph of Bridge Road clearly shows The Cove Supply Stores building on the right. My parents ran that shop from about 1936 to 1945. The Bridge Road end of the shop in the photo was the Off-Licence. Opposite the shop on ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1930 by Ronald Catmur

My sisters and I lived in the children's home at 40 Woodland Terrace, Maesycoed from 1972 till 1975. I remember the staff being very caring but occasionally strict. Us younger ones were banished to the massive ...Read more

A memory of Maesycoed in 1973 by Shelley Phillips