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I was born Reading in 1945 and went home to The Red House in Sonning which adjoined the White Hart. My earliest recollection is when I was at the hotel at the age of 5, while visiting my grandmother who was the owner of the ...Read more

A memory of Sonning in 1945 by Brian Robinson

I spent most of my younger life in Bexleyheath, we lived in Oaklands Road. I went to Upton Road Primary School, I remember that the Head Teacher was Miss Hughes. From there I went on to Bexleyheath Secondary Modern ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1951 by Arthur Paice

My parents took over The Chocolate Box, a little general store which sold mostly sweets in 1946. I lived there in the old thatched cottage and the attached house, which was called the new house, as it ...Read more

A memory of Waterbeach in 1946 by Carole Oddy Forhan

After moving many times between Enniskillen and Liverpool, I moved to Kirkby with my mum, dad and two brothers in 1952. There were only a couple of roads finished and after living in a cramped one room, which housed the bed, the ...Read more

A memory of Kirkby by Christina Jones (Nee Mcveigh)

I lived in Ashford Road for the first 20 years of my life and my mother still lives in the same house; she has lived there since 1933. I was born in 1950 in the new cottage hospital at the top of the road. I went to school at ...Read more

A memory of Fordingbridge in 1963 by Cathryn Candy

There has been a public library in Cannock for many decades. As a child I remember the library being housed in a set of green painted, wooden buildings which stood on High Green next to the Council Offices. These grandiose huts had ...Read more

A memory of Cannock by brucehaycock

In 1962-3 I rented a bed-sit in Hughenden Road Clifton for my final year at Bristol Uni. Shared with another chap, also a student. The winter was the year when snow seemed to fall over many nights, the pavements were very slippery with ...Read more

A memory of Clifton by R Stonhold

I’m not giving my name, but I have always taken as I found, and Malim AKA Mallett was actually really nice to me and stopped me from getting bullied by another kid, and never attempted anything weird with me or any of my friends. Now ...Read more

A memory of Brambletye House

I am very interested in getting further details or photos of the large red mansion that stood on Main Road in Sidcup. It was about 100 yards further down from St Lawrences, going away from the high street. I remember walking to ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup by samourx1

We moved to Mount 1962, I started school at Darran Las Infant School. Then moved on to the Comprehensive. How big it looked and the kids where so grown up. The grounds where just beautiful and the old house was incredible. The ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash by uksteveandsue