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A description of growing up on the Manor Estate in the 1930's and the Blitz is included in the new best selling book The Tragic Romance of Africa

A memory of Sheffield in 1930 by Jonathan Nicholas

I have fond memories of Hounslow, I was born and lived on the Bath Road, near the Windsor castle pub, many a time I used to stand outside the pub waiting for my parents, with a bottle of coke and a packet of crisps. I went to Wellington ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1965 by Ms Pauline Smith

My family moved from Woking to Tongham in 1942 into Springpond Cottage in Grange Road - a farm worker’s cottage belonging to Ben Ceasar. Dad was a lorry driver delivering the farm’s vegetables. There was only cold running water ...Read more

A memory of Tongham in 1965 by John Reynolds

I lived at the bottom of Egham Hill in in 1960. I went to Egham Manor School. I was only there for 3 years, then we moved to Dover.

A memory of Egham

I lived and worked for the west family at upper ifold from 1967 to 1969. I was voted bonfire queen in 1968 I remember being friends with Barry Coote and Nigel Petty?whose parents owned the village shop I remember lilla who ...Read more

A memory of Dunsfold by peacheyhowell

Our family moved to the Berg Estate, 4 Silverdale Drive, in 1954. I was born in 1946 and born in Bournemouth and came to Sunbury via Langley. My father worked for BOAC at that time. My first school was Nursery Road ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury by bellmaple

I went to the grammar school in 1960 I think. It was the last year that it occupied the old building in Coalville, a beautiful building unfortunately already too small to accomodate all pupils. The first year were sent to an old ...Read more

A memory of Ledbury by cajenner60

Hello all, I lived at 38 York road just of the Great west road, I loved growing up in Brentford and would love to move back, but I am having problems in finding old friends. I am trying to find someone who I miss a lot so if ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by young-r4

This beautiful Grade 1-Listed building was the closest Library to where I lived near Southchurch Park, and I spent many hours inside during the ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea by julian

We moved to Swindon in 1957 from London (Wimbledon, actually) when my dad, a skilled engineer, got a job at Vickers Armstrongs at South Marston, with a brand new council house thrown in. In those post-war austerity days there was no ...Read more

A memory of Swindon by besafisher