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February was a very sad time for all my family. There was a light at the end of a very sad day. My youngest son took me to Wednesbury, Old Park Rd, Dudley, and my home 5 Wells Rd. The day was brilliant, parked right outside my ...Read more

A memory of Bilston by Eddie Potts

My parents, who came to England from India in 1955, when I was 3 months old, moved to Southall in 1959, from Whitton, when I was 4. I remember Southall Broadway at that time-there was actually a saddlery business there! C. Quinion, ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Sandya Narayanswami

I went to Hayling Island Suntrap Residential School run by the borough of Harringay . I believe it was around 1975. I stayed there for about 12 to 18 months. I had chronic asthma and people thought it would be best to go ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island by Desmond Forde

I have so enjoyed reading all the memories of Woodley and Bredbury. I lived on George Lane from 1939 to 1964, and went to St Mark's School in Bredbury. My Dad, Jack Hallsworth, worked at Livingstone's ...Read more

A memory of Woodley by Elizabeth Thompson

I remember a sunny day in 1940 a 10 year old London kid alone nervous scared alone except for a bunch of other kids, We had been scurried away from war torn London having gone through the Battle of Britain German airraids. The British ...Read more

A memory of Daventry by David Alchin

I was born on the Anchor in 1941. The houses were set back from the road with rough patch of ground in front of them where Pat Collin's fair used to set up every year in the summer. From the canal bridge on the left was the pub, The Anchor ...Read more

A memory of Deepfields by Robert Leadbeater

Iv been trying for years to find something out about the camp . I was born there in 1948 when my farther Mr Arthur Blowes was sent to North Korea when he back from the Second World War

A memory of Roxwell by Sheila Peasey

My name is Derek Price, and I was born in Central Middlesex Hospital and lived in Court Way, North Acton, until moving to Birkbeck Avenue when I was married in 1965. I attended West Acton Primary, Acton Wells Junior, John Perryn and finally ...Read more

A memory of Acton by Derek Price

I REMEMBER BIRCH IN 1960'S. THE VILLAGE SHOP WAS RUN BY A JEWISH MAN CALLED MR WOLFE. WHEN YOU CROSSED THE ROAD ON TO WHITTLE LANE THERE WAS A ROW OF HOUSES THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE WHITE HART PUB . AS YOU WALKED UP THE LANE ...Read more

A memory of Birch by franciscaine7

I was fortunate enough to live in Pinner as a small child 8 & 9 years old. We lived on 9 Nower Hill, and I remember befriending the railway station ticket lady. She and I used to go out to the parking lot (which was gravel back then) ...Read more

A memory of Pinner by Joel Fisher