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I used to work at Heathrow and after early shift I sometimes made my way in my mini van to the aquadrome. I would hire a metal rowing boat and row and just drift. How wonderful was that. This was around 1970. Afterwards I would walk around the lake and perhaps go to the Swiss Coffee House.

A memory of Rickmansworth by Nick Beard

I worked as a consultant engineer in Ireland in the early nineteen ninety's staying in the Carrickdale hotel in Dromad, just over the border, as my base in the South whilst working in Newry. I also traveled ...Read more

A memory of Ballymascanlon by ducatee

I am trying to obtain information regarding a mid- air collision over Bracknell Berkshire in the 1940’s. Believed to be 1943 but could a few years away from that date. It is believed to be between a Hurricane and a ...Read more

A memory of Abingdon-on-Thames by stephenclark00

I was born and raised in Penge I lived in Kingswood road and went to Oakfield road school for boys there were three picture house in Penge The Essoldo which was a theatre at one time I can remember watching the Pantomimes there and ...Read more

A memory of Penge

I used to visit a lady called Sarah Dixon with my mother in law in the 1970s. She used to play the organ at Croglin Church and her two sons farmed nearby. I believe one of her son's owned part of the fell behind the farm and another son ...Read more

A memory of Croglin by Margaret Cooke

We lived at 70 Bridlington street from 1974 until 1988. The house and all those in Park rise were brand new. At the time our friends were Delvine and John Street, Chris and Roy Bartram, Carol and Gary Frear, Janet and Geoff Smith and ...Read more

A memory of Hunmanby by plumber

Before I moved to The Ridgeway in 1955 I live in Woodall Drive and regularly used the 221 bus to trundle up Paines Lane past my school, and ending up in the space outside the RedLion pub. I remember how the bus rocked each ...Read more

A memory of Pinner by petereverett66

Scotts cycles was at the junction of South Ealing Road and the road to Gunnersbury Park. It was a double fronted shop. He made bicycles there. I went there for tyres etc. My dad had a bike and tandem made there.

A memory of South Ealing by Nick Beard

My name is Peter Nutkins, I was born in 1939 and lived in Chesham Avenue for the first 24 years of my life. I worked for Arthur Black at Queensway Radio as a TV engineer for a number of years in the '50s and '60s, so got to know quite ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood by higherspence

My mum Jessie hawksworth nee macullum lived here 9 forland ave with my dad Alan Atkinson from late 50,s till 1963. We were taken into care my older sister pat myself and 2 brothers I was 18 months ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst by sharonreillywhite