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I was born in Croydon in 1936, and lived In West Way, Shirley. My mother could not bear to part with us, so we lived at home all through the war. A bomb was dropped into the garden next door. After six months it was discovered it had ...Read more

A memory of Shirley by heather

I was travelling from Hounslow to Bristol on a Blue/Cream coach. No M4 to Bristol then only as far as Reading. We stopped at Maidenhead coach station. Next I remember Marlborough. I alighted and looking around saw the Polly ...Read more

A memory of Marlborough by Nick Beard

Happy wonderful memories of Bassaleg where i was born . My mother being from pentre poeth my father the nook in rogerstone . Went to bassaleg infants school merlin jones was headmaster scared the wits out of me but mrs lukker wasy fave ...Read more

A memory of Bassaleg by hjones657

I was born in Pontefract. Christened and Married, as were my parents, in All Saints Church in Pontefract by the Reverand Fawkes, now diseased. I went to Chequerfield infants then Willow park junior school and Pontefract and ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract by lhlb

I was a Brownie as a young girl and a very accomplished one too. I had an armful of Badges which had been ever so carefully sewn all the way down the sleeve of my uniform by my Mother. As a Brownie i took part in the Remembrance ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract

TBA (tech block a) was a very large building so much so that people often got lost. There were four hangars East West North and South. In each hangar there was a technicl control and documents office which was ...Read more

A memory of Heathrow Airport London

I lived in Belsize road born there in 1946 at number 33 I had a great life growing up with all the kids in the street, The games you could play with one Tennis ball and the park and the park keeper we gave him hell poor man, we ...Read more

A memory of Harrow Weald

I have many happy memories of holidays spent at Dhoon from about 1934 to 1940, when I was under ten years old. My parents had visited the Isle of man for many years before I was born and had discovered Dhoon on those visits. We used to ...Read more

A memory of Dhoon by pandcvenour

Wilton house is no more, but my grandfathers house or butchers shop may be remembered. Did they live over the shop.? Grandfather was Curry. comments please. David

A memory of Norton

Opposite Boston Manor station is an office block. Before this was built it was waste land called by us kids BOSTON BUMPS. We had bikes with cow horn handle bars and painted the frames black and white and called ourselves the ZEBRAS. ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by Nick Beard