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My grandparents, George and Clarinda Meakin lived in Vernon Avenue, I visited regularly. Grandad put up a ladder at their back wall so I could climb over into the park. My mum was their eldest daughter; she had two brothers and ...Read more

A memory of Old Basford by Joyce White

hello, My Grandfather Fredrick Trimmer was born at Idmiston in 1857. I wonder if there are any Trimmers there now?. He was in Kent in the 1911 census. I live in Norfolk. I left Kent in 1961.

A memory of Newton by Brian Trimmer

Hi , Does anybody have memories of Skeffington Road, East Ham? My Mam lived at number 18 untill she joined the forces in the war and then moved up North when she married in 1946. The family name was Jarvis and my mam was called Florence [ Dolly or Doris ].

A memory of Barking by Peter Hickman

Like a previous memory, I came across the Temple Bar in Theobald's Park in Hertfordshire. At first sight, I wondered what a great reproduction it was of the original Temple Bar from the Strand. But it was the real thing, taken down ...Read more

A memory of London by Roy Barnacle

Adjacent to the shop (owned then by Mr Foxwell), and between the small playground, is a narrow pathway which leads up to Penrhiw, where I lived at number 9 for many years. Went to Shrewsbury for an apprenticeship, the same as ...Read more

A memory of Dyffryn Ardudwy by Frederick Hughes

Does anyone know any information about 72 d Southgate. The headland in Hartlepool at all?

A memory of Hartlepool by Jamie Leigh Swinbank

I lived in Coval Lane from my 1st birthday to my 24th birthday - 1948/1971. Then I got married and moved out. At that time the shop on the corner was a wool shop because my mum, an ardent knitter, bought most of her wool there. I ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by Dennis Poole

Early memories of Buckhurst Hill. Re. Mark Brazier's message. Yes I remember the Three Colts and the French family. The son David was a close friend so I spent a lot of time there. I remember your mother and father Audrey and Ged ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Don Allen

My Uncle Gordon was the police man who used to sit in the police box at the top of the street in the market square directing traffic. This was around 1950s. I used to live in Meadowfield and came to Durham many, many ...Read more

A memory of Durham by John Greenwell

Lived here on top floor of Morville House from 1955/6 till I left home and parents moved, in mid seventies. Went to Honeywell Primary School and later Eliot in Putney. Supported Chelsea and used to walk there down Trinity Road ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by Chris W Allace