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There Was No Smith
This is the title of my memoirs that I published in 2010. I was born in Woodside Nursing Home, Woodford Wells on 30.11.30. My father was Dr.David H Smith, a local G.P. and we lived at 22 Primrose Road, S.Woodford until ...Read more
A memory of Woodford Green in 1930 by
2012 Olympic Torch
The main street is filled with more people than I knew lived in our village. Everyone is happy and waving to vehciles as they pass through. We all wait with anticipation, 20-30 motor bikes come through with police on them and ...Read more
A memory of Llanarth in 2012 by
Collins Green Farm
It was in 1958 when I was just 5 years old that my mum, dad, 3 brothers (John, Les and Robert) and younger sister Barbara went to live in Collin Green Farm. For the next 5 years it was absolutely brilliant. I ...Read more
A memory of Collins Green in 1958 by
Croydon In The 50's & 60's
I remember the lovely old donkeys that gave rides to children in the 1950's. There were usually more than two of them and they walked along the back of the old Kennards store. I had a ride on them. There was an arcade that ...Read more
A memory of Croydon in 1950
One Day At A Time
A precised extract from the chapters in my biography relating to wartime evacuation, and particularly to Garnant. I stared morosely out of the window and watched the landscape slip by as the steam train chugged its way through ...Read more
A memory of Garnant in 1940 by
Clyde Street, Salford
I remember living at no 6 Clyde Street and at the end of the street was Mrs Grant's shop. I was the eldest of four (me) Mandy Derbyshire, my brothers Jason and Paul, and my sister Kelly. I remember being part of the filming that ...Read more
A memory of Salford in 1970 by
Countryside Memories Holidays In The 1950s
The journey from our home in North Essex to my grandparents’ home in North Derbyshire took almost a full day back in the 1950s, allowing of course for periodic stops along the way. The first, usually at ...Read more
A memory of Glossop in 1955 by
Growing Up In Post War Harrow Weald
I lived at 20 Silver Close, Harrow Weald from 6 weeks old in 1941 until I left for Australia in 1961. I atended Harrow Weald Infants School from 1946, the old building was opposite the bus garage in the high ...Read more
A memory of Harrow Weald in 1941 by
The Hough
when I was about a year old I moved to the Hough from Englesea Brook, where my parents lived for a couple of years. I went to school at Shavington and was good friends with John Addison, Alan Giller (the latter living ...Read more
A memory of Hough by
Ryhill Res
Ryhill Reservoir was the place where my sister Mary took me in the summer months, mainly on Sundays, and at that time there was a small shop which sold ice cream and pop and also fishing nets attached to a bamboo cane; there were plenty of ...Read more
A memory of Ryhill in 1961 by
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