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My name is Alan Naber and in 1949 I was five years old and started my school life at Red Lion Road school. This is an account of how I saw life at that time with a few additions from other students I am still in touch ...Read more

A memory of Tolworth by oldcyclist

I was born in Hanwell in 1950 in my grandmother's house. I have only a few memories of the house itself, firstly the steep stairs, the back yard where mum used to put the clothes through the mangle on a Monday morning! and me aged ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell by vampire1

Hi Steve bilsby I have just signed up and reading all the comments really brought it all back NOT that we could ever forget the abuse we all went through! I was there between 1970- 1976. Do you remember major gray hitting us with the ...Read more

A memory of Barwick by blacey121

I was born in 1947 in a farm cottage opposite the farm house at Cold Harbour (near Swinhope). My Dad (Harry) was a farm worker and we moved to Kelstern before I started school and lived in the semi-detached house opposite the ...Read more

A memory of Kelstern by gerry.crawford

We went summers to South beach staying in one of the converted, beached trawlers. 75 now but back then I was 5 to 10. All went with the flood. Searching for pictures of the old houseboats.

A memory of Heacham by grantster1

My father, Alex cross, and his siblings grew up in brunton street, he said it curved around and theirs had an old boat in the garden/yard. I am going back to the 1930s. I cannot find any photos of brunton street, has ...Read more

A memory of Percy Main by Amanda Nicholson

I attended Whitstone during the changeover from Secondary Modern to Comprehensive. It was quite a shock to me. I'd always been to small, private schools, & it seemed huge. I was also amazed & shocked by the bad ...Read more

A memory of Shepton Mallet by bru.enzer

I was in Dedisham late 1949-1950 for 9 months - I also remember the donkey and the bars on the ...Read more

A memory of Dedisham by Gail Ann Muncaster

Hi, My Nan and Granfer, along with my aunties lived on Cedar Rd on what many called 'tin town' near Hounslow West and Cranford. Cecil and Peggy Costa, the then Carol Costa (Mum) Auntie Julie, Auntie Lee ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Terry L Slade

In this photo of the island, the half timbered house on the left was owned by Mrs Rees and she sold ice creams and sweets from her back door. Opposite is another shop that you stepped down into run by my (Great? ...Read more

A memory of Ombersley by Rodney Warner