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My mother was born in Stanwell Oaks Road in 1928 where the airport is now, her family were moved to Viola Avenue when Heathrow expanded where she shared many memories of the war and going to Staines Town Hall for ...Read more

A memory of Stanwell

This memory goes from 1953 up to the 1960s because our holidays in them days were always at Rossington, staying with Nanna. Me my older brother Alex and my twin brother John loved it. Nanna and Grandad were Jack and Burtha ...Read more

A memory of New Rossington in 1953 by Robert Wilson

It was every school summer holiday that my sister and I used to come with our parents to spend a week or so with grandma Annie Penhorwood. If we had any money we would go to the bakery shop near the bottom of the High Street and ...Read more

A memory of Bideford in 1961 by Heather Uden

I was born in Bersteds hospital although I'm not jewish, St Anne's was full in 1964. My mum was daughter to George Wilcox, the builders of Seven Sisters Road, then married Fred Taylor. They had 7 children.He sadly passed ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by Sharon Turner Nee Saunders

I will never forget Fornethy residential till the day I die. I remember it was in the 80s. I’m sure I was in primary 6 or 7 and my friends and I begged our parents to go what I thought would be an amazing ...Read more

A memory of Fornethy Residential School by mandy1690

Born in 1947, I grew up on Babington Road, Streatham. I remember the Home Guard a few houses up and Robin Hanson and I would play on the search lights left over from the war when we were four or five. There ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1960 by Paul Chandler

I too, remember the student camp. I was a teenager then and used to hang around with a group of girls outside the camp, talking with the students. We always promised to stay in touch but of course, this never happened. At that time ...Read more

A memory of Leverington in 1973 by Lorraine Lane

Born in '48, lived in Rugby Avenue Sudbury Town until I was 21. Went to Alperton Sec Mod between '60-66. Great memories from my schooldays... Mr Hostler was Headmaster and some really good teachers: Irving, Parkinson, Sladden and ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Graham Rose

We were very lucky to grow up in Stone at a time when we could hang out all day with our friends enjoying the joys of the river at Eythrope, sipping cool water from the Egyptian Springs, or swinging on a rope over ...Read more

A memory of Stone in 1972 by Geraldine Akerman

or thereabouts. Blackcurrant picking somewhere in the Drayton area, the smell of them today knocks 60 years off my age. Used to go fruit-picking during the Summer holidays with Janet Basham who lived on Highland Road, ...Read more

A memory of Drayton in 1949 by Pat Bye