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It rained. It truly rained absolutely all day. Although Whitethorn Morris were booked for three dance spots in the street plus an Arena show there was no chance whatever for either the ...Read more

A memory of Chippenham in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk

I went to school in Bexleyheath between 1950 and 1954. I believe the school was in Pelham Road but I can't be sure. Maybe there was a separate infants school in North Street? I remember the excitement of the Coronation ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1950 by John Howard Norfolk

I lived in Rothwell from the age of 5 leaving to come to Australia in 1969 at the age of 16.  I think regularly now of how the village would have changed so much since I left.  I remember being a bridesmaid ...Read more

A memory of Rothwell in 1969 by Marie Marsland

This picture shows the street as I remember it aged four. The building on the right was the office of my father's legal practice (Pomery and Gill) and opposite was the market. As a child I loved the Saturday market, when the boiled ...Read more

A memory of Bodmin by David Gill

I grew up in Park Hill Court, Beeches Road in the sixties and seventies; my father was the caretaker. He used to be in charge of the bonfire on firework night, up on one of the drying grounds. The girls stood one side and the boys stood ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1969 by Dawn Sampson

As a native of St Blazey, I would like to write about the businesses there at the time. The first shop on the church side " The International Stores", a fine shop managed by Mr Vincent, who also owned the newsagents in Station ...Read more

A memory of St Blazey in 1951 by Melville Grigg

Oh yes, the War was on during this time. Shops were open their regular hours. The locals bought their necessities and everyone came and went as usual. The general feeling was 'To Hell With Hitler, we will carry on ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Green in 1941 by Denman Lalonde

We moved to Brighton in 1959 and my parents Pat and Jim Webb bought a house here after spending their honeymoon here (lived in Dulwich).   I remember when there were very few cars parked in the road and we could always play safely out ...Read more

A memory of Brighton by Anne Webb

If the pub was in High Street, Hampton Wick, could it have been: The Forester's Arms, the Railway Tavern, The Rose and Crown, The Swan, The White Hart, or perhaps The Old Kings Head at the end of Sandy Lane.?

A memory of Hampton Wick in 1940 by Elizabeth Mann

I remember going with my nan to see her sister Maud Chennell who used to live in Castle Street.  I remember it as being a very small house.  I remember my great aunt had a musical box shaped like a swiss cabin.  I used to love to play ...Read more

A memory of Guildford by Susan White