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I was quite young in 1962 but it was then that my parents purchased the leasehold on the Regent Café in New Street. We moved in at the start of the big freeze of that winter. The café was a meeting ...Read more

A memory of Chipping Norton by richard.magli

I worked at the cinema (Then The Century) for 14 years as the chief projectionist. First in 1956 then when I came out of the forces in 1960 till it closed as a cinema. Pitsea had its own power house for electricity. It stood ...Read more

A memory of Pitsea

I used to live at Orchard Place, small terrace cottages on Main Road, St Pauls Cray. Previous to this as readers may recall I lived at the top of Chalk Pit Avenue in a semi-detached bungalow with my ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's Cray by Derek Stocker

Although I was born in the Mothers Hospital in Hackney in 1957, we lived in Tottenham at Tenterden Road (N17) until about 1970, then at Ida Road (N15) on the then new Avenue Road estate for a couple of years until ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by lesvial

I WAS BROUGHT UP ON DICKINSON STREET IN 1958 I WENT TO WATERSHEDING SCHOOL AND THAN TO BEVER SCHOOL I WOULD TO SEE ANY WHO WENT. TO THESE SCHOOL ALSO I WORK AT THE MAPLE MILL WHEN I WAS 17 I LOVE WORKING THERE I MISS ALL OF THIS AS NOW I AM IN MY 60 AND SADLY THESE TIMES WON'T BE THE SAME

A memory of Oldham by Georgina Jacques

do any one remember miss cagier she had a shop in Denmark street selling airguns pen knives and fireworks she used to have chicken in the shop I must be honest as children we used to go in and pinch her fireworks as did my late dad when he was young also fletchers the greengrocers , patrick rose,

A memory of Wokingham by patrckrose

My name is Terry Gosling, I was born in 1940 in St Stephens Road. I attended Grove Road school and after went on to Bulstrode School. I have lost touch with most of my school pals, Reg Pope is still in touch though. We both joined the Royal ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by gos.abcd2

A fascinating picture looking south from the church. The line of houses in Turner Street can be seen in the distance, also some in Norwood corner area where our family moved to in the late 50s. On the extreme right of the picture is one of ...Read more

A memory of Cliffe by Robert Knight

I was raised in Mandeville Road where my mum and dad had lived since 1953, a year after the houses were completed. Ours was the last brick built, no 7, before they started building the pre-fab houses from steel frame and concrete panels. ...Read more

A memory of Brampton by neil

WE LIVED AT COWPLAIN FROM 1965 -77. MY FATHER BOUGHT A HOUSE WHILE STILL IN THE NAVY ON CHAPLINS ESTATE AT ALBRETIA AVENUE . I WAS SIX YEARS OLD THEN AND MY SISTER WAS THREE ALL SEEMED TO GO WELL UNTILL 1966 WE LEFT FOR ADEN ...Read more

A memory of Cowplain by Alan Eburne