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I too went to St Jame's Burnt Oak - a despicable place - not one happy memory - I did visit the school again and met a caretaker nun - they were knocking the school down - I asked for a brick for a keep sake - driving out I threw it ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak by brian.plunkett

My grandparents moved from Plaistow to Rylands estate during the war after being bombed out. Their name was Harris and they lived at 192 oval road north. My mother was married from there at old Dagenham church.my fathers name was Simpson ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by cheal.carol

I remember the old house called "Restville" 101 Greensward Lane. Thee old ladies lived there from the 1930's to about 1960 when it was knocked down to build three new houses. It was next door to the first Doctors and I ...Read more

A memory of Hockley by Alan Rivers

Lived in Lansdowne road from early 1940s for 30 years and remember going to the Criterion bakery for a bag of stales, and the smell of Tottenham Pudding when walking to Down Lane School. Also remember looking after parked cars at ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by chas221239

My parents ran the bakery in Hartest and I and my sister were born there,as a child I had to help in the bakery and deliver bread around the village green,we had a lovely childhood in Hartest,went to GFS at Miss Wellers ...Read more

A memory of Hartest by valbow123

My Grandmother lived in a terraced thatched cottage down a lane in Knowle, along with my Aunt Polly and uncle Jack. They were all elderly when my parents took me to visit them as a young child. I loved going there ...Read more

A memory of Knowle by suemo159

During the years 1960 to 1967, aged 4 thru 11, this was my playground, as well as the Devonshire Park behind to the left. My parents ran the Devonshire Park Hotel during this time in Compton Street, an old ...Read more

A memory of Eastbourne by Paul Biancheri

I was born in Askern Yorkshire in 1945. When I was 2.1/2 we moved to Bow That was where my dad came from. When I was 5 we moved to Myrtle Road Harold Hill. The buses ended outside our Prefab. After coming up Straight Road, the bus ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by john.skillett

Started working for tcl in gairloch. Ted reedy was the je cable jointer I was training as his assistant. I wasn't very good but Ted was exceedingly demanding. Eventually he got fed up with me. I was sent down ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by donald28653

We always enjoyed holidays in the 70s in Cliftonville we went down a gap in the cliffs to the beach every afternoon then on the way back to our guest house in Gordon road we ...Read more

A memory of Cliftonville