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My Grandad, George Creasey Allen, and my Nana Allen married and settled in South Norwood in 1899. They lived at Addison Road before renting a house at 32 Apsley Road. Grandad got a job at Creasey's ...Read more

A memory of South Norwood in 1900 by John Howard Norfolk

Upon leaving the primary school in North Cadbury, we were asked the big question. Well, the big question for an 11 year old. "What do you want to be doing when you are older?" My answer to this, was that I would like to be ...Read more

A memory of North Cadbury in 1982 by Joe Jenkins

The public house now known as the Three Trees, was originally the old farmhouse and behind it was the barns of the farm which we used to play in. This was the short cut from my house to Chandlers the sweet shop. We got into the ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley by Susan Bailey

Was called Station Hotel when I was young. Searle Street, ran between the hotel and shop a short unmade lane. I was born at no 9.

A memory of Bracknell in 1945 by Deidre Parry

My grandparents, Albert and Marjorie Walker, moved into the Red Lion in 1954. Following my grandfather's death in 1967 my grandmother continued as landlady until her retirement in ...Read more

A memory of Lowick Bridge in 1954 by Angela Athersmith

I lived in bagby from the age of 5 months, from 1934 to 1942/3 My father was Police Constable Jim Conway and we lived in the house next to Bells Cattle transporters. I went to the school there and also attended the church ...Read more

A memory of Bagby in 1930 by Sylvia Fayers

This is a view looking toward the High Street - what looks like two brick memorials (on the left) is the entrance to the cottage hospital. On the opposite side of the road is the bus stop where I use to catch the bus to ...Read more

A memory of Weybridge in 1965 by Nick Leppard

I lived at 42 Stratford Rd, upstairs in rented rooms. Below lived Mr Woodsell and his daughter Maureen. Opposite was Robert Hopkins, his dad was a carpenter, his mother taught piano. Along the road was the Mulkerns, Irish family ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1947 by Roy Mc C Lean

We lived at 'Pantiles', Penhurst Rd, Bedhampton from approx the mid fifties until the mid sixties. I went first to the Priory school on Hayling Island, when Miss Rapley was Head teacher, until a Mr Neilsen-Carrigan took over ...Read more

A memory of Bedhampton in 1956

I am Rosemary Harris (now Davies) and I was born in Livingstone Road in 1943 and was christened at St Stephen’s Church. I attended Hounslow Town Infants and Juniors and then Bulstrode Girls School from 1955-1960, ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Rosemary Davies