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My husband lived at the above address from about 1938 until 1955. I would dearly love to find a photo of his house. He lived opposite the Dominion Cinema and remembers that during the war the lights went out and how excited he ...Read more

A memory of Harrow by Anita Bailey

I was born in Hollow Road in 1944. I then lived in Forest Gate and Cropston Road where I lived until I got married in 1966. I have one brother Bill and two half brothers Charles and Keith and two half sisters Susan and Jane. I ...Read more

A memory of Anstey by patshort1

In the Leigh Surrey Website headed "History from Parishioners" is a photo of the Forge, Leigh taken around 1900. The people in the picture from right to left are; In the doorway Mr Frank Flint who later ran the Petrol ...Read more

A memory of Leigh by Roy Livermore

I arrived in Wolverhampton when demolition of the market buildings was under way. The buildings in front of the church (in the photo) must have already been long gone, but the buildings on the side of ...Read more

A memory of Wolverhampton

Few people are aware of the part Birtley, Tyne Wear, (part of County Durham in those days ) played in the Great War of 1914 - 1918. Belgium in 1914 was occupied by the German Army, and thousands of refugees fled to Britain where ...Read more

A memory of Birtley by ranorwood

Great site, so,pleased to find it. Lived in Cranham for 15 years and just loved Upminster for shopping, a particular favorite being Roomes. I left the area about 15 years ago and went back to visit a short while ago. Still in ...Read more

A memory of Upminster

I was born in Newnham Road N 22 in 1940. I want to wood green junior school at the bottom of our road and then on to Tottenham Sec Mod (near the great Cambridge road). When I left school I was a locomotive fireman at Kentish ...Read more

A memory of Wood Green by e.saunders07

I lived in Wood End Lane until rather late in life really. Moved out of the family home when I was 29 and moved to Ruislip. I went to Wood End Nursery, infants and Junior Boys school, then moved to Horsenden Secondary Boys School. Both ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by c_bovingdon

I have many happy memories of holidays spent at Dhoon from about 1934 to 1940, when I was under ten years old. My parents had visited the Isle of man for many years before I was born and had discovered Dhoon on those visits. We used to ...Read more

A memory of Dhoon by pandcvenour

I arrived in Wincanton as an Evacuee in 1940/41 and lived for a while with my Uncle Frank and his family. My uncle at that time owned Bayford Garage. I was only about 6 yrs of age and quite naturally missed my mother ...Read more

A memory of Wincanton by unamuir333