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I moved to Harlow in the mid 50's from London as a 5 year old child with my mother and father, where I lived on Pittmans field. I went to school at Broadfields Juniors and then moved on to Netteswell. My first job was in the ...Read more

A memory of Harlow in 1957 by Colin Ward

My earliest memories are of East Harlsey where my father was an undergardener at the Hall. The owners were the Constantine family, whose business was something to do with shipping in the North East. We lived in a tied cottage ...Read more

A memory of East Harlsey in 1950 by Keith Wood

I also worked at the Moorland Hotel. My father, Mac, was the restaurant manager there until the hotel burnt down (he has since passed away). We both knew Freddie, Tom and Mr David Smith very well. I also remember Anna ...Read more

A memory of Haytor Vale in 1967 by Linda Whelan

I was born in 1958 in the Perivale Maternity hospital off the Western Avenue. I lived for my first few years in Goring Way and then Queens Avenue until leaving the area in 1973. Memories etched on my mind: ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Ian Buck

Before John Morgan took over the shop with his wife Bettine (Freebody) the butchers daughter, it was run by two sisters - the Miss Read's from at least 1935. It is reputed to have been a bank at some time much earlier. The Morgans ...Read more

A memory of Chigwell Row in 1940

I was eleven when we moved into the new council estate, Aelybryn, in Esgairgeiliog. My mother had been born in Esgairgeiliog, and her mother was the local, unofficial, midwife of the village at the beginning of the 20th ...Read more

A memory of Esgairgeiliog in 1956 by Delyth Jenkins

I lived in Ashford Road for the first 20 years of my life and my mother still lives in the same house; she has lived there since 1933. I was born in 1950 in the new cottage hospital at the top of the road. I went to school at ...Read more

A memory of Fordingbridge in 1963 by Cathryn Candy

A few days after starting school, I paid my first remembered visit to Fordingbridge Fair. A funfair visited Fordingbridge every year during the first week in September. It was situated in Church Square and in the land ...Read more

A memory of Fordingbridge in 1955 by Cathryn Candy

I was born in the Taplow Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital in 1956. My mother told me when I was about 11 years old how I got my first name; at that time Wycombe General Hospital, Wycombe Shrubbery, ...Read more

A memory of Taplow in 1956 by Mrs Gray Gail Jacqueline

We lived in a block of flats, Weihurst Court, Carshalton Rd. This was at the top of Ringstead Road, where the trolley buses came up this steep hill. As a child it was fun to watch when the arms of the trolley came off the ...Read more

A memory of Sutton in 1943 by Peter Russell Shurmer