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I lived with my mum and dad Frank and Gladys Shadbolt (nee Roots) in Woodbine Grove, surrounded by family, grandparents, Bob and Mary Roots also from Woodbine and my Nanny Shadbolt who lived in Hawthorne Grove. I went back ...Read more

A memory of Penge by Linda Crow

My mother, Doreen Hall (Nee Bilton), related these memories to me: I started nursing at St James’ Hospital, Leeds (Jimmy's) in 1948. I was 17 years old, the only one straight from school. I didn’t need any ...Read more

A memory of Leeds in 1948 by Isobel Buck

Peter Twist, British test pilot flew over Elmer in 1955 and 1956. I remember our family looking up and seeing, at a height of seven miles, an aircraft flying. Then waiting for the sonic BOOM. He flew between RAF Ford airbase to ...Read more

A memory of Elmer in 1956 by Martin Newell

I'm not sure which of the wooden houses I lived in with my dad, Albert Croft and mum Clara Croft. I have a pic with me on my dad's bike and another cleaning the hens out and later getting the eggs, I was ...Read more

A memory of Staining in 1954 by Ian Croft

I have fond memories of Bilton Road. I was born at west Middlesex hospital but lived at 172 Bilton Road between 1955 and 1966. We used to make a guy every year for Guy Fawkes night and stand outside Martins newsagents collecting, as ...Read more

A memory of Perivale by Peter Gibson

My dad was born in 1909 in Flamborough. This photo is significant to me because, as a young man, my dad helped to install the winding equipment in the old winding shed on the left hand side of this picture. This photo ...Read more

A memory of Flamborough by Janis Robinson

We moved here from Coventry in about 1956-1957, it was a 22 foot mobile home. We met Jack and Rene Linford who had an adopted daughter, Carol Linford, same age as me. "Uncle " Jack as I called him used to take us to ...Read more

A memory of Nuneaton by Angela Bolton

I lived in Thornton Rd, went to school at Old Cenral, Camp Rd, used to walk passed the pond to school, in the thick smog's we would have got lost if we didn't hold hands. My friends and I had many happy years playing on the ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon in 1948 by Janet Robson

This view of A La Ronde is little changed from 2013 - perhaps less greenery growing up the walls and better formal flower bed planting near the entrance. What made the visit special for me was being encouraged to play their grand ...Read more

A memory of Exmouth in 2013 by John Howard Norfolk

My father, Syd Cheale, was an evangelist with the European Christian Mission and we cared for many children and teenagers at Farleigh Dene in Cliddesden, Basingstoke. Dad and Mum told them about the Bible and Christianity. My ...Read more

A memory of Oakley in 1961 by Mary Braithwaite