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I meet one of my friends, he is going fishing, it is around 6:30pm. We go down Green Lane to the canal and turn right over the River Brent. He starts to fish between the locks. Mr Hunt from Studley Grange Road ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell in 1962 by Nick Beard

William Brothers on the corner of Ealing Road, Garners Bakery at the top of the steps leading down to Station Grove which is where I lived until 1956. We could hear the cheers from the football matches at the Stadium. Radio Rentals, Blands ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Jean Clements

I attended Embleton Infants School and Embleton Junior Mixed School which were structurally attached but otherwise separate from September 1957 until July 1963. At that time the staff were very respectable and I ...Read more

A memory of Southmead in 1957 by Timothy Purnell

I was baptised in the Parish Church just beyond the trees on the left. My sister-in-law lived in the cottage on the far right - almost next to the Vicarage garden. In the late 40's and 50's I used to walk to Church Street from ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1940 by Brian Tungate

The picture shown is of the junction with Main Road and Victoria Street, Windermere. The nearest building is obviously the Queen's Hotel (still there) and the one behind it is the Oakthorpe. ...Read more

A memory of Windermere in 1967 by Jan George

I have many fond memories of visiting my late grandma Edith Smith when she lived in the prefabs in Tealby Walk. Love listening to stories from my mum Lesley of her childhood growing up there with her sisters; Glenys and sadly the ...Read more

A memory of Grimsby by Kellie Campbell

I spent most of my younger life in Bexleyheath, we lived in Oaklands Road. I went to Upton Road Primary School, I remember that the Head Teacher was Miss Hughes. From there I went on to Bexleyheath Secondary Modern ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1951 by Arthur Paice

Eyes closed I can recall at will... my childhood spent at Battle Hill.. As I walked amongst those tall tall trees, it stirred a thousand memories. The Steel Igloo, swings,and triple bars, the plough made out of twinkling ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend by James Bridgewood

I used to walk home this way from school in the early 1970's passing "Jack Hills", a grocery store that is just out of shot to the left of this picture. I remember the little roadabout with a ...Read more

A memory of South Wigston in 1971 by Steve Popple

To who it might concern. Being at The Grange in the 1950's was the best years of my life. Being 71 years of age now, I recollect with fondness the staff and us boys and girls. By the way, I've got a ...Read more

A memory of Cookridge in 1950 by Ronald Ellington Tully