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This is Corby Town Centre as I will always remember it. Long before the pedestrianization of Corporation Street, and long before a new building on Market Square obliterated the social heartland of the town! This was a town centre that ...Read more

A memory of Corby by Kenneth Kerr

My name is Marilyn and I lived in Rectory road, Farnborough and enjoyed some very happy days there before moving to Australia. I used to walk to Frimley green to visit my Aunty Rosemary and my Nanna. And in the other direction I used ...Read more

A memory of Farnborough by Marilyn Hall

Barry Hawgood's memory of the carvan site is spot on. Some time before 1952 I went to visit one of my colleagues from West Drayton Primary School. The way there passed by the Anglers p.ub with a branch of the river from Colham ...Read more

A memory of West Drayton

I worked at the cinema (Then The Century) for 14 years as the chief projectionist. First in 1956 then when I came out of the forces in 1960 till it closed as a cinema. Pitsea had its own power house for electricity. It stood ...Read more

A memory of Pitsea

how things have changed in old days you would be able to leave your back door open for people to pop in have cup of tea, as my mum then child would say. her dad was down in mines digging for coal . then when the national service came ...Read more

A memory of Tredegar by Janet Ingate

my sister has lived her for almost 30 years. you can just see the large house on left in distant . the road now is private and with gate shut off at the end. I occasionally stay here for small break and love just walking down to the beach ...Read more

A memory of Elmer by Janet Ingate

I used to live at Orchard Place, small terrace cottages on Main Road, St Pauls Cray. Previous to this as readers may recall I lived at the top of Chalk Pit Avenue in a semi-detached bungalow with my ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's Cray by Derek Stocker

Lived on poverest rd 1960s went to leesons hill and poverest schools top of hill then went to edge bury school chislehurst Went to 77 lessons hill to revisit but bungalow now flats most still the same.great times fun fair/fire works down near Cray river and 1955 ford consul for dads taxi Spo g

A memory of St Mary Cray by jobec

My name is Nigel Baugh, I lived in Buildwas until the age of 21 when I got married and moved out. My parents still live in the village at the top of the road. Life was good, play around, up the woods making dens, riding bikes down the ...Read more

A memory of Buildwas by nigelbaugh

My Dad wrote of his time at Hutton Residential School. This is what he wrote: September 1939 - January 1949 I was evacuated in September and on my arrival at Block 2, I nearly had my head knocked off by my cousin, ...Read more

A memory of Shenfield by sueblaxland