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I was born in Islington, I lived at Glendale Avenue, No.22. Went to Ealham School and remember jolly Butchers Hill.

A memory of Wood Green in 1960 by Jane Austin

The Mechanics Institute Library in Epworth is still in operation as a lending library. The Library also holds a wealth of information relating to the Isle of Axholme where Epworth is located. Local history books, ...Read more

A memory of Epworth in 2013 by Christine Pledger

My dad worked at the Express Dairy bottling depot opposite side of the road to the church. I often went to watch and be treated to a drink in their canteen, as a child I found it fascinating watching the bottles being cleaned and refilled ...Read more

A memory of Eltham in 1950 by Anne Pordage

I grew up in Brotton from aged 5 to 20, 1966 to 1981, living on Marshall Drive the whole time. My sister is still there. School was at the old primary school at the top of the hill, daily 1/3rd of a pint of milk, and ...Read more

A memory of Brotton in 1973 by Andrew Coverdale

I Lived in Bulford Camp from 1942 - 1958 and attended Wing School. The street the school was on was Bond St. A street of terraced corrigated iron houses, inhabited by civillian workers. My family and I returned in 1989 ...Read more

A memory of Bulford in 1958 by Brian Williams

I was born in 1944 and I was then, Pat Wilson. I lived in Heath Road and attended Chatsworth School, when Mr Killick was the headmaster. Miss Milner was head of the infants school. I remember swimming lessons at Hounslow Baths. Myself and ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1950 by Pat Marks

This is a memory as told by my grandmother Alice Irene Rees. She was born and lived most of her life in Ferryside. My father was born here in 1944, the second child born to her and husband, Cynwyd Rees. Her stories of this road are as ...Read more

A memory of Ferryside in 1950 by Sallyanne Jones

I was born in the war years in Broadwater, we moved to Goring when I was 2 years old. I grew up in open fields and smallholdings and nurseries. I remember going down to the beach and playing on what is now the Greensward, then it was ...Read more

A memory of Worthing in 1947 by Pamela Richards

I lived in one of the cottages at bottom of the castle; it was my playground. My brothers and I would run around the top of the wall. The farmer just up past the Castle and us were friends. There was a gate at bottom of the hill and we would get tips for opening and closing the gate.

A memory of Kilmartin in 1964 by David Campbell/Tinman

I was master of small coaster loading molasses for London. The landlord was a Canadian army veteran who had a badly injured shoulder. He was sniped at by a German 88, quite a big gun, at Bergen op Zoom. Rumour also had it ...Read more

A memory of Cantley in 1958 by David Ingham