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I was born at Woolwich 1939, and lived at 12 Nuxley Road from 1939 to 1961. Then National Service in B.A.O.R at Munster. After 2 years and 6 months I got married and we spent our time in and around Leicestershire.I now live in Somerset. I went Bedonwell schools then after Brook Street Secondary and Woolwich Poly [Engineering]. Eric Tappenden,10 Woolwich Road, we joined the 15th Erith Scouts [SA]. Eric and ...see more
I am trying to help a vicar in the USA trace his gt.gt.gt. grandfather - Rev James Galloway, he died aged 44 yrs old. He was the minster of St. Georges Prestbyterian Church, Little Sutton, which is still there. According to records and sketchy information, the following has turned up that the Rev Galloway (although died young), died at a hospital in Eastham. Would anyone know what hospital/hospitals would have been in the area in approx 1850-70? Many thanks.
Can anyone help me with my search. I'm looking for any photos old or newish of the Grange cemetery. The reason I am asking for photos is I am helping a vicar in the USA trace his gt,gt, gt, grandfather - the persons name is the Rev. James Galloway. The Rev. Galloway was a minster of St. Georges Church, Little Sutton - this was in the late 1800's. He died at the age of 44 years (in a ...see more
I was born at 6 St. Johns Terrace, 3 doors away from Mr Bird's Post Office and store (which is shown in your photo). How many hours have I sat on those steps outside? We used to play in the road and when we heard a vehicle coming we would sit on the steps while it passed - I don't think you can do that today. Directly opposite the Post Office was G.J.Garret Agricultural Implement Depot and ...see more
I was born and lived in Sutton at Hone and attended D.E.S.S. from 1949 to 1953. I remember the headmaster(R Shields Gill ) who also taught History. I also remember Mr A who taught PT, but I don't remember his prowess with the cane, thankfully. I can recall changing into our PT gear in the cloakroom knowing that the last one ready would get a slap accros the buttocks with a plimpsole.
When I first ...see more
I grew up on the Lady Margaret Rd off Ruislip Rd near Greenford, back in the 1940's, and attended Dormers Wells School. Memories of the Granada Theatre are still really real to me to this day; Saturday mornings watching Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Laurel and Hardy was so much fun. Eating 'Walls ice cream" with all my friends, was a big highlight, and took the horror of war away while we were in the Granada. ...see more
I was looking at a map of the area, and the mention of Chelwood Gate and the Isle of Thorns, brought back vivid memories of the camp. I was there with the school two summers running in 1957 and 1958, I think. I remember the huts, the sports hall and the swimming pool together with beautiful countryside running into the Ashdown Forest. I recall there were many rabbits there ,albeit that most of ...see more
I lived in Glappy Doe Lea, then back to Glapwell. We used to make our own fun in them days, I remember walking to and from Stainsby School. I now living in Edinburgh. I will never forget those hard but wonderful days... still miss the countryside.
My grandparents, William and Jane Herdman, lived in the village for many years, as did my great uncles and aunts. My mother was a pupil at the local school in the village. We went there in all sorts of weather for years. I remember walking for miles and almost being trampled to death buy a heard of cows off to be milked.
My nannie lived on East Street, which had a break in the street to go through the allottments. My nannie was called Hilda Lee, nee Marsh. I have fond memories too of Grandad Lee who passed away when I was around 6 years old. I used to love going to visit, we would always arrive to the inviting smell of fresh bread being cooked..and Nannie Lee would make ginger beer too. The coal fire burning ...see more
Now here's a place with some very happy memories. Beyond the field with the cows in was the BICC cricket ground (factory chimney in the background) - if you look closely the white building to the right of the picture was (and still is) the club, bar and changing rooms. To the left in the middle of the picture you can see the white sightscreens used by the cricketers in the summer. To the left ...see more
I attended Romsey Secondary School (Priestlands) from 1965 to 1969. Loved it, my favourite teacher was Ted Baker. We could get him talking about sport for the whole lesson but he always managed to remember to give us homework!. Mr Waller was the the head teacher and Mr Bulloch the deputy head and should you get sent to the office for some misdemeanor you always hoped it would be Mr Waller who answered the door.
I moved into Bedfont in 1977 (Elmcroft close) and lived there until 2002 when I moved out to Camberley. I had some wonderful neighbours in Elmcroft Close, Jim Best and his wife. My next door neighbours were Colin & Barbara and their son Jamie. Mrs Semple lived across from me, Terry and Jill Emeny were also close neighbours. My son,Jordan, was born and raised in Bedfont (he was born in 1980) and he lived there until ...see more
I was born in Sheardale in 1948, it was a warm and friendly place with around ten or twelve houses and a village hall. Everyone looked out for each other. As time went on new houses were built in Coalsnaughton and later at Dollar, and people moved out of the village to modern houses with electricity and indoor toilets. The village was then used by many as a means as a stepping stone to getting a council ...see more
I was born 6th January 1956 in the living room, in those days at No4 Lodge Road, Skellow. The midwife arrived on her bike from Woodlands, in the end my mother's mother delivered me weighing 9lbs 8 ozs, I was born on a Friday. We lived in a pit house as my dad worked on the pit top in the lamp cabin. He used to go to work every day on his bike, I used to wave to him when I saw him coming home and we all could hear the pit buzzer from Bullcroft Colliery!
My family rented a summer holiday bungalow in Shoreham starting I think, around 1957 when I was 4 and continued until the early 1960's. My parents, three older brothers, an elderly aunt and our cat, Peter. I remember having to carry Peter over the pebbles to a garden area where he could do his business, he would not walk on the pebbles. There was a family with three girls about my brother's ages who also ...see more
I remember the shopkeepers; Rees Jones & Fred Palmer (the butcher) also Sgt Brace at the Police Station. I also have very fond memories of the Bedwellty Show and the ink stamps on your hand to let you back in and trying to imprint them on friend's hands who hadn't been able to go in! I remember frog spawn excursions to the Mansion Pond (my poor mother had to put up with jars of the stuff ...see more
Your picture of Kingsbury Square shows a fountain which was dedicated to someone called Adkins, whole relatives are locals called Keen. That fountain was moved at the time of George 5th's Jubilee and is still in the Vale Park in the High Street. Lesly Batcheler
My grandfather was steward of the Victoria Club in Kingsbury. My parents owned Towerseys, opposite the Vale. My other grandad, Rowland Towersey, was a basket maker with a shop which, during the war, became Bucks Bullion. Then it moved to the High Street in the 50's. The pub in Kingsbury is Rockwood not Rockwell, I could go on forever... Are you Mr Caton related to the Caton who became Mrs Len White and ...see more
My grandparents, Maud and Albert Benham, lived at Rose Cottage, 1 Warbrook Lane and I have lovely memories of many happy times visiting them during WW2. I lived with my parents, Jack (Albert) and Irene, in Camberley and while my father was in the Navy I would visit my nan (grandad having died when I was quite small) on many occasions. When they first moved to Eversley from London, my ...see more
Trying to find some history about my wife's father, John Peter Cox, born in Niton ,Isle of Wight. He went on to marry Phillys Joyce Knight. He went onto live in Merston, then Arreton.
I was born on April the 19th 1957. My dad was called Erne, and mum was called Maud Frost. I went to St. Blazey School and first we lived at 110 then we moved to 128 Landreath Place. Mum an dad have past away and my very special sister, Carol, she was like a mother to us three boys and three girls; Carol, Keith, Clive, Wendy, Karen and David. Dad work for E.C.L.P for years and mum worked at the ...see more
Feeling old and thought back to my years in Streatham and my first love Jean Moore. She lived in Natal Road, I believe she got married in 68/69. Would love to say 'hi', if you see this Jean. I think she moved to Tooting; if anyone can help I would be grateful. My email is odo49odo@hotmail.com
I was at Mount Pleasant School as a boarder for 6 years from 1946 to 1952. The school was in Dalmeny Road but apparently was taken down in 1965. I have been trying to find anyone who attended this school. Before going to school there I lived in Southern Road during the last 3 years of the war and remember all the American vehicles parked down our road probably preparing for D-day. I have been back many ...see more
I'm reading a book. Came upon the name Christopher Wren (astronomer around 1683). Suddenly it slipped into my mind the combination Wrens Warren Camp and via google came upon this site.
I'm Dutch, survived the winter of 1944/1945 in that part of the Netherlands still occupied by the nazi's. Almost no food and cutting trees to get some firewood in order to burn the stove in freezing winter. The city of ...see more
My father, John, was a doctor at his surgery/house, Corporation Road and I and my brother John plus mother and father were in the shelter when the mine was dropped. I remember a discussion later about loss of panel patients (Lysaghts and Mannesment) in that street - mother kept the books! I well remember the troops camping on the rugby pitch prior to D-day. I went out one morning and all the troops were gone. It took me ...see more
Does anyone have any old photographs or memories of Beckbury Cottage (formerly Butchers Farm?) We know the cottage/outbuildings used to be a butchers shop/slaughter house and the old hooks for hanging the meat are still on the outside wall facing the road. Also would like any information on who lived here in the past or any old photographs of Beckbury generally.
I was born in Perivale Maternity Hospital in 1947 and lived in Long Drive until 1975...those were the days. Wonderful memories of: first school - Oldfield infants then on to Coston's Junior Girls School. My mum worked at J Lyons for years and walked to Greenford Station, then in the opposite direction to the trains was a tunnel that led to Lyons - I later worked there in the ...see more
In October 1958 I was sent to Yarrow for two weeks to recover from a complicated operation. I have a sense of dread about my time there; my arrival into the panelled and imposing hall as my dad disappeared down the long drive, still haunts me and none of the staff helped me to feel any better - they were unfriendly and at times very unkind. The atmosphere was heavy with lots of silence and I never ...see more
Our family had returned to England at the very end of 1948 from a short overseas BOAC posting in Montreal. My father, a BOAC pilot, was due to begin training to fly Boeing Stratocruisers at Filton in 1949, and along with other crew families we were placed on a new housing estate in Westbrook Road. Shortly before Christmas 1951 my older brother (8) and I went shopping in the Centre travelling in by bus, I ...see more
In October 1958 I spent two weeks at Yarrow and have never been able to forget how unhappy I was during that time. I do not remember staff putting us at our ease in the big old victorian building which felt very oppressive to an 11 year old. It was often quiet and you talked in a whisper, I think I thought I was there as a punishment and I remember a constant sense of loneliness and fear. ...see more
My husband (Tony Coleman), was at The Gables Childrens Home in Whitchurch. Does anyone remember this Home; he can remember a boy called Terry Birt. He thinks he was there in the early 50's. Anyone remember The Gables?
My husband (Tony Coleman), tells me of being in a Children's Home on the sea front. Does anyone remember this or was anyone there with him? He remembers Ernie Curl, Tony Lobb and David Ayers. He would dearly like to get in touch with anyone with any knowledge of this time.
I was born in 1946 and went to live on Sutton Flats when I was 5. We lived there in various flats until I was 21! By then, each block was known by a name rather than just a number and we lived at the top of Littlegreen House, though many people called it Little Greenhouse! When I was 11 I went to Pendleton High School, now a housing estate, as a scholarship girl. It was sometimes difficult ...see more
I lived in Standford from 1934 to 1956. Many memories of growing up in this small village with a river and ford as a main attraction. Being brought up on a farm the countryside was (and is) very much in my blood. In the past 30 or 40 years the character of the village has changed completely with the influx of families using it as a dormitory for work in London and elsewhere. No longer the village I knew sadly, where ...see more
This (downstream) side of the mill was a popular site for the Canadian Army stationed at Bordon Camp during the war. Almost every day they would be there with their lorries, tanks and motorbikes, ostensibly to wash the vehicles but generally to play! With a ford on this side the game would be to drive at speed into the 9 to 12 inch deep water producing an impressive plume of spray. On one occasion a tank drove close to the ...see more
My great grandfather, William Collins, (born Morval, 1854) served on The Royal Adelaide 9 times between July 1874 and December 1889. Good to 'feel' a connection via this photo and other memories of folk who's own relatives must have served with great grandfather.
My gran and grandad lived Chopwell and I had great memories of going there in sixties and seventies but they have all died and I have no photos or info on them. My gran was Ellen Mallin (formally Clark) and married to James Mallin and had 2 children, my dad John and his sister Mary who died in the sixties. My gran lived all over Chopwell and lived in Pennine View when she died in 1972 but had lived in Dalton Crescent, ...see more
My name is Tom Smith. I was born in 17 Gervis Rd, Collyhurst Flats in August 1945. My dad was Jack Smith and my mam was Ada; there were 6 kids, John, Mary, James, (me) Andrew, and Arthur. To me the flats were a maze to play in for hours when it was wet. When the sun shone we played cricket out front using a lamp-post as a wicket, an old board as a bat, and usually an old popped tennis ...see more
This photograph shows the Barton Road Swing Bridge over the Manchester Ship Canal, taken from the Bridgewater Canal Aqueduct, which stands alongside this bridge and carried the Bridgewater Canal over the MSC. The swing bridge used to be a source of frustration in the 1960s before the new Barton High Level Road Bridge (M60) was opened. Many motorists hurrying to work would find the bridge swung, and their way into Trafford Park held up, making them late for work.
We used to live in Phrosso Road, off George Vth Avenue, and I used to be allowed to go to Marine Gardens on my own, or with my friend Katharine Green. We loved daring each other to jump over the long channel of the fishpond! Oh what simple pleasures! My sister used to work in the cafe, which I used to think was incredibly glamorous! Judy (Harrop) Hemery.
My half brother was sent to the above home when he was around 13-14. I was wondering if there is anyone out there that knows of this home and has any photographs. Did anyone have a good experience of this home? Please could you get in touch. My half brother died in 1982 following an accident in 1979 that resulted in being wheelchair bound, it was at this home where the accident occurred. Thank you
My grand-parents, Ernie and Winnie Hewby, lived in a big old house towards the end of Castle Hills across the lane from a small farm/small holding. I believe the house was called Standard Lodge and that during the war they ran a small café there and kept some pigs. My siblings and I used to love visiting, my grandfather won a competition for his gardens (he loved gardening) and I've inherited his ...see more
My great aunt, Evelyn Chapman, was a house mother at the Cottage Homes in Lanchester. We lived in Lanchester House, just opposite the homes, and I liked to go across and see the children.
My friend Sue and I worked as waitresses at the Runnacleve during July and August of that hot summer whilst on holiday from catering college. Not that we saw much of the sun! We served breakfast, lunch and dinner with short breaks in between. We would start work at 7.30am and finally finish around 9pm. We were in the annexe of the restaurant and I waited on the American owner, Mr Roberts and his family who had the ...see more
In 2001 I found out my mother had been adopted in April 1953 and her real father,Thomas Beattie, was born in 1912 and lived in Tow Law. Thomas Beattie's father was called Richard Beattie and his mother was Mary Anne Beattie (maiden name Hobson) born 1875. We know Richard Beattie was a Stoneman (Colliery) in the local mine and his father Andrew Beattie was killed in a tragic accident in the mine. Thomas ...see more
I lived in one of the cottages at Woodhorn, my dad worked on the farm. I remember a big windmill behind the houses. We had no indoor toilet, had to go cross the back lane, and no bathroom, had a tin tub, we had hot water from the boiler behind the fireplace, it was only a one bedroom cottage, I had to sleep in the same room as mam and dad. I remember the blacksmiths shop in the village and used to go there and ...see more
I was born in Sandfield and that's how my Mother always spoke of it not as Wordsley Hospital. Later on I went to Brook Street School. The teachers were; Mr Yardley, Miss White and Miss Bowater and Mr Cartwright. I lived in Collis Street, Amblecote so had a 15 minute walk to School. Afterwards I went to Audnam Sec Modern, my last class was taken by Mr Jack Roberts who recently died, he was a very fair teacher. ...see more
I don't remember too much about Bromley as I lived in Harrow. But I travelled to that area a lot in the mid-sixties as I was the lead singer and co-founder of Paul and the Playboys. In fact I think I came up with the name. Unfortunately the distance was too much and I bowed out.
In 1952-1956 I trained at RWSH & obtained SRN & then went to Cambridge for midwifery training. After that emigrated to Canada worked there & also USA. Worked as a nurse in San Francisco & New York. I often think of the days & nights spent working at Royal West Sussex Hospital. I would like to get in touch with anyone who remembers me. Sheila McConnell.
I remember my nan taking me to Pontyclun on the bus, we used to call it the 'red dragon' and one of my uncles was manager of the grocery store (can't remember the name). There was also a shoe shop which displayed their shoes in tiny wooded frames (like backless bookcases). I expect these shops have long gone but I have happy memories of spending a few hours with my nan shopping in Pontyclun.
Have lots of memories of Vane St, Station Town. Lots of friends and very good times. We have been back lots of times and it's all changed now. Would love to hear from anyone that remembers me.
I lived in Dunston from 1946-1964. This area of Dunston was a place I knew quite well. The lamp post on the left was almost outside a dental surgery. I well remember the experience of having a tooth extracted here, and the staff's struggle to administer the gas anesthetic to knock me out! I learned to dislike visiting the dentist from here. To the right there were the "bankyfields". There used to be a ...see more
The holiday bungalows on the cliff top at Reighton Gap, overlooking Filey Bay, were demolished, when their leases ran out. None fell into the sea. There is very little movement on the cliff as there is a gravel quarry forming a plateau between the cliff, and the sea,
I was born on the Kirkdales then moved to 168 Whitehall Road in 1957. I went to Lower Wortley and Armley Park, used to deliver for the co-op on a bike before leaving school. Played football on Lower Wortley Park and the rec. Had some good times sledging down the hills behind Dunlops
Happy memories, happy childhood...
Pen-y-Bont was my grandfather's farm, Tegid Rees was his name, Glyneth, Margaret, John (my father now deceased 1987), Beryl & David were his family. I remember to the left of the front door to the kitchen there was a big piece of slate that we all and my cousins, at some point had carved our names on, plus many many others... Also remember lying in one of the bedrooms listening to the rain belting down on ...see more
I was born in 1930 in Chelsea but moved to Haines Street, Battersea (demolished to make way for New Covent Garden in the 1960's) in 1933. Moved to No.3 Sleaford Street Battersea in 1935 and went to Sleaford Street School until 1939 (Mr Hilton and Mr Baker, two teachers). First swimming lesson with school and nearly drowning in Nine Elms swimming baths; playing on the Monkey Steps in Battersea Park (glorious flower ...see more
I remember walking up (what seemed like then) the long steep hill every morning to go to Lound School... apparently the old one..with the stone walls around it, and the Vicors house across the road. There used to be a sweet shop half way down the hill, and on the other side of the road was the cricket fields, with the wooden fence around. One afternoon when walking home, I ran across the road right ...see more
Lived off Chadwell Heath Lane/Hall Road. Grandad ran the green grocers on the corner of Reynolds Ave and Chadwell Heath Lane. It was family run; me, father, mum and oldest brother....great memories as a child. The paper shop next door was run by 'old man Hayes', I worked marking up morning papers, miserable old so and so - no one liked him. Then there was Heath stores run by Tony Pupa (nice fellow), went to ...see more
We lived in Penton Road and my brother and I went to Hygeia House School, sadly gone now. We used to walk down the tow path to the Lock. Once my brother (4 years older than me) dared me to walk across the wall below the weir! I still have nightmares - I couldn't swim, but somehow I waded across without slipping to my death! My brother also worked during the summer holidays helping the lock keeper, running to open and close the sluice gates.
One of my earliest memories is being driven around the farm here in my father's Land Rover. He was farm manager here until 1964 when we moved to Suffolk.
My grandmother, Beatrice May Palmer, was baptised at St. Nicholas Church her dob July 13th, 1893.
In 1955, my mum owned the Beach Deckchair stand and the Penny Arcade named Funland. I worked on the beach chairs, and the Arcade in the evenings during the summer holidays. I recall that the bungalow next to the stand was called Laughing Waters and the elderly lady owner, had charge of her son's car in her garage; it was a vintage bull-nosed Morris car with spare petrol cans on the running boards! I swam ...see more
Unfortunately I don't have any memories of Rexco but wonder if anyone does; in particular the turbine exploding or something similar. Thanks to all who reply.
Hello, my name is Mick Turnbull. I was born in 1957 and lived at 1, Cairns Avenue. My parents were Robert Davison Turnbull and Jean Turnbull. My mother's parents were Adam and Nellie Chirnside and had lived in the same house of which the ownership went back to the Smith family who, it seems , was the Manager of the mine leading up to the closure of the Colliery. Robert Chirnside had moved south from ...see more
My grandparents, aunts and uncles, plus my mum and dad used to live in Bowyers House down the lane from the Phipps Arms pub. My grandad, dad and uncles used to work in the Old Tanyard. I remember the smell from there, it was awful at times and used to drift across Westbury if the wind was in wrong direction. My aunt and uncle and my cousins lived in Bowyers House too for a while in the fifties and sixties until Oldfield Park was built in Westbury.
I think that you are referring to Mrs Glazier. Sr Kilgallen managed CC3 and watched the staff like a hawk. I was feeding a resident one day and she tore across the day-room.."Wat daya tink your doin..we're troin ta teach these children taste and discrimination and your mixin it op loik cuncrete! Would you eat your food loik that?" I wouldnt dare give an honest reply,.."sorry sister"..."now move over and let me ...see more
As a young lad growing up in the village was a joy with the forest & common for a playground. We knew nearly everybody that lived there. You talk about Morgans the newsagent and Myers the Butchers; I worked for both of them, also Palmers who had the Wavey Line store. Hayes the sweet shop across from the Brewers and another two people I worked for. My brothers worked for Pete Fuller. ...see more
I hope I'm not in error here but would dearly love to liaise with someone who might have local knowledge of where my Kemp relations resided - I think it was in and around Leverton. Richard and Christien Kemp had their children baptised at St Mary's; their son John Kemp is my known ancestor - he married Elizabeth Garrard: their son William Kemp was born in 1857. He married Ann Ambrose and their youngest ...see more
Does anyone have any pictures or information relating to Hilton House set in Westwoods? It's demolished now. The story goes... an old lady lived there and the house was pulled down 1935 (ish); Watneys aquired the site but due to a planed one-way system sold it to a developer who failed to get planning. I seek to find images and information please. Kind regards.
When I was a kid my dad owned a fish shop up the hill, where he sold wet fish to the likes of King Hussein of Jordan, and the Saudi Princes, when they were at Harrow School.
Eastcote House was owned by Lord and Lady Anderson; my grandfather was their chauffeur and lived in Gate End. As a kid I remember swimming in the pool that they had in the garden.
I remember Blakes Corner so well. I was born in 1959 and it was just like the picture. The memories came flooding back to me. I used to walk the streets of Barking with my dad.
Further to memories of Fairfield; when I was 7 I came to Fairfield House and stayed for 3 and a half years. Like many residents I had breathing problems and was sent there for the sea air. I have lots of good memories of the school and Broadstairs itself, the only names I remember are my friend Irene Reynolds from Ilkeston, and a girl called Pat Porter who I think came from Canterbury. I recall ...see more
I remember Barking Park. It was the place to go in the 70's, meeting boys and being off school; stayed there till late. Such a beautiful park, even now.
I so remember Barking like this. I wasn't born until '59 but it still looked a lot like this picture. I often wonder how it changed so much. It's not at all how I remember it now. I go back to see family occasionally, but since my mum died, it's not the same. Sad but true...
I remember going down this road to the Labour Exchange for my dad to sign on.
I lived in Wealdstone but went to the Wembley Majestic every Saturday evening to dance to the Roy Kimber band. It was a great place to meet girls, but there was no liquor sold there and we had to go out to the pub down the High Street to get a pint! If we met someone we liked, the first thing was to find out where she lived. If it was in the other direction than Wealdstone we couldn't afford to take her home ...see more
We originally lived in Camberwell and were bombed out in the blitz of 1940. After sleeping on the platform of the Elephant & Castle underground train station for a few weeks, my dad found us a house to rent on Toorack Road, which was the border of Wealdstone and Harrow Weald. We were on the Harrow Weald side. I went to Whitefriars Elementary School, which was across the street from Windsor ...see more
To start I was actually born in Shaftesbury Avenue in 1960 but we moved to Florence Avenue when I was two years old, so I don't remember much about Shaftesbury Avenue. But I do have four older brothers who remember it very well. I loved the growing up in Florence Avenue, I had a good gang of mates, it was very pleasant road to grow up in. I went to Garth Primary School then Malmesbury Middle School and then finally ...see more