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A lot has been posted about Wandle Park but what about Duppas Hill? I well remember the gun emplacement at the top of Duppas Hill and I remember the noise they made when they were firing, I lived not a stones throw away in ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1940 by John Knapp

I came on tonight to see the house I was living in when I left to come to America. I was amazed to see the Memories of St. Helens pictures etc. What a pleasure to see the pictures, and read some of the memories. I remember ...Read more

A memory of St Helens in 1946 by Joan Jory

I am Barking born and bred on 25.04.1921 and lived in Fanshaw Avenue which was not far from Eastbury House. I have now reached the age of 92 and would like to share a memory which until very recently I kept to ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1940 by Winifred Lines

I was 12 and lived in Prestwood for about 6 months, Oct 41 to March 42. Lived at Delsyde, Hockley Road with my parents in the house of the Adams family including Isabel aged about 10 and Leslie about2, Mr Adams had a business ...Read more

A memory of Prestwood in 1941 by Dudley Parker

I was a boarder here in the late 1940s. The Principal was Miss Attrill and Miss Doris, who was described as being her niece. They were Scots, and I believe that Miss Doris was a keen golfer. I am not sure whether Miss ...Read more

A memory of Belmont in 1949 by Susie Palmer

Hello again, Referring back to my childhood growing up in Rye, can you picture it today, eleven children, no fridge, only a larder, no washing machine, only a copper boiler, no tumble dryer, only a mangle for squeezing out the water ...Read more

A memory of Hastings in 1940 by Stanley Wilson

My great uncle Mr Arthur Real who was born at Axmouth Devon in 1886 and grew up there, started a business in Castle Cary Somerset with Mr Walter Holton from Trowbridge Wiltshire in the 1930s. They ...Read more

A memory of Castle Cary in 1940 by Kay Foulger

I'm looking for Margaret d.o.b Nov 1949 [could be known as Gaynor] Jones and Patricia L Davies d.o.b Nov 1949, both born in Neath and lived in God rer Graig. Patricia's married name could either be Jones or Thomas and she ...Read more

A memory of Neath in 1948 by Carol Angus

As a schoolboy I attended both infant and junior schools in Harrington (now closed). I recall a Police Sergeant Winters who I would believe to be housed at the police station, which was the custom at the time. I am now 80 years old, born in 1929.

A memory of High Harrington in 1940 by Arnold Ainsworth

This was the year I took my 11+ exam. There was such deep snow that winter that it was very difficult to walk to school. Luckily I lived in Milton Road where St John's was then situated. On arriving at school we were all so ...Read more

A memory of West Hendon in 1947 by Ann Midson