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Our Dad worked as the gardener for the Manor Hotel, and they lived at Park Lodge, on the edge of the grounds, where my two older sisters were born.

A memory of Burley in 1949

We moved to 30 Dean Road in 1948 and I went to St Andrews school then onto Dudden Hill Secondry Modern School. Our flat had a side entrance which came out onto Grove Road. We also used to play out in the road with my 2 brothers Ron and ...Read more

A memory of Willesden in 1948 by Peter Ashby

I started there in 1949, William (Billy) Bourne was Headmaster, a large portly man. Some of the other teachers names I remember were, Hooper, Griffiths, Stone, Houghton, Gibbs. Mr Gibbs took us for gardening & we had to walk up ...Read more

A memory of Worcester in 1949 by Roy Gilmour

My birth certificate says I was born at Bushey Hospital in the April of 1943. I’m told that it was during an unusually hot spell. I lived at 84, Lynton Avenue in Colindale up to 1965 when I got married and moved away. ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1940 by Peter Woolford

My parents were Gerald and Phyllis Smith, we lived in Goldsel Road from about 1939/40, having moved from 'Crescent Gardens'. My father worked at Philip Ladds Nurseries, which was owned and run by his uncle Philip. My father ...Read more

A memory of Swanley in 1940 by Gerald Smith

My father’s family moved to Rhyl in 1891 and my mother’s family in 1925. My parents fell in love on Rhyl Golf Links. Even though they settled in Portsmouth after their wedding, family bonds held fast and we spent every ...Read more

A memory of Rhyl in 1940 by Anne Joseph

I went to the village school, firstly the one in Dorset Road and then the primary school near West Park. On the corner was Martins Bank with a big gold grasshopper over the door. I used to try to get to the school playground ...Read more

A memory of Mottingham in 1940 by Sylvia Fellows

A prefabricated hut or nursery school in Franks park I went to near Valley Road, I lived in Stanmore Road, any pictures please?

A memory of Belvedere in 1946 by John Archer

I can recall belonging to the Colchester Road Gang, we consisted of boys and girls keen on adventures. We used to travel miles with a bicycle wheel rim and a stick and roamed miles around the area, we also had adventures in ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1940 by Leslie Laing

I am the youngest child of Thomas the milk and delivered milk on horse and cart from age 11 for 3 years and then went modern when the horse died. I remember Alastair Macsorley, his mum and the rest of the family, ...Read more

A memory of Cefn in 1947 by Trudy Pewtner