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hello, My wife remembers going to Martello camp in Walton on the naze for holidays from the childrens home in Hornchurch in the late 1940 to 1950. They stayed in army style tents and kept all their gear in the Martello tower out of the rain! any one remember?

A memory of Walton-On-The-Naze in 1950 by Brian Trimmer

WOW! I am Yvonne Blake (ne Hoare) the memories here are wonderful and yes we remember the Odeon where my sister Shirley and brother David went while I went to Burtons for ballroom dancing lessons. We lived at ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath in 1955 by Len Blake

Then there was the greatest fish and chip shop in the world PESCIES. Decorated in true Italian style of painted scenes of the blue waters and gondolas of Venice with beautiful wood booths with frosted glass scenes and marble ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1950 by Chrs

We lived at Merebrook, Dormans Park for ten years from around 1952. My parents were Lilian and Peter Deverall and we were five children - Clive, Michele, Camilla, Nicolas and Louise. We lived next door to the Samsons - also a ...Read more

A memory of Dormans Park in 1952

We moved from Balham to Burgess Hill in 1956. My parents had bought 267 Junction Road and then proceeded to renovate the house as it was in a shocking condition. Both my parents worked in London so I walked to my grandparents' ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill in 1959 by Fran White

I lived in Temple Fortune about a mile north of Golders Green up the Finchley Road, along which passed buses and trolleybuses going up to Finchley and Barnet, and south to Baker Street, Trafalgar Square and London. In the 1940s ...Read more

A memory of Golders Green in 1953 by R Stonhold

I now live in Adelaide, South Australia, but lived in Holly Road in the 1950s and I too have fond memories of Christopher's sweet shop. My brother and I played on Cove green a lot and I broke my foot there atthe age of 6. I took a trip ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1957 by Hazel Drummond

We lived at 54 Millbank Road, off Caledonia Road, near the Wishaw train station. As kids we trainspotted, played soccer, cricket, rounders, etc. I had lots of cousins to play with. We would go to the pictures in the ...Read more

A memory of Wishaw in 1952 by William Bunce

I attended Holy Trinity Primary School, Church of England, at Darwen in the year 1955, when I was six years of age. There was a spiritual bond between the school and the Holy Trinity Church, as it was then ...Read more

A memory of Darwen in 1955 by Peter Farley

It was 1958 and I had just left school at Walbottle Secondary. Me and my best pal Wes Coulthard (who I'm sad to say has since passed away) went on our first holiday together before starting down the Pit. We went with his parents Jimmy ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1958 by Jimmy Burrows