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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 ...Read more

A memory of Ferryside in 1950 by Sallyanne Jones

I was a pupil here and Miss Dickie ('The Bird' as we called her) was our headmistress and much respected and revered. I believe she retired a while after. It was an excellent school though we did take it all for granted sometimes. We ...Read more

A memory of Cheam in 1955 by Joan Arnold

Does anyone remember a Church of England home for unmarried mothers? There appears to be no mention of one in history pages, and no record of the poor girls who left their babies there.

A memory of West Ham in 1957

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

In 1955, several Air Force families stationed variously at Alconbury and Molesworth Air Force Bases in England found themselves renting flats (apts) in a Jacobean Manor House in the English Countryside. The landlady, ...Read more

A memory of Wadenhoe in 1955 by Perle Champion

In the 1950s I attended Burlington School in Blagdon Road, New Malden. I remember we were presented with Coronation spoons on the day of the Queens coronation. I remember well some of the teachers, Mr ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park in 1953 by Lionek Paton

I worked in the ticket office at the railway station from about 1959 until about 1962. The taxi drivers would come in for tea and W.H.Smiths was attached to the building. I was one of the first to move in to the block ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill in 1959 by James Stapleton

I remember my relatively short time in Wembley with great affection. At my mother's instigation we moved from Willesden to Lonsdale Avenue, Wembley, in 1953 when I was fourteen. My father paid the princely sum of ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1953 by William (Bill) Rowan

I was born in Birtley (were my mam come from, at my grannies home). I was brought back to my mam and dad's house in Washington (Viola Street). I was only a few days old. When I was one we moved to Wood Terrace to a 3 bedroom house, my ...Read more

A memory of Washington in 1956 by Edith Hall

I lived in Sherfield Rd from 1950-1960. I lived a few doors down from the Bridgers, the local haulage contractor, his daughter Beryl use to ride her horse at the head of the carnival procession each year, during the ...Read more

A memory of Grays in 1953