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I remember playing football outside our house on Primrose Hill with a police man when we heard a loud rumbling noise. We noticed dust clouds rising behind the last two houses on the street, we ran to my house and went to the back yard ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn in 1954 by Norman Edwards

Memories: What happened to my youth in Streatham. Was born in 1942, raised on Hambro Road three doors down from the dust yard back of the ice rink. Educated Eardley Road, Balham "Borstal" High School, Brixton school of ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1955 by Kenneth Butcher

i can remember the lathoms arthur and martha jean john tony ,they used to play with me and dennis and frank woodall. my gran walker used to work at hornbys chippy. i also remember ailsa payne,she used to have guineapigs in the back ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1953 by Anita Walker

I remember it so well, being told we were moving to a house in Sudbourne Road, Brixton. I was nearly six years old and moved into a very old and neglected Victorian House at no 23, Sudbourne Road, with my mum, ...Read more

A memory of Brixton in 1952 by Annette Healy

Yes, did the same thing! I remember the trailers went under an archway into the yard. Patricia Hampton.

A memory of Boston in 1952 by Patricia Hampton

I have a vivid memory of playing on the bomb site in Cambridge Place, I was 10 years old and a real tomboy. As my grandmother lived at number 11 Cambridge Place together with my Aunt Peg, Aunt Patsy and ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1950 by Ruby West (Booroff)

My mum and dad owned York House Cafe and shop which was situated just a few yards to the right of where this picture was taken from. I have many happy memories of growing up in Weybridge. (I would have been 9 when this picture ...Read more

A memory of Weybridge in 1955 by Graham Hagley

I was born in Barnsley in 1950 and lived in Hemsworth. I use to go to the pictures on a Saturday morning with my pals and ride my pretend horse home afterwards. I don't know the name of our street but you could walk out of the front ...Read more

A memory of Hemsworth in 1950 by Robert Stepien

50s/60s. Are there any folks out there that remember the Carter Family? Granny Carter lived at Birchwood Farm, Eddie Carter had the Hill House and Tom Carter lived close by. Remember the Hop Yards, can smell the smell now that were ...Read more

A memory of Bosbury in 1955 by Ann Carter

The entry regarding Gladstone Road and the Mission brought back many memories. As a child I went to Sunday School there when Father Clarke was in charge and Mrs Smith ran a handicrafts club on Thursdays after school. On the corner ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1950 by Maureen Draper