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I remember the train set that used to run around the toy shop, you used to put a penny in the slot and it would run into the back of the shop and out again. I was born in Mitcham in 1950 and lived in Glebe Court on the ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1957 by Loraine Wakenell

Yes, I remember Warnham Court just, in those days the sunken garden was out of bounds, the terraces and the pines, but we still climbed them and many other places were also out of bounds. I remember the dog's ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1951 by Peter Hutton

I joined the Queen Alexandra Nursing Corps in 1958 and came down from Scotland to QA depot at Hindhead. After training at the Dental College, Aldershot was posted to the Dental Centre, Connaught Hospital. My name was then Smith. ...Read more

A memory of Hindhead in 1959 by Jean Barnard

If I remember correctly, a white climbing rose grew up one side of the arch and a red on the other. The path continued straight through the archway, and led up the garden to the two wooden sheds at the top of the ...Read more

A memory of Shamley Green in 1954 by Patricia Clarke

Did you attend Bush House Open Air School? My name is Rita Pilbrow (with one more surname on the end which was added a lot later). I was at Bush House Open Air School around 1953 when I was 7 years ...Read more

A memory of Isleworth in 1956 by Rita Faith Pilbrow Carlson

I recall as a boy living in Thame Road having to pass the church at dusk, having been in the village playing field until late. We had an old lady who had lived next to us, a Mrs Honour, who we called Gran Honour, who had ...Read more

A memory of Oakley in 1955 by Eric Brooks

I lived at the junction of Brock Hill and Wantz Corner from birth in 1949 till 1960. In those days we had fields to the side and rear of us and also across the road in Brock Hill. We played in the brick fields, and I ...Read more

A memory of Wickford in 1955 by Kathy Challen

I lived as a child in Down Road, Alveston (at Barton Cottage - now demolished) from 1959 to 1964 and have great memories of Thornbury. Having no car in those days the family would march down the hill into Thornbury to Mass on ...Read more

A memory of Thornbury in 1959 by Paul Martin

Dear Readers, This is a brief extract from a book I have written called 'The Old Time' about West Wycombe and High Wycombe between 1947 and 1961 describing a day when we went over to Hell Bottom woods ...Read more

A memory of West Wycombe in 1953 by John Comer

My brothers Roger and David and I were pulled out of Rope Hill School in Boldre (near Lymington), tried and failed to get into St Peter's School, and then were accepted and started as day pupils at ...Read more

A memory of Southbourne in 1955 by Edward Williams