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One of my earliest memories was the Coronation. In Northfield Road there was a dairy that opened up its premises for a street party. We used to go to the railway bridge off Burgess Road to watch the steam trains. I had forgotten ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1953

When my parents moved to Wokingham in 1950 I understand that it had a popululation of 5,000 and my memories are of a sleepy market town. I gather the population is now about 60,000 and it certainly shows when I return - it ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham in 1950 by John Buck

This photograph shows the thatched house of Mr and Mrs Hansford on the right, on the opposite side of the road to the village stores owned by Roy and Ruth Wells. In the centre of the picture, in ...Read more

A memory of St Mary Bourne in 1955 by Stephanie Garnham

When we first moved to "the estate" in the early fifties I would have to catch the bus into Reigate as I went to school in Holmesdale Road. The school I have forgotten about but what is memorable was the smell of the ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 1957 by Richard Greenway

Reading the post about catching sticklebacks in the Bridgewater brought memories flooding back. I lived in Clifton Street, off Stretford Road. At the weekend we used to get some butties off our Mum, a bottle of pop (if she could ...Read more

A memory of Stretford in 1955 by David Timperley

I moved into West Park Road ( seen in the photo off to the left ) in 1955 at the age of 7. The house was a glorious Victorian residence with 1881 as the year of build noted on the front. Childhood was bliss here, particularly living ...Read more

A memory of Mottingham in 1959 by Michael Parmley

Hi My family (The Watsons) owned the bakery which was a substantial building in the village centre. It housed the bakery itself (my Uncle Dick Watson was the baker in those days). It was also a hotel with six bedrooms, plus ...Read more

A memory of Tatsfield in 1955 by Barry Watson

My name is Paul.D.Dean. I am the little boy in the photograph. I was eight years old at the time. The year was 1953, Coronation year. It was a hot day in the school summer holidays. My house can be seen in the background to the ...Read more

A memory of Davenham in 1953 by Paul Dean

I can't pinpoint the year exactly, but it was definitely a year or two before 1953 which was the year I left the UK. I and three friends, student nurses at a hospital in Essex, decided on a holiday in Scotland. We chose Dollarbeg ...Read more

A memory of Dollar in 1951 by Thelma Hurly

I started at Berwick Road C of E School in 1957 together with some of the people referred to in the other memories ie: Heather Wallis, Christopher Bennior, Lorraine Staton.  There were others obviously such as Margot ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1957 by Kathleen Green