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As a lad, in the fifties after Sunday lunch, my father would drive my mother, my two sisters and I to Seasalter. The beach was made up of pebbles and shells, not as comfortable as the sandy beaches further into Kent, on the other hand ...Read more

A memory of Yorkletts in 1958

My dad was the manager of Elliotts Shoe Shop in Purley from 1949- 1952, after he was demobbed from active service in the War. We lived above the shop in one of the flats. I would love to see any pics that may be ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1950 by Lesley Smith

I lived in Woodland Close throughout my childhood and started at Kingsbury Green Primary School in 1959. The classrooms were brightly painted, and the smells of plasticine, paints, crayons, pink (carbolic) soap and school dinners ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1959 by Jackie Hayles

I first went to Cuckoo infants in 1952,this was in Laurie Road,and then onto the girls junior in 1953 until 1958 which was on Kennedy Road.And my last school was St Anns Secondary school for girls until 1961.I had ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell in 1951 by Sonia (Ayshford)Fowler

Hi, I remember transferring from a seaside town to Cranham, just about the time Ackworth the builders were busy on the Cranham Park Estate. The brickfields were our dens after school, making carts from scrap pieces of timber, axles and ...Read more

A memory of Upminster in 1954 by Ken Bainbridge

I was born near the end of the war in a house in Loring Road, Isleworth. My aunts, uncles & grandparents all lived in and around Isleworth. My father worked in the Pears Soap factory and my brothers & I all went to ...Read more

A memory of Isleworth in 1950 by Claire Wells

I grew up in Tranmere, I went to Well Lane School. I started school in 1959. I would love to contact old school friends. Vague memories of early childhood - still can remember few names - ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead in 1959 by Susan Williams

This was taken from opposite the junction with Durham Road; the other one was taken opposite Amity Grove. After we moved out of the flat above the butchers (see my other memory) and moved up the hill my way to school was ...Read more

A memory of Raynes Park in 1959 by John Young

My parents lived with my grandfather - Harry Fiddleman, at 41 Lower Addiscombe Road. Grandfather was a hairdresser so we lived behind and above the shop. I was born at St Mary's Maternity Home. I cannot find any references to this ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1953

When I left Farnborough in 1957, there was no ornamental pond, just woodland where us kids spent many happy hours playing. There was a small pond at the lower end of the field called Halls pond ( if I'm not mistaken) which ...Read more

A memory of Farnborough in 1956 by Julia Clarke