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My family had 'The Carlton' shop during my childhood and teenage years. My mum and dad (82 and 87) still live in Sutton, and I get back to visit often (I live in Spain). I have many fond ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1967 by Carol Harkness

I was brought up in Nailsea. My parents owned a toy and gift shop on Station Road rented from Bob Vance, later we moved to Noah's Ark Cottage. Built in 1666, it had all the original features intact, the stone ...Read more

A memory of Nailsea in 1960 by Martin Smith

This the South Est Corner of the junction on the A4 known as Everret's Corner. Just around to the right from this position are some lock-up shops that I remember from the early 1950s which included a Gents Barbers. Further ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham in 1965 by Patrick Butterly

These memories relate to about 1963-1966/7. My dad was a car salesman for more years than I care to remember, and worked at the car sales place in Bedfont. We knew a lot of people in the area (none, alas, on this site so far), ...Read more

A memory of Bedfont in 1963 by Steve Hamilton

Mum remembers going across Parsons Green durig the war and the air raid had gone off, then she heard a doodlebug above her, she ran into the gents toilets and heard it land somewhere near, she never been that frightened ...Read more

A memory of Fulham in 1968 by Laura Warden

In the sixties my inlaws (Mr & Mrs F King) used to keep ducks on the pond and in the evenings would drive them home, to bed them down in a duck house in their back garden of 27, Holden Corner. In latter years the Council built a ...Read more

A memory of Southborough in 1960 by Richard Stronghill

Leytonstone was a great place to live back in the 50s and 60s. People used to come from far and wide for the wonderful shops. Bearmans was a lovely dapartment store, which also boasted ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1960 by Carol Warn

Hi Kathleen Some good old memories there...Tried to load this up as a comment to your article but the system failed! Marjorie Lockett was a Bennion, being the daughter of Joseph Bennion one of my Grandfather Albert's ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1965 by Chris Bennion

Hello everybody! I am Graham Cross - I used to work in the record shop  'RHYTHM Agencies' of Redhill (1961- 68, I started at 16 yrs old) as a musical instrument repairer and l also served in the radio & TV ...Read more

A memory of Redhill in 1961 by Graham Cross

In 1964 I was 4 years old. My Mother, brother and sister moved to Hadleigh, living at the Hollies on the corner of Softwater Lane and Rectory Road. The small parade of shops on the right were bulit sometime between 1964 and 66, ...Read more

A memory of Hadleigh in 1966 by Chris Gahan