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I remember much of a childhood in Hounslow. We moved there approximately 1955/6. Grand parents Alice & Arthur, mum Shirley, stepdad Fred, Jennifer, me, Wendy & Christopher - Billy arrived a bit later. Some happy days. ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1960

What a huge time for the 10-11 year olds when we were confirmed (able to take communion like our parents). Confirmation classes with the Vicar in the evenings - huge stuff for littlies believe me. We felt so special, boys and ...Read more

A memory of Armthorpe in 1956 by Linda Norton Barker

My great grandfather, Peter Wild, built the house called Uplands, on Haltex Lane on the banks of the canal in 1900 after he'd retired from the steel industry in Rotherham and Sheffield. I never met him but in 1996 I called at ...Read more

A memory of Hest Bank in 1941 by Michael Blagden

I was born in Royston in 1949, some four years after the war. The thing about me I have a very good memory of thing that had occurred within my childhood days, some of which, like everyone else would like to forget. I ...Read more

A memory of Royston by Roland Mitchell

I was born in Battersea in 1939. We lived at various addesses. There were five of us. I was the youngest and my eldest brother Charles was born in 1930 in Victoria Dwellings. I went to William Blake Secondary Modern ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1930 by Joyce Justice Maiden Name Hawkins

I was born at no 10 Devonshire Street and remember the row of terraced houses and tiny cramped back streets, and loads of alleys and gennels where we played hide and seek. I was about 4 when Sheffield was bombed and remember ...Read more

A memory of Chesterfield in 1940 by Maureen Smith

I posted this memory once before, but am repeating with the hope that new members will see it and perhaps respond. In 1944, when I was six, bombs dropped at the end of our road in N. Mitcham (Caithness Road) ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Frances Innes

My mother-in-law was Edith Winnifred Clarke (known as Winn), born in Guiseley in 1916 and whose family, the Morrells ran the Guiseley Post Office from the late 1800s. She ...Read more

A memory of Guiseley by Teresa Green

My father was born in Shropshire in 1919, his family name was Talbot changed by his father to Talbott because there were so many Talbot's and the mail was always sent to the wrong address. The family lived in or around Oakengates for many ...Read more

A memory of Oakengates