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Friends I grew up with between 1954/64,neighbours Colin and Angela Rood,Ian and Julie Dalrymple,Mark Hide,John Porter.School Friends Robert Groves,Lesley Cobb, Robert Suckling and Raymond Blezzard,Ann Martin,Valerie ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1959 by Graeme Johnstone

Birkenhead in the 1950s – it bears no resemblance to how it is today – it does’nt even look the same. Most of the places I remember are gone. The streets where I grew up have gone – the geography of the place has ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by mcgraa

My mother and some of her family were sent/lived in Fyfield Ongar for a short time during the Second World War. They moved there from West Ham in London. Her only memory of where she lived is that it was a large house with ...Read more

A memory of Fyfield in 1940 by Vivien Holden

Can anyone remember Fentocraft Ltd, it was off St John Road. I left school, was good at art and got a job there hand painting on glass, I loved it, but it was so cold in there. The glass would come in tea chest unpacked outside, ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1960 by Pamela Mather

William Balaam born in Stone Street, Boxford in 1870 or thereabouts. He was my Grandfather's stepfather. Grandad often talked of Boxford. It is believed that later in William Balaam's life he became a Mayor or Lord Mayor - ...Read more

A memory of Boxford in 1870 by anne

I was born in Manor Park in 1937 but spent a lot of time in East Ham as my mother was a keen cinema-goer.  The Granada in Barking Road used to have a four hour programme with two films and an hour long stage show.  I recall ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by David Bolton

I was at the school from 1948 until 1955, at which point the 11+ sent me to Hove County Grammar. Starting in 1948 in Miss Wood's class I ended with two years in the top class with Miss Nichols. In between I ...Read more

A memory of Hassocks by William Lovell

Hi, can anyone tell me if they went to school with any of the following names, firstly my dad, Alan Maxwell Waring, Gillie Waring, Walter/Wally Waring, Dulcie Waring. They lived at Rose Cottage, Eastham. I would  love to ...Read more

A memory of Eastham in 1920 by Valerie Waring

During my time in training as a 16 year old student for just one year I had lodged at my grandparents, Fred and FLorence Clarke. Quite surprisingly whilst coming from a small hamlet nestling within Oxfordshire I settled ...Read more

A memory of Stratford St Mary in 1975 by Mark Clarke

I was born in Morpeth, lived there until I was 14 When my family moved to New Zealand. I have never forgotten my childhood days, I have so many fond memories. Our family moved into a house in West Park in the early 50’s, we had ...Read more

A memory of Morpeth by Susan Law