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My family lived at Grove Cottage, Drakelow for 56 years. I was a few weeks old when we moved fromm Orgreave. At that time there was our parents, me, and four older sisters, the eldest being 15. My dad Arthur Taylor went to ...Read more

A memory of Drakelow by Gwendolyn Cooper

We lived at Langrick Station and I attended Hedgehog Bridge School - lots of memories of Miss Tooley and all the kids who lived in the area. It was a wonderful time in the 1950s. No school left now and not many of the people I knew either. If any of you read this, best wishes and happy memories.

A memory of Brothertoft in 1950 by Jim Edenbrow

I remember my time in Quarry Green, and the white council 2 storey flats next to what we knew as "Spinney woods", and the bus turnaround, the pub called "The Black Swan", and then there was the primary school opposite ...Read more

A memory of Kirkby in 1960 by Alan Bond

The restaurant at the Majestic was used as a ballroom dance school in the early 50s. The first that I remember was run by somebody named Bobby who later moved on to a school near Mitcham station. Later Don Stevoni and his ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1950 by John Borwick

My grandmother (Edith Craig/Peach) used to live in Dean Road (number 2). My mum, Pat also grew up there with her brother, Graham. I lived with my nan for a couple of years (around 1982) when I was 9 years old. The house ...Read more

A memory of Lower Penn in 1982 by Lisa Gilbert

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

I lived in Worcester Park from when I was born (1939) until early 1956 when I joined the RAF as an apprentice. The lad in the picture (W455012) could so easily have been me (it isn't) because I was often there ...Read more

A memory of Worcester Park in 1955 by Alan Lowe

I lived in Morden after my parents moved there after the war until 1961 first St Helier Ave then Easby Cres, where my 93 yr old parents still live, and went to Canterbury Primary then Willow High School from 1954,I used to attend the jazz ...Read more

A memory of Morden by Irene Mc Farlane

When I was working for Nat West Bank in the 70s I used to travel on the train from Kenley Station every day to go up to Caterham and back. The up line terminates there while the downline goes via Purley to East Croydon and London, and ...Read more

A memory of Kenley in 1972 by David Marshall

My story starts on the 1st of March 1950, the date of my birth at Doncaster Royal Infirmary.  My parents Jack & Mary Flather lived in Old Rossington at 65 Haigh Crescent, living with relatives (Guy) ...Read more

A memory of New Rossington in 1950 by Sandra Faulkner