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My grandfather, John Williams, lived in a victorian terraced house in Seymour Road with his parents and four brothers. The house was knocked down and replaced with the large block of flats you can see in the distance to the centre of ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1940 by Julian Hight

This is closer to Salt Hill than Cippenham.  The road on the left is Twinches Lane, the factory on the right is probably Crane Packing, and the view looks west!

A memory of Cippenham in 1959 by Patrick Butterly

I attended Bersham School until 1950 and well remember the daily walk (or run) from 30 Wynnstay Crescent up West Grove to the school. I believe 1947 was the year that the winter flood happened and Gwylim Williams drowned near the ...Read more

A memory of Rhostyllen in 1947 by Leonard Hughes

We had many happy weeks down at the Allhallows campsite. I lived in Gravesend and we travelled by steam train to Allhallows. Also for a day out we would cycle as well, a long way but we were young. We met a lot of nice ...Read more

A memory of Allhallows in 1956 by David Hills

I lived in Petersham Avenue, Byfleet, name June Bartram. We used to look over at the race track. I went to St Mary's School. There were two Miss Evans teachers. I was married at the Methodist church in 1949, 60 years ago ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet in 1940 by June Keddie

The Old Vicarage Cottage in Church Street is now home to the Parish Office and is a local access point for North Kesteven District Council. There is a good display of village photos, the building itself is about 350 ...Read more

A memory of Billinghay

I have no personal memories of Kirkstead, but it was an important place in the history of my family.    My great grandfather, William Gilbert West, and his wife Rebecca farmed somewhere in the Kirkstead area ...Read more

A memory of Kirkstead in 1870

My dad was Ron Watkin and we lived at 44 West Park (Marbury Park was divided in to a 'West Park' and an 'East Park' - I seem to remember that West Park was regarded as the 'posher' of the two!) . . I remember lots of ...Read more

A memory of Marbury in 1959

The Rivera!! Once a week after school in 1964- 65, a group of us (mostly 6th-formers from the Grammar School, which was co-ed by that time) used to gather upstairs in the Rivera Restaurant (on the right ...Read more

A memory of St Austell in 1964 by Elke Langmaid Love

I was born at Howard's Road Hospital in 1954. My parents lived with relatives in Walpole Road then Elm Park before coming back to East Ham. We moved about the manor a fair bit. Mountfield Road, ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1958 by Ted Hannaford