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I was born in 1953 at home which was a prefab 23 Links Side Enfield. Situated at the bottom of Windmill Hill on the way to Oakwood with the Jolly Farmers Pub on the corner. Links Side was a very nice road mainly houses on one side ...Read more

A memory of Enfield by brian.west9

I was born in Tongham 1947. I remember going to Tongham Church School before the school in the Cardinals was built. Also walking up Pole Road and seeing just trees and fields there. I spent a lovely childhood there with my parents and ...Read more

A memory of Tongham by philip.frenchasco

My parents and I moved to Petts Wood from London in 1932 to a new semi detatched at 53 St Johns Road. The builder was named Wostall. My aunt, a school teacher, also moved next door. St Johns Road then was unadopted, and at the ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood

The town of Elland has bitter sweet memories for me, I was born in 1961 the middle one of three children to my dad Wallace Hawkins and my mum Joan Hawkins nee Smith. My mum died in 1964 while we lived in New street (my earliest ...Read more

A memory of Elland by graham.bigg1961

I was born in 7 Ellenborough road my dad was Jim Perry my mum was Elsie Perry nee Spencer, we were and still are a very large family consisting of nine children. My dad was a real character who did anything from totting ...Read more

A memory of Upper Holloway by j.a.pugh

I lived in Battersea from about 1939 to 1949 when we moved to Hornsey in North London. We lived with my grandparents who owned the Southern Dining Rooms, a transport café opposite the marshalling yards, ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1947 by Patricia Hines

I lived at Dunscroft, Polton Road until 1968, aged 8. I remember Lasswade Mill and the siren in the morning. After returning from the States and Canada in 1965, the mill had closed. We used to have great fun playing in the derelict mill ...Read more

A memory of Lasswade in 1965

My Mum, Dad and I moved to the new council houses in Boundaries Road (built on a bombsite) in 1957 when I was 1 year old, so obviously my first memories are of Balham. Dad went to work and Mum and I went shopping every day. These are some ...Read more

A memory of Balham by Liz Foster

I was born in Liverpool Street in the centre of Crewe ( now the police station and library) with Manchester street to the rear, all the houses had an alleyway at the rear which enabled the lorry to empty the toilets which were housed in a brick ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by chrisinspain2014

I was born in Liverpool Street in the centre of Crewe ( now the police station and library) with Manchester street to the rear, all the houses had an alleyway at the rear which enabled the lorry to empty the toilets which were housed in a brick ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by chrisinspain2014