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where I live now since 1968 there used to be farm there was cattle over the hatches . signal box just near the railway at the hatches. 4 sweet shops. Ansell newsagent -Mons-shop -spar shop- spare parts shop used to ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green

My parents had a static caravan at Alderwasley.It was here I heard my first owl and as we walked down the cobbler road to the bridge Mum and I would look for the water trough where I was told at night the fairies bathed.the ...Read more

A memory of Whatstandwell

As a child, we went to say here with our cousins. Probably about 1954. My cousin and I went over a bridge to a small meadow which belonged to the hotel. We picked daffodils and got into trouble. I remember that the pipes in the bathroom were polished. My name then was Anne Billington

A memory of Dolywern by anne.ayliffe

I was supposed to have been born at the Green.. ended up being at Tynemouth... So I missed out on a commemorative silver spoon given to kids born in wallsend on the day the Queen Mother visited Wallsend.. 1.10.1954.. My family lived at ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend by e.cotcher99

My father Stan Wilson grew up in a cottage on the marshes at West Thurrock where his father was the resident engineer for the adjacent Pumping Station (Sewage?). The 1939 census shows the family ...Read more

A memory of West Thurrock by alandvi.187

My father Stan Wilson grew up in a cottage on the marshes at West Thurrock where his father was the resident engineer for the adjacent Pumping Station (Sewage?). The 1939 census shows the family ...Read more

A memory of West Thurrock by alandvi.187

My father Stan Wilson grew up in a cottage on the marshes at West Thurrock where his father was the resident engineer for the adjacent Pumping Station (Sewage?). The 1939 census shows the family ...Read more

A memory of West Thurrock by alandvi.187

this year everyone mentioned will be 70 years old if still alive i lived at 106 larkspur road, from 1949 till 1962, i went to benyon mrs owen was our teacher reconised all the class names mentioned plus more.they ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by mecoakley

We moved to Watford in 1943. My war time memories are of night after night in the shelters, the "doodle bugs" and the boys playing Germans and soldiers on the bomb site next door. My special memories are of Cassiobury Park where we used to ...Read more

A memory of Watford by jmndavies

So many memories of Upminster in growing up, thankfully my memory is still intact. Wonder how many people remember the following, Silver Horn sold the most delicious ice cream in Corbets Tey Road. Unigate dairy was at the ...Read more

A memory of Upminster