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50s/60s. Are there any folks out there that remember the Carter Family? Granny Carter lived at Birchwood Farm, Eddie Carter had the Hill House and Tom Carter lived close by. Remember the Hop Yards, can smell the smell now that were ...Read more

A memory of Bosbury in 1955 by Ann Carter

The entry regarding Gladstone Road and the Mission brought back many memories. As a child I went to Sunday School there when Father Clarke was in charge and Mrs Smith ran a handicrafts club on Thursdays after school. On the corner ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1950 by Maureen Draper

I was born in 1957 in my nan and granddad's house (May & Fred Gloster). I went to Buckingham Road nursery school, then Edgware infants & juniors. I remember the head had a black and white dog and I would give it ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1960 by Christine Isherwood

I moved into Oldyards on the estate fresh from Leeds, totally unprepared for a life up there, but it was the best time of my life. I got to know the estate pretty well and was interested, Captain Buchan was a mine of ...Read more

A memory of Auchmacoy in 1990 by Lynne Bell

Hi I'm Mike Foster and I was born in Chalfont St Peter in Feb 1936. My mother who had two children; me and my sister, had no where to live. She was offered by some charitable source a two up two down home on the main road ...Read more

A memory of Chalfont St Peter in 1940 by Michael Foster

I would love to see any photos of Halls little shop in Pensher Street, Old Fold or the coal merchants Leslie Wakes' yard in the Back Lane. So many happy memories, if anybody has any I would walk over broken glass to get them and scan them. Thanks, Joe.

A memory of Gateshead in 1957 by Joseph Scott

I recall one of my younger days where I and a young girlfriend of mine decided to go on a biking holiday. I bought two Dawes Racing bikes which were equipped with panniers. Off we went from Royston, near Barnsley where we'd have to ...Read more

A memory of Grimsby in 1969 by Roland Mitchell

Lived on the Estate up until it was demolished, we were then moved to Wimbledon. 7, Lowestoft House was our address, Lowestoft was at the bottom of the Estate near the railway. Went to St John's primary school in ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth in 1966 by Roger Pettis

Can any one remember Cheyann. Turner Blacky Whitey was the Headmistress, Agard was in the laundry. I stood on that little yard a few times. Cons I remember are Hays P Parry the Mc Murrys from Hull. I went down the super car ...Read more

A memory of Stanhope in 1960 by Tony Brown

My first school was Botany; now a house. Children from the local villages went to Botany School until they reached the age of ten, then to Chedworth School. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Calcot in 1940 by Dorothy Lawrence