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My family and I, 5 sisters and a brother, lived in Nigel road just up from the Washwood Heath Road. I was born in the house in Nigel Road in 1948 so were my siblings. My memory is very vivid of my times there until I left ...Read more

A memory of Washwood Heath in 1963 by Joe Brennan

This view from Plough Lane bridge was a daily sight for me and my 2 brothers and sister as we walked or later cycled home to Beddington from Highview school. [Another of Friths postcard shots]. The primary school was beyond ...Read more

A memory of Beddington by Chris Scott

I was born at home in Lester Avenue in 1947. 9 of us lived in that 3 bedroomed house, and it never seemed overcrowded. There were 2 Grandparents, an Aunt, Uncle and Cousin, my Mum and Dad, my Sister and Me. I can remember going to ...Read more

A memory of West Ham by r.harcourt187

I was born in a private nursing home near Walpole Park in 1939. It was at the junction of Somerset Road and Culmingdon Road. I lived in Culmington Road until I married in 1961 when I moved to Hillingdon. I went to Harvington School ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by hilary.sykes

I'm Mandy Coggins and I was born at 7 Peel Road, Kilburn in 1960. It was a beautiful Victorian House and I can remember the marble fireplaces, oak staircase that us kids used to slide down. My nan lived ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn by mandalynca

I was born in the High Street( not the High Road) in 1950 moving to Rugby Avenue in 1953. I lived opposite Graham Rose. I recall the Sudbury Motors Garage. They had Morgan 3 wheelers and drove them up and down Rugby Avenue. Happy memories of Barham Park and Vale Farm swimming pool.

A memory of Wembley by philrpharm

I was born in Colindale in 1937. My memories of Twickenham are of a piscatorial nature. I took up angling aged 10 or 11, a friend and I decided to have a go on 'The River', we had fished the Grand Union Canal and river Gade ...Read more

A memory of Twickenham by Jack Luxon

I moved to East Dulwich in 1976 with my daughter aged 11 months my son was born in Kings College Hospital and then we lived in St Francis Road I used to take them to the one o'clock club in Peckham Rye Park and to Dulwich Park they had a ...Read more

A memory of Dulwich by aliceincinders

We moved to Lawrence Road in South Ealing around 1966. My brothers and I went to Little Ealing Primary School (1969- 1977) followed by two more cousins. Mrs Lodge was my first teacher and I thought she was the most fabulous lady ever. I ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by fawkes_linda

I was born in 1961 in Charing Cross Hospital & spent my first 25 years living in Fulham - firstly in Holyport Road until I was about 17, then New Kings Road for a few years and then Hestercombe Avenue for another few years ...Read more

A memory of Fulham by Marc Dorman