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It’s a rather sad fact that you only come to appreciate a town several years after you have left it. At the age of 19 I was sent to live and work in Stafford between 1964 and 1979, before ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by nimrod01

Joseph Buckley my great great grandfather, was a photographer, known as Owd Ab from the Ben Brierley character. ​In Volume 1 of Ben Brierley's “Lancashire Stories”, is another short tale “A "Strike" Adventure or The ...Read more

A memory of Daisy Nook by bigcityfan

I used to be a regular at Sterling Scooters which you can see in the service road next to the laundrette. Came to West Drayton in 1963 after living in Greenford for the first 7 years of my life. I remember taking the weekly ...Read more

A memory of West Drayton by carroll12256

I was brought up in Ellesmere Port in the 50's 60's and 70's, initially in Woodfield Road, then South Road just off Wolverham Road. I started my education at Our Lady's in the tin church in Enfield Road, then at Windsor Drive ...Read more

A memory of Ellesmere Port by mikelighty

Hi, I am new to this group, and really excited to be part of this memory. I lived in 49 Park Ave, Southall Middx and went to Featherstone, Infant School, followed by Primary then High School. Graduated in 1979. My head master ...Read more

A memory of Southall

The first time I went to Old Wives Lees and that would have been in the Summer of 1957. Some friends in the road where I lived made this journey every year, it was their and their families only opportunity of a holiday ...Read more

A memory of Old Wives Lees by patherwill

I remember 1952 the year of the great smog, making my way back from school along Dundonald Road towards my home in Graham Road. I had to follow the railings along the recreation ground because I couldn’t see my hand in front of my ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon by James Leslie

I was at Frilsham House School from about 1947-53, when the headmaster was 'Mr Ward Clarke',* who had founded the school not many years before. There were only about 50 boys. London, where I lived, was bleak ...Read more

A memory of Frilsham by martin

My parents were from Shoreditch and Clapton and moved to Leyton. Because of the war my mother was sent to Willersley Castle in Derbyshire to give birth to me. We were living in King Edward Rd when we were bombed out and spent the ...Read more

A memory of Thurnscoe by Bob Blazey

At the ripe old age of 89 years I well remember my years at what I have always regarded as "Home.". In 1931 I first entered the world, living in Wembley, but in 1935 I recall my father meeting ...Read more

A memory of Northwood Hills by Malcolm King