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Further to my other posting, (Swanley, Born and Bred), as a young man I used to work at Eynsford Mill, it was owned by A. Filmer Jacobs, who also owned Shalford Mill, near Guildford, the company was known as Vulcanised Fibre, and they ...Read more

A memory of Eynsford by Gerald Smith

I was born and grew up in Kelsale. We lived at Rectory Cottages, my brother Perry and my parents, Pam and Aubrey Mann. My grandparents lived at Carlton and the family go back in both church registers to the 1600s. I loved reading ...Read more

A memory of Kelsale by debduke21

My mum had the misfortune to be born illegitimate her mum had to go to the workhouse because of the situation,and that's where mum was born! From there she was taken in by her aunties family not knowing the truth,and the sad ...Read more

A memory of Nelson by Andy Wild

I was born in Epsom hospital in 1960 and from there grew up for five years in Fir Tree close just up from the Drift Bridge The road was at the end of the small parade of shops there and we lived in prefabs and had a wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Four Elms by Peter Marsh

Hi I am just wondering if any one can remember my grandad Dennis Howland ? His dad had a cobblers on what they called the pavement ! He was born in Stanford let hope in 1928 and lived there till the ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope by lucy.sayers

I was born in Newnham Road N 22 in 1940. I want to wood green junior school at the bottom of our road and then on to Tottenham Sec Mod (near the great Cambridge road). When I left school I was a locomotive fireman at ...Read more

A memory of Wood Green by e.saunders07

I lived in Tallant Terrace from the early fifties until the family moved to Cumbernauld in 1969. At that time, Jedworth Avenue etc was not yet built. There was a gunsite there, and we used to play hide ...Read more

A memory of Drumchapel by dawsoncatherine11

My sister and I were also born in North Mid Hospital and grew up in Leeds St in the late 1950/early 1960s. We remember well the fruit and veg stalls at the end of the road in particular we remember them being run by a chap ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton

I was born November 17th 1978 at 03.10 at Bensham Hospital I think. I lived 43 Bensham Crescent for over 8and half years. I attended Derwent Water Infant School. And then St Cuthberts Church of England Junior School. I absolutely ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by donnasnowdon

I was born at 138 Burgess Road in East Ham and remember a shop on the corner I used to frequent before school, Ottaways or something like like. I used to get 1 old pence to spend on sweets, either 8 black jacks or 8 fruit salads. I ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by Andi Gaywood