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I have so many happy memories of my childhood in Camberley. I lived in Stockwood Cottage, Crawley Hill. My parents worked for the Thomas family in Stockwood House. Sadly it's no longer there but now there are many ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by sarahchampion4

Forget Penge, forget Sydenham, forget Crystal Palace, Anerley had the Town Hall. Centre of the Council Employment. Opposite on the north side of Anerley Road, on the railway bridge, were two kiosk shops which my earliest ...Read more

A memory of Anerley by Bob Hakewill

Forget Penge, forget Sydenham, forget Crystal Palace, Anerley had the Town Hall. Centre of the Council Employment. Opposite on the north side of Anerley Road, on the railway bridge, were two kiosk shops which my earliest ...Read more

A memory of Anerley by Bob Hakewill

i lived until 1965, went to bridge road school.i remember the school journey to the iow.anyone else go? im terry chapman

A memory of Willesden by Terry Chapman

I grew up here in the 50's and 60's and went to Belleville Road school and two of my uncles [Bill and Bob Bridges] used to have fruit stalls in the market. I have fond memories of that time and was wondering if anybody remembers me or my uncles from that time. John Lloyd

A memory of Battersea by jorolo

Brought up from age 7 Lived at 9 ferrymead gardens directly opposite holy cross church. Used to watch all the Saturday weddings and the cherry blossom along the middle verges. Schooled at Bethams, coston girls ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by sj-sarahjane

My mother’s cousin, Gordon Ross, was the head gardener at Howden Dene in the ‘30s and ‘40’s, when the property was owned by the Straker-Smith family. I was born in 1934. During WW2 when sea-side holidays were difficult, my ...Read more

A memory of Howden Dene by p.wolstenholme

When we were young we used to picnic in the grounds of Hamsterly Hall it was private but our family always had permission as my Grandmother Ann Burns was on the staff when Lord Gort lived there. Lord Gort and ...Read more

A memory of Hamsterley Hall by ianpatrick.burns49

Any relatives of the Sowerby who lived atFylands Bridge late 1800s onwards. My grandfather was Joseph Sowerby. Youngest of nine born to Eliza and John in 1890 also their daughter Hannah who lived there married to William Williams ...Read more

A memory of Fylands Bridge by lynnalton

'The Stream' ! We always have called it 'the brook' - Broughton Brook, and still do. However, the brook is in fact a tributary to the River Soar, it may in fact actually be the River Soar but simply not ...Read more

A memory of Broughton Astley in 1930 by Reuben Reynolds