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I was born in Kelstern 1954, the house I was born in my gran and grandads was next door to the school, sorry to say neither of these exist today, but times move on as they say. My grandparents were Bert and Margery Vickers. My ...Read more

A memory of Kelstern by johnh.appleton

I was born in Croydon in the mid 1950s and lived for while with my grandma in Ecclesbourne Road; the top end near where it joins Bensham Lane. There was a general store at the very top called Hart's. I know ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath by magpiejulia

Salford forms much of my family’s history, although I only spent a little time there, leaving when I was very young, some years ago I started to wonder how? why? what? brought both my families the HARRIS family on my Dad’s side ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Peter Harris

My Dad and Mum moved to what was then 'The old Cottage', Water Lane in 1954-5 from Cornwall. Mum was pregnant and they couldn't get a cottage, so Dad, Ken Johnson, applied to Corfe's Farm to get a tied ...Read more

A memory of West Peckham by barleysmile

My name is Dennis Walsh, I was born in 1953 at 62, Park Side. I lived there until Dec 1965 when we moved to Sydney Australia. My earliest memories are of our house, which backed onto the park. It seemed like a ...Read more

A memory of New Haw by denniswalsh0201

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

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