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My first job when I left school was with JC Beadles in Spital Street. During my lunch break I would often wander along Lowfield St and well remember the Fishing Tackle shop. I had bought one of their 2 piece Bamboo rods ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1953 by Mike Hyland

I was 2 ,1941 when we moved into 19 Brakespear road. My father was an engineer at Bristol Aircraft Co. We were bombed out of Bristol and my father was moved underground to Spring Quarry to build Centaurus engines for Beaufighters.I ...Read more

A memory of Corsham by Ian Logan

I have one of the earliest known photographs of the building that occupied the site in the 1800's. The house was started as a 'Beer House' by a Frederick Smith circa 1851. It underwent a rebuild by Richard King c1898, and ...Read more

A memory of Golders Green by Mr. Gerald Rickwood

I posted this memory once before, but am repeating with the hope that new members will see it and perhaps respond. In 1944, when I was six, bombs dropped at the end of our road in N. Mitcham (Caithness Road) ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Frances Innes

Queen Anne's Place was actually quite posh, and my mum, brother and I used to catch the train from here to go shopping in Enfield Town in the 1960's and early 1970's. The other entrance to the station was in ...Read more

A memory of Bush Hill Park by Sharon Kenealy

It was around the first or second week of November 1940 and I was still to be born. Mum and Dad [and me] lived at 252 Percy Road. Dad worked at the BSA and Mum was pregnant with me. Mum had just made a pot of tea when the Air Raid ...Read more

A memory of Sparkhill by john.taylor2711

My name is Robert Best. I was born June 24th. 1939 in Plymouth and evacuated to Princetown in 1941. My Mother, her parents and I moved to Plympton when I was 3 years old. I have clear memories of Princetown, of riding the train ...Read more

A memory of Plympton by rjbmk

MY FAMILY HOME WAS JUST DOWN THE ROAD COME THE POST OFFICE, IT WAS HAPPY TIMES IN THE 60S AND 70S.STILL MISS COMBE MARTIN

A memory of Combe Martin by Jane Chugg

In the 50/60s' my Grandparents used to own The Fox and Hounds Pub in Carlton. Although it's no longer there. I spent many a day, as a child there, whilst my parents helped out in the pub. I remember the Gliders ...Read more

A memory of Carlton in Cleveland by allyj

A DEVIZES GIRL REMEMBERS Before talking of my own memories, it would seem appropriate to start by sharing some valuable ones of my Father who was born in 1906 and spent his whole life in the town. During the last five years of his ...Read more

A memory of Devizes by riversd10000