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In the early 1940's a new family child was born at the Membury Post Office. We were in Membury for only a short time. before returning to England's north west where I was born in 1939.. My dad was in the Royal Navy. I have a memory ...Read more

A memory of Membury by John Bennett

I was born at the mothers hospital too in 1961. Iv lived in Tottenham all my life, mum came from manor road off chalgrove road, dad come from Braemar Road(Kent rd to be precise just off there). Dad came out the RAF in 1948/9 and met mum ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by Lee Harvey

I lived at No 8 Wolsey Crescent in the very early development of the estate up to the age of eight before my parents moved to Morden. Even at that age I can remember on many occasions hearing the drone of bombers overhead ...Read more

A memory of Calmore by raymond.vail

My older sister and I spent summers in 1959 and 1964 in Mitcham on Thirsk Rd, the childhood home of my English mother. My memories of Figges included the great rectangular, grassy mound of the shelters, but also two huge (to a ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by jackmronner

This was once the main route through Cannock, namely the A34. I can't ever recall it being congested in the post war years and even into the 1960's though long distance lorries often passed through this way. Of course at that time the ...Read more

A memory of Cannock by brucehaycock

Hi, I used to travel via the great north road in the 1960s to near Durham, I can remember going through the arch above lots of times it was very narrow and you had to watch your car you could not speed then. Alnwick is a nice ...Read more

A memory of Alnwick in 1960 by Derick Smith

I used to attend the school at the very top of this road, Lovelace Infants and Juniors. A long walk as I lived close to North Parade. As you walked up this road towards the school, on the left hand side there was a large RAF base (medical I believe)

A memory of Chessington in 1955

Born in the North Mid like most people my age (1931), I lived my first 25 years at Tottenham Hale, at the end of Brograve Rd., facing the Station Green. The green had a nice fence around it before the war when ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton by Peter Mackin

My Dad had a baker and Confectioners shop in the middle of Grange Road at the north end of Grange Park. "Budds Bakery" I was born there on October 1940, and the family moved to Mitcham in 1950.

A memory of Thornton Heath by p.budd

I remember canoeing on this pond in my younger days,I used to get the bus along the front. We moved from Shoeburyness in 1958 to go up north to South Shields and it was about 5 top coats difference in temperature!! brr, brr! I can still ...Read more

A memory of Shoeburyness