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I was a pupil at Rose Lea School and have happy memories of my time there. Mr and Mrs Meredith were indeed lovely people and shaped my life. It was a rather privileged education with Shakespeare, poetry and music an important ...Read more

A memory of Hillam by Pamela Purkis

I was born in 1956 when my parents (Dennnis & Ena Barr) lived at 10, Lime Tree Road, Lampton. Like someone else here, my paternal grandparents were in Hogarth Gardens and I started school at Heston Infants. My main memory of the school ...Read more

A memory of Heston by David Wayne

In 1963-1968 there were mystery trains from Ealing. They were not frequent but I remember in 1963 three trains. Also two around 1968. A diesel car set would leave Paddington calling at Ealing, Southall, Hayes, and ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by Nick Beard

In 1946 my parents, grandparents and other members of the family took Spenser House at the corner of Spencer and Constable roads to run as a guest house . the army had been there in wartime. My sister and I went to the Little ...Read more

A memory of Birchington by Penny Jones

My father, Dr. Alexander Brodie Davie, was a GP in the Cranford/Hounslow area from 1938 until his death in 1978. He had a surgery at 723 Bath Road Cranford and then in Hounslow. My mother was a nurse at Hounslow Hospital where she met dad ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Alastair Davie

Being conceived at the end of the war I don't have memories of it of course, but my late brother, my mum and sister had lots. The only street party I remember was the Queen's one in Mostyn Road where we all got a cup ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1953 by Fred East

I had a friend in the late 1960s whose father, Henry Taylor, came from this village. The pair of us drove down from Leeds in an old mini-van and stopped with his grand-parents for a couple of week. We really enjoyed it and spent ...Read more

A memory of Stoke St Michael by Chris Hammond

Interesting seeing the comment about Lee Tower Ballroom, I also have many memories as my Dad played in the Tower Band. The band was Bert Sharps Band and my Dad was Harry Weston, Tenor Sax and Clarinet. If my memory serves ...Read more

A memory of Lee by Tony Weston

My great-grandfather, Richard Gillett, was an Alderman and laid the foundation stone for this building. I don't suppose that there is a photo of the Foundation Stone anywhere, is there? A member of ...Read more

A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1900 by Sheila Weston

I was born in Featherstone in 1956 and lived there until 1962 when we moved to Hampshire. My dad was also born there. We lived at 46 Market Street and my grandparents lived at 64 Featherstone Lane, on the corner of Gordon Street. ...Read more

A memory of Featherstone in 1962 by Carole Steele