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I was born in at 72 Bowes Rd on 7th Jan 1940, after being bombed out we moved to 72 Bowes Rd and then to 62l Ulleswater Rd and then to 14 Eaton Park Road. My earliest memories start from when I was on the pot - not the smoking kind, ...Read more

A memory of Palmers Green in 1943 by Richard Watson

"All buses going to Pinner in the 1950's had the destination "Pinner Red Lion" as there was an old pub of that name on the corner of Love Lane and Bridge Street." That old pub was where my grandmother was raised. Both my great grandfather and great-great grandfather were licensees of the Red Lion.

A memory of Pinner in 1900 by Geoff Drew

I went to the sacred heart Barnes when l was 12 and stayed their until lead fifteen. The nuns were Very good to me,has they took me on a boat from Richmond bridge to Windsor castle for the day, their was ...Read more

A memory of Barnes

I remember starting in the September when the first girls (4) joined the school ,Margaret and Pat being two of them. Here I learned how to technically draw a nut and bolt in 3D that looked like a photo and a ...Read more

A memory of Worcester by douglpaulin

I attended this school from 1951 -1958 and Mr Henry Francis Bailey ( with his wife Mary ) was always the head. At least till the time I left in 1958. They had one son Christopher who I believe wanted to become a ...Read more

A memory of Beckington by patwalker37srpen

I moved with my family to WoT in 1953 when I was 13 and effectively left in 1958 when I became a student at Exeter University. At that time there were three grocers; we were registered with the one near the bottom ...Read more

A memory of Westbury on Trym by randm.cashmore

We moved to Southall when my brother Peter was two 1959/60 From a maisonettes in Hayes. I remember my dad had a lot of work to do in the house in Greenford Avenue as when we moved in it had creosote on doors and dark green paint. ...Read more

A memory of Southall by frances.nana6

I came across this site by accident and was immediately transported back to the fifties in Uxbridge when I was a teenager. My family lived at Willowbank just over the bridge from Uxbridge towards New Denham. I regularly ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by c.mitzman

My name is Brian Beck, I was born on Shingrig Road in January 1938 and continued to live there untill 1952 when the family moved to Caerphilly. I attended Llanfabon school on High St until I passed for ...Read more

A memory of Nelson by taffbeck

My grandfather owned a house in Charthouse Road, Ash Vale. It was the last house on the left. My mother grew up in this house along with two brothers and two sisters until she was married. When the ...Read more

A memory of Ash Vale by pat.suckling