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I went to Bisley Boys School in 1948 after my mother passed away. I found it very hard and would run away. It was a horrible place and I do not have a good thing to say about it. Was given the cane more times than I can remember and was ...Read more

A memory of Bisley in 1948 by Richard Rowe

We lived in Whitehaven Road at number 1. I was seven when we left and I was heartbroken, and so were my parents really. We moved to Suffolk, near Felixstowe and dad tried to encourage us to be enthusiastic because we ...Read more

A memory of Bramhall

I was brought up in the 70's living in the gorgeous local village pub. I have fond memories playing on my bike in the car park, riding a pony to the village school and running around the grounds of the Saxon church. ...Read more

A memory of Abberley in 1972 by Samantha Heath

Mr Norman has not mentioned the surname of the two ladies who owned the pawnbrokers it was Brenning or perhaps Brennan .Their shop was full of old old china and house bits and pieces.The stock looked as if it had been ...Read more

A memory of Crosby by Ian Telford

Well, the sixties and early seventies, really. We used to have a holiday with grandparents George and Ethel Hind. The house had been in the family for some years from Grandma's side, the Jones' - I ...Read more

A memory of Ebbw Vale in 1967 by Deborah Bell

I was born in 1934 in Burns Avenue Southall, and I remember Snells Farm at the bottom of Burns Ave, before it became a prefab estate. Left Dormers Wells at 14 in 1948. I worked at Wolf Rubber in 1949 and my job was cleaning metal ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1949 by Dennis Legge

I run a website about HMS Edinburgh and have been sent a poem written by a barmaid from the Sea Hotel that was written around 1938-1942 called the Edinburgh Boys.I am assuming this is the same hotel? Can someone confirm ...Read more

A memory of South Shields in 1940 by David Orton

Does anyone recall the Cosy Cafe that was opposite Rye Lane station in Blenheim Grove? It was run by a lady called Gwen, and she was sometimes helped (or hindered) by her relatives and a local lady I think she was called Joan.

A memory of Camberwell in 1969

My sister, brother and I were brought up in Castleton in the 1950's and although our family life wasn't very happy I do have positive memories of Castleton (formerly called Blue Pits village). It was a nice ...Read more

A memory of Castleton by Norma Hart

My brother and I went to a camp organised by The Childrens Country Holiday Fund for boy's living in South East London from poor backgrounds in the 1950's. The camp was run by a priest and volunteers who organised ...Read more

A memory of Norman's Bay in 1958 by John Spreadbury