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I went to a home in Harold wood called wouldstock and the children home was run by mr and Mrs papwoth they was very nice people I was there 1969 there was a boy called Tom Dooley I look up the home gone now so meny good ...Read more

A memory of Bolton Upon Dearne by judystone12

My grandparents lived in the school house in New Micklefield. I can remember Jack's shop across the road (Great North Road), which was a wooden structure that you climbed up to by steep steps. This was just to the side of the ...Read more

A memory of Micklefield by jenf2000

It would have been mid August 1970 when I had my first holiday here, together with my parents, aunt, and our two dogs. I was 8 years old. It was 50 years ago this month. We rented a chalet for two weeks. There was a duck pond ...Read more

A memory of Canvey Island by f.a.t.strahan

Billy Benson here. I now live in Victoria Australia, but I grew up in Aveley and lived at 5 Crescent Walk. Loved the pictures of the local shops and the old town. My family moved to Australia in 1963. I have been back since ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by billbenson1

I lived in Victoria Road from 1945 to 1958. I remember the prefabs at the Ilford Lane end of the road. The odd numbered houses in Victoria Road started at number 7. I never understood why that was as I don't think there were houses there ...Read more

A memory of Barking by ronfer1945

I recall walking from Elmer Sands to Middleton in the 1950's and 60's. The sun was always shining. My Uncle Frank and Aunt Elsie from Morden in Surrey purchased a small timber chalet at Elmer Close in the ...Read more

A memory of Middleton-on-Sea by Martin Newell

I was born in Mottingham in 1951 .but from the age of 9 years I caught the 161 bus to Eltham on a weekend ,duffel bag on my back and went to Green Gate Stables which was at the back of shops at the top end of the high st...run by ...Read more

A memory of Eltham by Hazel Hamilton

The picture of Church Road where it ran parallel with The Crescent with all those familiar shops brings memories flooding back. I started life at 33 Glebe Road in 1944 and spent 5 happy years there before moving to ...Read more

A memory of Barnes by Andrew Taft

I stayed in Denhead and used to play down the den almost every day. We used to go to school via the gap either next to Ciff Bells house or the gap next to smiths shop. We used to go along the cliffs behind the scrappiest then straight ...Read more

A memory of Kennoway by John Walker

Hi all, I was there about 1961, I think it was late summer, I'd just got out of Myrtle Street Hospital in Liverpool, and instead of going home to terrible accommodation in Liverpool 8, they (whoever "they" were) sent me to Heswall ...Read more

A memory of Heswall by Frederick Johnson