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On 3rd of June 1953 I arrived at West Kirby by steam train with a good many other RAF recruits who had been brought to the town to do their recruit training at Royal Air Force Recruit Training School West ...Read more

A memory of West Kirby by Albert Wm Gosnall

I grew up in Darlington apart from two years when we lived in Shildon. I can remember being put in one of the rubbish bins on the High Row by a boy called Peter Leaf probably for being cheeky. I can also remember when I was little ...Read more

A memory of Darlington in 1962 by Anthea Mulhatton

I spent nine months at Highwood Hospital  between May and December 1951. I celebrated my 12th birthday in Poplars 3, a girls' ward almost at the end of the drive. I remember so many things about my time there I could almost ...Read more

A memory of Brentwood in 1951 by Pamela Stockwell

I attended Suntrap Residential School on Hayling Island from 1953 for 2 years... I loved it! I was sent there because I was small for my age. A lot of the kids had asthma, and it was thought that being at school on the edge ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island in 1953 by Ruth Smith Smith

Hi, I'm an ex Romford lad, I lived in 61 Douglas Road from 1942-1958. When I left school in 1950 I started work in the London Co-op in Park Lane as an errand boy. I bought my first bicycle from Sisselys in Rush Green, it was a ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1950 by John Gower

i attended witton park school and was junior boy sports champion then attended escomb school and was sports champion in 63-64 have been trying for years to trace the shields cups from both to complete my ...Read more

A memory of Bishop Auckland by Dave Kindlen

My great grandfather was born at Bressingham, a Thomas Smith, he had his own farm on Bressingham Common Road. He used to look after the workhouse land and owned land in Bressingham. I have visited Bressingham ...Read more

A memory of Bressingham in 1860 by Derick Smith

I was born at 15 Currie Street in a modern prefab which had electric lights when most other houses still only had gas. We had an inside toilet and bathroom luxuries that others could only dream of then. At one end of Currie Street ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1957 by Michael Box

Our playground was everywhere, such was the wonders of growing up in the area. Hanney Road was lengthy and as is mentioned by others... what joy we had! I collected frogs from the pond with the ...Read more

A memory of Steventon in 1949 by Lewis Holmar

Gosh, how the years roll! I used to go to Uxbridge shopping with my Mum in the late 1940's, we used the 455 bus from Denham. I can remember precious tin toys from the Market House. And, yes, when the cash was ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1940 by Gerard Gilbertson