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My house backed onto Wyndham Hill and I spent my childhood playing over there. My cousin and I loved to watch the steam trains passing by and sometimes (if our parents weren't nearby) would run onto the bridge at Pen Mill ...Read more

A memory of Yeovil in 1966 by Kim Cavanagh

Very happy memories of playing here as a child. Used to play Pooh sticks when crossing the bridge over the beck just before the playground! Went back to the park three years ago and wish I hadn't as it is completely changed, ...Read more

A memory of Earby by annecooperpaws

When I was a little girl growing up in Norwood Green in the '60s, I can remember being sent over to the shops to fetch our daily bread order, a loaf of Mother's Pride in a red & white striped waxed wrapper. The parade of ...Read more

A memory of Norwood Green by susan-mills

I lived in Junction Road, Romford from 1946 until 1954. We lived in the last house but one next to the Railway and Railway Bridge. There was a long drive leading to the bridge which was slightly uphill or downhill whichever way ...Read more

A memory of Romford by Mary Hill

The footpath on the left of the picture used to be narrow with a hedgerow and trees running all the way along to the first lamp post on the left. There was a gap in the hedge on the left where a track used to lead to some farm ...Read more

A memory of Corringham by thestockies

I was born at 7, Nightingale Row, in the box room which was originally shared by my mother Mavis Warren and her sister Glennis Byard as they were to become. The daughters of George and Martha (Dot) Edwards. The house was rented from ...Read more

A memory of Pontnewydd by howardwarren257

The Lion & Swan Hotel Congleton Story has it that The Lion & Swan in Congleton was made from ancient timbers, even today there are some solid twelve inch by twelve inch supports on display but who knows ...Read more

A memory of Congleton by Alec Coles

Anyone familiar with Burgess Hill (I lived there from 1956 until 2012) will know that this photo is incorrectly titled. London Road is some way off to the south - turn left at distant St John's church spire. We are of ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill by clifford_hughes

My parents were from Northumberland; my father from Newcastle and my mother from Slayley. They moved to London during the 30s to seek work. They married in 1939 and my sister was born that November. By September my mother was ...Read more

A memory of Shotley Bridge by williamfairney

I think this photo must be earlier than 1965, as the bridge at the bottom of Salisbury Lane has not yet been built across the brook - it's still a ford. If you look in the other photo dated c.1965, the bridge has by then been ...Read more

A memory of Over Wallop by Katherine Webb