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I attended this school from 1928 for 8 years, from aged 6 to 14. The school master was Mr Brakewell who lived in the school house with his wife and 2 daughters. One teacher was Mr Seth Hughes, who later became the head ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Peter Hopley

My dad was stationed in Tidworth some place at the time I was born. I have never been back (so to speak), I am not sure if we lived there for a short time or what. My family moved here to Canada in 1972. My family last name is Stanley and my dad's name is Keith.

A memory of Tidworth by Tracy Maltby

In my father's diary for 1952 - I have all his diaries here in Frankfurt, Germany, where I have lived since 1973 - there is an entry : Stanley Watson, Governor of the Harris Orphanage, was sent for trial. ...Read more

A memory of Preston in 1952 by Diana Dioszeghy

I remember traveling to new Tredegar by train from Bedwas, changing trains at Pengam to let Lewis girls off. I remember police keeping Lewis girls in the front corridor coach to stop us mingling. They tried it with compartment ...Read more

A memory of Tirphil in 1961

We used to have French students stay with us and at the end of their visit there would be a banquet at the old Town Council Centre in Treaty Road. I have happy memories of the boating lake at Inwood Park. We lived at Hounslow ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1965 by Michael Daly

I remember going to Worksop in my teens, used to go to the Palis De dance hall to dances with my mates. I also was a student at North Notts College doing a mining mechanical course as part of my apprenticeship and used to go ...Read more

A memory of Worksop by Derick Smith

I was born in Rotherhithe in 1939 and moved with my parents to south Norwood when I was 3. I went to Cypress Primary School during the last year of the war and remember vividly walking from ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1944 by Bernard Maguire

I think the shop next to Bon Marche was Hoddinots (butchers) and the last 'old' shop was Stanley Marks (bakers) and then a record/electrical shop run by Don Skinner - then a betting shop? In 1966 I lived for a while in the flat above ...Read more

A memory of Chelsfield in 1960 by Sandra Viner

I have in my possesion a monthly magazine called 'Group News', July1951. It was printed by Whitehad Iron & Steel Co Ltd. It refers to the Annual Sports Day and Gala Day on the above date. There are pictures of the war landings, but ...Read more

A memory of Bassaleg in 1951 by Glyn Evans

I was born in Mayday Hospital in 1938 and was brought up in Clarendon Road, West Croydon. I went to the Croydon Parish Church, Waddon Secondary Modern and Stanley Technical Schools. I would ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Michael Brown