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I was born Leslie Dennis Crutch in Grove Road 1948. My brother Ken was born 9 months after dad (Ronald Kenneth) had gone to Normandy as part of the landings - I was born 9 months after he was demobbed (funny that) to mum Winifred ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Les Saunders

Born in 1942, Lived in Westbrook Road. Attended Heston Infants School, Heston Junior School and Spring Grove Central School. I have lots of memories, but reading other people’s entries has reminded me of names of ...Read more

A memory of Heston by Carol Gaches

I moved to Mottingham in 1975 and frequented Grove Park youth club. I remember John Hummerston and have been married to Penny Cummings for 35 years. Alan penfold

A memory of Mottingham by Alan Penfold

I lived on Dolobran Road Sparkhill from 1956 (DATE OF BIRTH) to around 1962 when we moved to Northfield. We were the only double fronted house on the street and we fronted Lime Grove where my grandmother lived at Number 1. ...Read more

A memory of Sparkbrook by Karen Bevis

I MET MY LATE WIFE KATH IN ARDWICK GREEN PARK, WHEN WE WERE KIDS, LITTLE DID I KNOW A FEW YEARS LATER, WE WOULD BE MARRIED, I PLACED SOME OF KATHS ASHES, IN ARDWICK GREEN PARK, WHEN SHE PASSED ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick by Steve/Andy Anderson

We lived at 18 Princes Road, Romford until we came to New Zealand in 1953. I'm not sure how long my parents lived there before I was born, but I presume it was a good long time. I went to Salisbury Road School, ...Read more

A memory of Romford by Maureen Mobbs

We lived in Arnold Avenue off Lansdowne Grove until I was 11, that would have been about 1959. I remember the footbridge over the railway where we used to stand and wait for a train to go under we used to love the the thick smoke ...Read more

A memory of South Wigston in 1955 by Brian Heathcote

My parents moved to Cranford in 1938, I was 3 years old. My dad was a pastrycook / baker and had got a job with a local firm in Cranford across from ‘The Berkeley Arms Hotel’. To the left of the hotel was a cherry orchard. A ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1946 by Pamela Harman (Keene)

Country born and bred, I regularly stayed with aunts and uncles in Seven Kings and Barkingside My regular haunts were Valentine's 'Cranbrook' and Barkingkside Parks as well as the disused airfield known as Fairlop. The latter ...Read more

A memory of Ilford in 1949 by John Wicks

Just south of the entrance to the Airdries was the Methodist Church where we had summer bazaars. Adjacent to this lived Ernie Beard and his wife Betty. They had a Dalmation called Major which I used to walk for ...Read more

A memory of Langstone in 1961 by Michael Davies