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I was born in Cleveland Gardens In April 1956 and went to Westfield Infants until just before my eighth birthday and then we moved to Surrey. I have one particular memory when it was my fifth birthday. I decided ...Read more

A memory of Barnes by alisonchilton

I moved to Strathmiglo with my family in 1958, it had a lot of shops then a dentist, a chip shop and cafe inside, a picture house we go through the right of way through the hotel to get to the picture house, ...Read more

A memory of Strathmiglo by janicestewart3012

Hello My dad was born in the District Maternity Home on 02 November 1939 and died in Apr this year. He was 'fostered' during the war and never knew where he came from. I have a copy of his birth ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by keely.cotter

I have so many clear memories of Gatley Primary. My mother used to take me by car in the morning, but in the afternoon I walked down Cedar Road to wait at the bus stop. There was a wonderful sweet shop there. The ...Read more

A memory of Gatley by gwynandphil

These memories have been contributed by Myra Greer. In 1947, when I was 7, my mother and I moved from Salisbury in Wiltshire where my father was stationed at RAF Boscombe Down, to near Llanfarian, where my grandparents had ...Read more

A memory of Llanfarian in 1947

Hello everyone. My name is James Wilkinson. I came from Zurich to live in London in the mid 80's. I rented a room from my flatmate, Elaine Livesy, who worked with BTT in St.Paul. I cannot even ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by James Wilkinson

My dad bought a brand new house on Craigwell Avenue in 1956. Builder was William Old. I was 4. The house was blue and yellow, 4 houses up on the left from Newberries Avenue. The construction went on for at least two years after moving ...Read more

A memory of Radlett in 1956 by Robin Thompson

I suppose I'm cheating but I can go back a good way further than the 1900s because my memories are mainly my mother's and she was born in 1904 and lived in South Street. She used to share her memories with me like ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill in 1900 by Constance Smith

The two principal grocery shops in Westbury village, as it was still usually called, in the late 1950s and early 1960s were the Co-operative grocery by the corner of Church Road -- the Co-operative butcher ...Read more

A memory of Westbury on Trym in 1957 by Timothy Purnell

I was born in Williams ward in Upney in 1957. We lived on Thames View in a small flat near the top end of Bastable Avenue. We then moved to Bredo House – I will always remember the flat, it had a downstairs and a staircase up ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1960 by Janine Barber