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The house on the corner with the conifers....bottom of Dolls Hill? The old gentleman ( he seemed old to a 6yr old) had an aviary full of budgies. I was always hoping when he saw me coming home from school he would let me into the garden for a closer look. He never did, but I loved his garden.

A memory of Byfield by Rosemarie Delaney

The reason for writing is to mention some facts about life in Mangotsfield in the forties and fifties. After I was born I lived in no 32 Northcote road. My neighbors were Mr Hammond, Mr Isles, Mr Fry, Mr Britton, Mrs Spires and Mr ...Read more

A memory of Mangotsfield by mikeel

My mum doreen gould lived with jack and may hill in gurney slade in the cottages behind the george pub they were the happiest days of her life it was during the war and jack hills sister Nancy lived in the cottage next door to them

A memory of Gurney Slade by Mrs Jennifer Drury

My family moved to Spinney Close in 1965 and I went to Hart Plain School briefly before we moved to Crookhorn Secondary. I remember we hoped it would be called Oaklands but I believe that name was already taken by the Catholic ...Read more

A memory of Cowplain by christine.barns

Memories are funny, they come and go and during this time of lockdown I've thought quite a lot about my childhood. We lived in Amberley Road, very close to the Raglan School entrance in Raglan Road. ...Read more

A memory of Bush Hill Park by Sharon Kenealy

We moved to Sheffield Drive about 1952. A family of 8, two brothers, David and Michael, 3 sisters Anne, Marian and Rita. My childhood memories are the best. The girls all went to harrowfield girls ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by j.h.norris

As you look at this picture, the hedgerow and trees on the right hid an old spring water bottling plant. It was all very basic. We discovered it one day on a trip to One Tree Hill. As a 'gang' of boys from Goldsmiths Avenue, we ...Read more

A memory of Corringham by thestockies

This church was over the railway which ran along the back of Borth. The track that leads to it was at the end of the platform on the street side. The church is on a small hill which on the other side was a WW2 lookout. There was ...Read more

A memory of Borth by aquabaexpress17

I was born in 1942 and from then until the early 1960s I lived in Cottage Mews. The mews was situated off Belsize Road very near to the entrance to the Swiss Cottage tube station. There was a newspaper stand at the ...Read more

A memory of Swiss Cottage by Jean Roberts

I can not remember exactly when i was there was 70,s or and 80,s i remember all the chorea we had to do i cant remember what house i was in i was there with my 2 sisters on 1 occasion my sister was ill ...Read more

A memory of Fornethy Residential School by linda_p2000