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It was a hot summers day and dad let me borrow his bicycle. It was a bit on the large side for me (I was 10 years old) he had taken the saddle from off the saddle-bar and had tied it to the crossbar. I rode the bike along the canal ...Read more

A memory of Cudworth in 1960 by Roland Mitchell

I also remember Christmas1948, going out the side front door and seeing everywhere were covered with snow. It were so cold but it were beautiful. Now bonfire night were somethink else, we held our bonfire ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst by Herbert Mc Hugh

I vividly remember the day when as an eight year old, along with my mate and neighbour, Billy Sturmey, we "borrowed" 2 shillings from my mothers purse and hired a rowboat from the Portslade foreshore and rowed around ...Read more

A memory of Portslade-By-Sea in 1955 by Brian Langworthy

My mother and father moved to 1 Birch Hill Cottages when I was in arms.  I went to the tiny school in Newtown by mini bus which was really a Bedford van with seats in the back.  I played in the field with the ...Read more

A memory of North Boarhunt in 1959 by Vanessa Hillman(Nee Miles)

I was born in the house on South Avenue that my mum lived her entire life in until her death in 2006, I vividly remember a few shops on the Broadway from this period, including Safeway (now a small arcade. A short way along ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Neil Emery

I was born in Shirley in 1935. My parents had married a year earlier and moved to a new semi detached house (cost seven hundred and twenty-five pounds) in the new housing estate. They came from crowded row houses in ...Read more

A memory of Shirley in 1945 by David Roberts

Boston were on a roll in the 1955 F.A Cup. They beat Derby County 6-1 at Derby. In the next round we where drawn away to Tottenham Hotspur; great excitement filled the town. Special trains were laid on, to take the ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1955 by Bob Marriott

I remember in the fifties a MUFFIN MAN used to come down Studley Grange Road. He pushed a barrow with a white cloth over it, and rang a hand bell. You used to go out and purchase muffins, and then toast them on a special long fork over the fire.

A memory of Hanwell by Nick Beard

I was born in Motspur Park on the 2nd Jan 1940.Lived in Tennyson Avenue until 1950 when we moved to Enfield. Went to Burlington Road infant school. I remember my father having an allotment by the railway station which is now there ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park by len.kempson

I was born in harlesden , and lived at various addresses in the borough, in 1963 my family and i moved to 19 bathurst gardens,we had a ground floor council flat,two years later i was 15 and left school ...Read more

A memory of Kensal Rise by pamfoster59