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I have lived on and off in the same house on "the New Estate" in Merstham since 1952. I remember Burrows Grocery Shop in Portland Drive and the brothers would go around in their large van to the "new estate" ...Read more

A memory of Merstham in 1952

Does anyone remember the pageant to commemorate the Coronation held in the village? I was very cross because I had to go as a chimney sweep but I remember one of the girls was dressed as Queen Elizabeth 1 and was riding a white ...Read more

A memory of Denham by Gaye Clifford

I was born in Barrow in 1954, later living in Dalton and Ulverston up to 1970. Many happy memories of a trip to the Ritz Cinema, but the one that stood out was Mutiny On The Bounty made in 1962 starring ...Read more

A memory of Barrow in 1962 by Leslie Burgess

Mr Cassare was a cheerful soul he fitted a recon engine into my Father's Morris Minor. We bought his house 6 Victoria Crescent so knew him well. The building opposite is the Imperial ...Read more

A memory of Horsforth by Peter Woods

I went a lot longer after you guys but loved the moors and going aldershot assult course. Sneaked into lakeside a couple times lol I remember that old Chappel down that lane with trees ether side and the old badger hut off to the left in the bush's

A memory of Frimley Green by lilchalks83

I was born on the 28th March 1947, into an existing family of 5 siblings in a one-up one-down decaying terraced house of 12 Russell Street, Teams, Gateshead, just off Upton Street, near to the coke works, the gas works, the ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1947 by Alan Bull

I was a part timer here - it was an old Currys store. I ran the record department, largely in the evenings after school. Amazing musicians used to come & go, the shop was 'home' to Tony Knights Chessmen, who were resident ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow in 1966

Does anyone remember Mrs Burrows? She taught Eva Clark and me (Audrey Cox) at the Stoke Row school? Does anyone remember how Stoke Row celebrated the coronation of King George VI? There were games and refreshments and a coronation mug ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Row in 1940 by Louise Strieby

Living toward the end of Frank Bott Avenue, just before the circle where the road bends round into Rigby Avenue. With mum, Doreen, Dad, Cyril (he adopted Cyril as his first name because he didn't like the thought of his christian ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by Kevin Waine

My grandparents lived in Ditcheat; Sarah and Hubert Burrows. They had three daughters, Elisabeth (Bessie), Gertrude (Gertie), Pamela and also a son Mettford (Mett) Burrows. My mother Pamela, like her siblings, ...Read more

A memory of Ditcheat in 1952 by Pam Mears