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I lived with my family in Windsor Avenue after 2WW. Oak Farm Primary was the school I went to which was just down the road. In 1951/52 the school had a choir, Mr. Roberts was the Head Master. I was in this choir. There was a record ...Read more

A memory of Hillingdon by Valerie Wagstaff

I am not sure if this kind of opportunity attracts those who feel anger at a perceived or real unfairness, during their childhood years, and/or those who have a tendency to dwell on the negative but I'd ...Read more

A memory of Bushey by Laurence Blight

I remember many happy days in the 1940-50s spent by the river near the bridge. It was here that I saw my first otter, we also used to fish from off the bridge. When the 8 a.m train used to go to Blandford, if the driver saw ...Read more

A memory of Child Okeford in 1948 by David Moon

I have mainly unhappy memories of Marsh Court. During the Second World War it was used as a convalescent home for children and in 1944 I was sent there after being knocked down by a car in Tettenhall ...Read more

A memory of Marsh Court in 1944

I lived at Glebe House. I went to the primary school at Warehorne, the very strict head was Miss Sane (later to become Mrs Buxton) and my teacher was Miss Small. Most of Kenardington's children including myself got taken to ...Read more

A memory of Kenardington in 1957 by Janet Bishop

Hey I have fond memories of the times in the marching band, the uniforms, training and competitions.... fab times... loved trainers, committee who were dedicated to the kids of the village... Does any one else have same fond memories... I'm going back 38yrs, when I was 12yrs old x

A memory of Pelsall in 1973 by Sue Yates

My parents, Frank & Joan Roche, moved here from Marsh Baldon with the four of us children in 1950. We lived in the left hand half of what was then called Glebe House, (a writer lived in the other half); the ...Read more

A memory of Shipton under Wychwood in 1950 by Adrienne Roche

I lived at Holmeleigh children's home from August 1966 until it closed down in 1969 to become a college, an educational facility. We were transferred abruptly from another residential settling different ...Read more

A memory of Horncastle by Elizabeth Farrow

In the latter part of 1959 my father John Maile established himself in business at 37 High Street, Chislehurst, selling wallpaper, paint and Wolf power tools. This site formerly traded as Bowmans ...Read more

A memory of Chislehurst in 1959 by Chris Maile

I was born in Bexleyheath in 1959 and lived at 61 Pickford Lane with my parents, my older brother Leslie and my younger sister Jennifer. I went to Brampton Road Primary School and had a friend called Carol Marsh who ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1959 by Christine Binge