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I went to Devonshire Hill School from 1940 - 1946 then to St. Katherines College. Always done my mum's shopping when I was little as I lived in Rowland Hill Avenue. We shopped at the nearest which was in Cambridge Road and ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1940 by June Hamilton

I remember the Rose Queen Fete well; I played cornet in the Widnes Borough Band who led the procession Circa 1961, I have a black & white photo of the head of the procession which I think was taken by a ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1961 by Geoffrey Boow

I have an old family photo posed in front of Pangbourne Mill on 4/9/1899. It includes the entire Stone family including my great grandfather and my grandfather (as a young boy). My grandfather, ...Read more

A memory of Pangbourne in 1890 by Matthew Stone

SORRY FOLKS BUT THE PICTURE IS OF THE WEST END OF THE VILLAGE NOT THE EAST.

A memory of Carperby by Graham Hodge

My friend lived in the caretakers flat ,'Lingley', (not shown in photo). We used to go to the 'Tech Dances' which were held once a month in the winter months. We were all members of the Parish Youth Club, our summer ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1956 by Deanna Sycamore

Like Marion DelFavero, I remember Trevor Hughes. He used to sit on the fountain steps in the middle of market square. My brother was in 'the Force' in those days and he used to say when the weather was really bad you could expect ...Read more

A memory of Cambridge in 1870

After we were bombed out in London my parents bought a house in Romford, Essex. My father was working for the Ford Motor Company that had converted its assembly lines to manufacture Bren gun carriers and other war time ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1940 by Ray Tricker

Late 1949 early 1950 I stayed with my mother, Mrs Dorothy Violet Lee (nee Gobbitt) at The Convent, Bocking. Born 1943 I would have been aged 6-7yrs. My time there was to await the move into our new home at 140 Church Street, ...Read more

A memory of Bocking in 1950 by Diana Lee Gobbitt

The area called Mill Green is behind the photgrapher and the village ahead. The Mill was working up until about 1960 or so, as we used to buy corn from there to feed the chickens. To the right of the photo is the ...Read more

A memory of Eastry by Michael Mitchell

I have vivid memories of the shops shown in the photograph. The shop on its own, on the right of the picture was Galley's Newsagents run by brothers Roy and Dennis Galley. Having said that Dennis' ...Read more

A memory of Helsby in 1962 by Ian Champion