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Greetings from Canada! O how this picture brings back memories. I was raised on nearby Argyll Street in the late 50's and 60's, and the area shown in this picture encompasses virtually all of my childhood... But also within ...Read more

A memory of Corby by Kenneth Kerr

We, in the choir led the procession: down through the village to the Church,(from Knoll Hill I think) .Brownies, Guides and other groups including the odd serviceman home on leave followed behind.I am standing in the ...Read more

A memory of Kingsclere by Marg Trudgill

My first job when I left school in 1970 was jack o Newbury laundry in York road then I went to the dry cleaners just round the corner, I used to live in camp close at the top of sandleford , I now live in Devon but still go back now and again as I still have family living there, paul willis

A memory of Newbury by p-willis1

Yes, I remember a small branch of Broomfields in the block next to Reeves Corner and opposite the Eagle Pub. There was also a Sanders Grocers next to it where Mum would buy split peas that we had that evening with Faggots bought ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by frank.aylard

My name is Nigel Redding and I was sent to Llangynwyd about 1942/43? as an evacuee. I was aged about 3 or 4 years old and accompanied by my older brother Alan who was 5 years older. (Both born in Rogerstone , ...Read more

A memory of Llangynwyd by Phillip Redding

My family moved to Cowplain in March 1961. I was 10 years old and went to Stakes Hill Junior School. From there I went to Cowplain Seconday School for Girls from 1962 to 1967. On the corner of Sylvester Road was Pine Tree Stores. ...Read more

A memory of Cowplain

Hello Does anyone remember the Haynes family that lived on Haydon's Road up until 1953? My grandfather Charlie Haynes died that year and his wife, Violet, and children Colin and Elaine then moved back to Wales. My father has ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon by mandyhaynes01

I was born in Park Royal Hospital in November 1951. Lived for a while in Willesden High Road. We then moved to Severn Way, which was off Denzil Road. I went to school at Dudden Hill Infants School. Then I went to St.Marys Junior school. ...Read more

A memory of Willesden by lynne_whicker

I was 17 years old and lived at no 7 Tivoli Road, and when Father Christmas arrived at the front door with 4 cwt of coal my mum put newspaper down the hall and throughout the house so that the coal man could dump the coal in the ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey by John Ansell

Lived in Badminton Road as a child and teenager. There was a garage just out of view on the right. Used to walk up here to the tube and buses at Clapham South, there was a bus down Nightingale Lane, the 189, which ...Read more

A memory of Balham by mmd1957