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I was born and bred in Battersea, Firstly we lived in Yelverton road with my Grandparents and I attended Falconbrook School. Then my parents got a Maisonette in Culvert road I then attended Chesterton School. in 1969 I attended ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by lgladwin99

Moved to Luton in 1935 where my parents bought a newsagents and tobacconists in Bishopscote Road in Limbury. Can still remember the war sirens going and watching people hurrying to the Air raid shelters in Blundell Road recreation ...Read more

A memory of Luton by peterwressell

I was born in chapel street number 14wich was the back of a shop next to gittens it was owned by mrs price who also lived there at the back of the house my grandmother dolly perry had 2 shops along the high street and a ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill by ex123moor

As a young boy in mid to late 1940s and early 1950s I used to travel from my home in Wisbech to spend my summer holidays with my grand parents who used to live in Marley Lane. They had a bungalow called Birch Holme that was white in ...Read more

A memory of Battle by toebrown

I remember going to the shops in Hounslow High street with my mum and dad. The ABC cafe which had rows of perspex boxes with different cakes and sandwiches in each one. MacFisheries, and a department store which I think was called ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow

One of my lasting memories is watching the cars going to Ascot for the races in the 1950's, sitting on a seat in front of the Holt School on Reading Road, taking car numbers and admiring the fashions. The cars were amazing - Rolls Royce, ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham

My mother, Margaret (Peggy) Goulden nee Gray went to Manchester during the war with Maud Blackburn who lived off Scotsford Road. She lost touch with her many years ago and today mentioned her. Any information would be gratefully received.

A memory of Newcastle upon Tyne by Anne Goulden

I recently bought an oil painting of ( main street in Appletreewick )it is an old painting as there is a horse and cart in the road so must have been before cars. the signature is by a Doris Jones I would like to know if any one knows anything about the artist or the painting. Thank you Tricia.

A memory of Appletreewick by Patricia Baker

I noticed someone spoke on here about the Ranch. It was a road off Rotherham Baulk but did not have a road surface on it so it was more of a path.It connected Carlton to Costhorpe but the area now has an ...Read more

A memory of Carlton in Lindrick by elainebaxter471

I lived in Aylestone ,for the first 24 years of my life ,going to Marriott Road School ,then on to Lansdowne Road ,I remember as a young boy ,playing on a vast building site ,which was The Eyres Monsell Estate ...Read more

A memory of Aylestone by davidrexcooper