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I was at Burrow Hill school from 1952 until 1956. I was sent there due to acute asthma and bronchitis. I have lots of fond memories of my time there and remember a boy called Alan Whittaker and a boy called Edward, ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1952 by Frank Thurlow

I was born in the house on South Avenue that my mum lived her entire life in until her death in 2006, I vividly remember a few shops on the Broadway from this period, including Safeway (now a small arcade. A short way along ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Neil Emery

Coming back to this site, I was so glad to read the memories that Jimmy Burrows has added for Newburn & Millfield. His memories was just a lttle before mine but the areas are so vivid in my mind of when I was a kid. ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1965 by Palmina Moore

I was born in Shirley in 1935. My parents had married a year earlier and moved to a new semi detached house (cost seven hundred and twenty-five pounds) in the new housing estate. They came from crowded row houses in ...Read more

A memory of Shirley in 1945 by David Roberts

Boston were on a roll in the 1955 F.A Cup. They beat Derby County 6-1 at Derby. In the next round we where drawn away to Tottenham Hotspur; great excitement filled the town. Special trains were laid on, to take the ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1955 by Bob Marriott

I remember in the fifties a MUFFIN MAN used to come down Studley Grange Road. He pushed a barrow with a white cloth over it, and rang a hand bell. You used to go out and purchase muffins, and then toast them on a special long fork over the fire.

A memory of Hanwell by Nick Beard

I was born in Motspur Park on the 2nd Jan 1940.Lived in Tennyson Avenue until 1950 when we moved to Enfield. Went to Burlington Road infant school. I remember my father having an allotment by the railway station which is now there ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park by len.kempson

I was born in harlesden , and lived at various addresses in the borough, in 1963 my family and i moved to 19 bathurst gardens,we had a ground floor council flat,two years later i was 15 and left school ...Read more

A memory of Kensal Rise by pamfoster59

Hi I was brought up in a 2 up and down number 88 old road Failsworth I think I was about 3 when my parents bought that house I remember I went to nursery which was located on a side street near the Failsworth cenotaph ...Read more

A memory of Failsworth

My memories of Silverdale are many and varied. The family homes of my parents Betty Bolton and Dennis Shorrocks were there and we would return once or twice a year. I remember playing with cousins, in woods or lotts or on ...Read more

A memory of Silverdale by Ian Shorrocks