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Does anyone remember a grocers store in Mengham Road? It would have been in existence in 1910 but I am unsure of its history after that date and I believe it was owned by my grandparents. Pook is my maiden name.

A memory of Hayling Island

I LIVED IN 23 UPPER MOUNT STREET, MY NEIGHBOURS WERE KATHRINE HILL, PAUL AINSWORTH. BRIAN DUXBERRY MARGARET HALLAS THE STUBLEYS AND A FEW MORE. I WENT TO WARWICK ROAD SCHOOL UNTIL 1958. SOME OF MY TEACHERS WERE MR. ...Read more

A memory of Batley Carr by johntho3

I remember attending the dances in the Old Town Hall. The promoters use to bus people in from all the local towns - Wem, Ellesmere, Malpas, Nantwich and Wrexham. I lived in Whitchurch and had an older ...Read more

A memory of Whitchurch

I lived in Wood End Lane until rather late in life really. Moved out of the family home when I was 29 and moved to Ruislip. I went to Wood End Nursery, infants and Junior Boys school, then moved to Horsenden Secondary Boys School. Both ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by c_bovingdon

My grandparents ran The Orpington Cafe in the 50's and I have many memories of being there. At the rear and to one side was a sort of wasteland area, great fun to explore. At the time, my parents lived in Derry Downs, St Mary ...Read more

A memory of Orpington by 84anniemac

An Uncle of my fathers Tom Maylett was the park keeper and lived at Cripplegate House and we used to visit when we went to the park and the paddling pool which was where the road is now,he had greenhouses to do all the plants fir the bedding displays,the house always had a very musty smell to it

A memory of Worcester by shufflercaz

I lived in Poolsbrook from 1964-1981. We lived on Staveley Road after moving out of the doctors surgery up stairs I think, don't remember that bit to young. Poolsbrook had a good community in the 70's great school and play areas. ...Read more

A memory of Poolsbrook

I believe a relative of mine, Arthur Brett, built a row of bungalows in Mitcham and he and his wife Emma moved into one of them called 'Sunnyside'. I recall visiting them when I was about 8 years old and in my memory ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by robertlynne

I lived on Balham Grove between 1954 and 1964. Looking for my best friend Rosemary Cunningham also lived on Balham Grove in a 2-storey house on the opposite side of the road. We had a lot of fun playing together with Lynn ...Read more

A memory of Balham by wintoni

Mitcham County Grammar School for Boys Remembered Memory is a selective thing, the best is easy, but the mind glosses over the worst. Some things recollected as certainties turn out to be not quite so. These are ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Jack Simmons