Search Results

I was born in 1960 at home at 151 Roxeth Green Avenue. Growing up in South Harrow was great, the 'local shops' were down at Shaftesbury Circle where there was a really old-fashioned sweet shop, all dark wood and high ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow in 1960 by Pete Sullivan

For many years morris sides have danced in the streets and pub gardens around Chippenham during the annual folk festival. Its a popular venue in any morris dancer's calendar. ...Read more

A memory of Chippenham in 2010 by John Howard Norfolk

I attended Reedham School from 1957 for a couple of years. My father had pased away and my mother sent me to Reedham, our home was in Harrow, Middlesex. I have read some of the other memories, mine were different. I was physically ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1957 by Susan Mc Donald

I was born in Willesden on November 12, 1938. We moved to Edgware when I was three. I attended Broadfields Infant School. The best teacher in the world - Mrs. Dennison- I could never forget her. We used to go to ...Read more

A memory of Edgware in 1943 by Sheila Whitelaw

In 1975, when I set up my own business, I'm a commercial property surveyor, I rented an office building at 503 Northolt Road. (I think my landlord may've been a director of Harrow Building Society if I ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow by Michael Lever

Both my husband and I have lived in Fareham all our lives and we are researching our family histories. His grandfather, we believe, used to sell fruit from a barrow in West Street, Fareham, near the top of Portland Street in the 1940s ...Read more

A memory of Fareham by Penny Barnard

My earliest memory of Hatch End is when I started at Grimsdyke School at the age of four and a half in 1948. My brother Michael used to walk me to school from Hillview Road. I went to 2nd Hatch End Brownies which ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End by Diane Farroway

My grandfather was Manager of the District Bank, Barrow-In-Furness during the 1950's and 1960's. Please can somebody confirm if there was only one branch, as I have no idea of the address.

A memory of Barrow by Ashley Pilkington

My parents June & Brian Cocklin owned the Cycle and Toy Shop at 14 Broadwalk from 1963 until 1975. I lived there with my brother Christopher and sister Leonie. The shop was next door to Diggi's Cake ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow in 1970 by Joanne Cocklin

The Grange at Bitton was the home of the Seymour family, one member of which was Jane, the third wife of King Henry VIII. The village is dominated by its open countryside setting. This relationship arises ...Read more

A memory of Bitton by Paul Townsend