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I was born at 4 Juniper Way, Tilehurst 1962. I lived there until I was 9.  I have such warm memories of that time although my memories appear more like snapshots as I was so young I remember some sounds of that time that have ...Read more

A memory of Tilehurst by Andrew Parker

At the age of 11 nothing was more valuable than a set of old pram wheels. Using a 4-foot plank (this is old money) for the base. To sit on, we fastened a short piece to the back with an axle and 2 wheels, the same at the front ...Read more

A memory of Dinnington in 1944 by Ramon Fletcher

I was born in Theale but my parents moved to Tilehurst when I was 3 years of age where we lived at 16a Norcot Road with my grandparents Edith and Harold Goddard and other siblings to my mother Audrey Parsons, my father ...Read more

A memory of Tilehurst in 1940 by Hazel Parsons

My grandad came from Pembroke, when my dad was a boy he used to visit there. He said he used to have to dress up tidy when going to visit  family there. His name was William Rowland Hill. He said one of his relatives done a stained glass ...Read more

A memory of Pembroke by Eira Waite

I too lived in Elm Park from 1939-1955. I went to Ayloff Primary during the war years then on to Suttons in 1947. We lived in Carnforth Gardens when there were only 6 houses there, only 2 were lived in. Best mates were Hazel ...Read more

A memory of Elm Park in 1955 by Shirley Morris

I was posted to Buntingsdale Hall after passing out as a WOP/TOP in February 1948. We worked at the Teleprinter Switchboard Exchange but unfortunately, after a few weeks this closed down, presumably due to lack of ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton in 1948 by Douglas Holt

I was at Burrow Hill for 18 months, having been sent there because of poor conditions at home. It was the happiest time of my life. We lived in dorms that were built for wounded GI's during the war. They were built on stilts and ...Read more

A memory of Deepcut in 1954

I was born in 1957 at East Dulwich Hospital. Lived on Central Hill, Upper Norwood until 1966. I went to Rockmount Infants and Junior's School. I remember living in a large Victorian house until the council bought the land to build a ...Read more

A memory of Penge in 1965 by Christina Green

I would define the center of Sheriff Hill to be the intersection of Southend Terrace, Windy Nook Road, Sodhouse Bank, and Church Road. I was born not 100ft from the intersection on Windy Nook Road. Our cottage ajoined the ...Read more

A memory of Sheriff Hill in 1942 by Robert Hall

I have been stationed at Tooting Police Station since 2005. We will soon all be moving to Earlsfield Police Station, along with officers from Lavender Hill and Wandsworth Police Stations. Many of the rooms in ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 2005 by Warren Dempster