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I was born & bred in Blaenavon in 1966 till 1980, the year we sadly had to move. We lived at Lion Street, Avon Road then Riverside Drive in Blaenavon. I remember Avon Road & Riverside Drive; too young to remember ...Read more

A memory of Blaenavon in 1975 by Rose Waite

I was born in 1936 so I am probably one of the oldest people with fond memories of Barking. I first went to Gascoigne School and can remember having to practise wearing a gas mask during the war- horrible smelly rubbery ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1930 by Pamela Purnell

I was born in 1949 in a prefab in St Malo Ave just off Town Rd. Things were tough for Mum and Dad as he was invalid and unable to work. I really never noticed for a few years and just tried to explore and enjoy the ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton in 1951 by John Canham

With dawn breaking on a chilly early October morning we gathered at the bottom of King Street, we were going to spend the weekend picking " spuds" on Lou Issacs farm in Manmoel. There were three grades of pickers. ...Read more

A memory of Manmoel in 1943 by David Williams

My mother's maiden name was Maud Langley, her cousin Cyril was killed in 1938 while on a training exercise with the fire service, my father, Leonard Wood, escaped uninjured. I was 14 years old and remember his coffin being borne on a ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1930 by Ken Wood

Although I was born in Isleworth I went to school in Hounslow, firstly to Hounslow Town School in Pears Road in 1960 and then onto Bulstrode Girls school in 1964. We were the first class in the new school but started our ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Sheila Wright

I have the fondest memories of Caister on Sea. We used to have a week there every year and my sister and I were the only kids in our street that had a holiday every year. Like most people in the East End of ...Read more

A memory of Caister-on-Sea in 1955 by Christopher Bowers

This photo is actually Lansdown Road, the hotel on the right, The Lansdown is still active but as a gastro pub with a lovely garden to sit and drink in. Lansdown Place follows on from the hotel on the right and is a lovely row of ...Read more

A memory of Cheltenham in 2011 by Lorraine Martin

1942 was the year I left School after 4 years at Alexandra Road School, but I started work after school long before that. I had a paper round on the Cassiobury Estate when I was 11, then delivered groceries for Tesco's and later ...Read more

A memory of Bushey in 1942 by Ken Field

I was born at 221 Hedgely Road, Hebburn in 1938 and spent the war years there before moving to Prudhoe where my father Bob had started work at ICI. I still have some memories of the old town including the lakes, St bedes Well, my ...Read more

A memory of Jarrow in 1940 by Dave Firman