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Car Project.
The Morris car depicted in the photograph was overhauled and bodied by my late father, Arthur Parker, in 1951-2. He had removed the body from a c1937 Morris 8 van, overhauled the mechanics and the chassis, and built from scratch a new ...Read more
A memory of Duston in 1951 by
Turpins The Bakers
I'm have somewhat distant relationship with Lee Green: My grandparents owned a greengrocers in Weardale Road and I was told that there were soirees at the Turpins where Fred Turpin used to play the piano ..... a lot of Chopin I ...Read more
A memory of Lewisham by
My Father Visited A Leversuch Family In Eversley
I have no personal memories of Eversley but my father Percy Norman Pearson born 1910, who died 2003, talked fondly of holidays spent in Eversley with an aunt whose surname was Leversuch when he was a ...Read more
A memory of Eversley in 1920 by
Cooling Castle Farm
To the right of the photograph is a driveway into the interior of the original castle that was the entrance to Castle Farm operated by F.Elms & Sons and in particular my uncle Harry Elms. He bought the Farm in about 1930 ...Read more
A memory of Cooling in 1955 by
Life In Cannich And Fasnakyle
My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father, Leon A. Lalonde, had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction ...Read more
A memory of Glen Affric in 1949 by
Newarthill 1950/60s Tosh And I
Every now and then I reminisce and take a trip down memory lane, of my childhood days growing up in Newarthill on Burnside Rd. I remember Tosh McGarry and I going to Father Gillan's jumble sale and buying an old fox ...Read more
A memory of Newarthill by
A Privilege To Grow Up Here!
I was born in 1961 in Thorpe Combe hospital in Walthamstow and brought up by my parents in Forest Edge Buckhurst Hill. I consider myself very privileged to have lived there for the first 26 years of my life and have ...Read more
A memory of Buckhurst Hill by
Looking Fo Nick Martin
In 1969 my friend Nick Martin, who lived in Hawkhurst, and I, hitch-hiked across to the Taj Mahal in India. Sadly I have lost touch with Nick and I wonder whether any of your contributors may be able to help us get back in contact again. John Hague
A memory of Hawkhurst by
Northolt Wonderland
I was born in Barnet in 1942, but the Germans bombed our house and killed my dad a few months later. I was sent to Wales to avoid the Blitz. (BlitzKrieg - Lightening strikes) after 5 years I found myself in Millway Gardens in ...Read more
A memory of Northolt by
Two Year Student At Cheshire County Training College Crewe
It was an all-ladies' college when I attended. Many friendships were made. Memories of teaching practices at schools in Crew and surrounds. First year students had to go out in "digs" and were ...Read more
A memory of Crewe
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