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We didn't go to the cinema all that often and when we did it was a real treat. Fish and chip supper in the cafe upstairs, then into the cinema with its newsreels, local advertisements on slides, supporting 'B' film, forthcoming ...Read more

A memory of Newbiggin by John Jarratt

I first knew the hospital when I was admitted there in 1956. It was a beautiful building. I have seen photos online of how it had been left to go to ruin. I have also heard it was going to be demolished for a housing ...Read more

A memory of Taplow in 1956 by Susan Rumble

I have very fond memories of Caerau. I was born 1946 and I loved Caerau. We had real fun times in the summer picking whimberries and your mam making delicious tarts, families gathering on the mountain for picnics, spending hours on ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1951 by Diane Vincent

Yes I remember the school - I remember Miss McDermot & Mr Stevens & also Mr Cowie - he stayed at our house (The Coach House) in Blackdown Avenue one night during the 1963/4 bad winter as he could not get home - I remember ...Read more

A memory of Pyrford by Charles Dixon Payne

Thanks Mr Frith for correcting the title of the photo from High Street to Coombe Lane. Now the heading to my memory doesn't make any sense at all!

A memory of Raynes Park in 1955 by John Young

If my memory is correct there was a rather elaborate drinking fountain behind where the woman is standing in the photo. As a small boy, living up Windmill Hill in Glebe Avenue, this spot was out of bounds to me. However, one ...Read more

A memory of Enfield by Martin Iddon

Hi I was born in 1954. I lived in the dwellings and went to West Walker school. Face book has a friends of Newcastle east end group wth a very good collection of photos of old Walker , as to the engineering works I can remember it but I don't know its name.

A memory of Byker in 1950 by Eddy Anderson

I was born in Barking Park in 1947; we lived in nissan hut number 17, the Camp. Does anyone remember these huts or better stil,l have any photos?

A memory of Barking in 1947 by Marian Martell

My grandmother worked as a nurse at the Royal Arsenal and was killed by a V1 flying bomb on July 27th 1944; she was in the Taylors shop at the time. 4 killed and 73 wounded. Unfortunately Daisy swopped duty with another ...Read more

A memory of Woolwich in 1944 by Barbara Saunders

I am trying to contact someone who lived in and around the Mayford Rd area during the 50's and remembers in particular the Coronation and the street parties circa 1953 and any photographs taken ...Read more

A memory of Balham in 1953 by Philip Spencer