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Back in the 50s...The Rag and bone man use to call down the rd ..The pe-fabs .. The corner shop ..Old air raid shelters ..The alley that ran behind the houses Kids could play safly in the street I remember many niebours then like The ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet by anne.e

Does anyone remember Binky's Chinese laundry in South Road? I remember watching them washing the sheets by the geulan (spelling?) just by the river at the back of the shop.

A memory of Aberystwyth by junehall

I was born in Basingstoke in 1942 at 17 Mortimer Lane, pulled down during the town redevelopment. I remember playing on the bomb site opposite St Michaels Church, now a remembrance garden. We also used to ...Read more

A memory of Basingstoke by brianperrett

I stumbled across your article and it brought back happy childhood memories. Like you I also lived in Hertford Road Barking up until the summer of 1970 when we moved to Fairlop. Our homes were ...Read more

A memory of Barking by annettelarkin11

Leytonstone was such a lovely high road, lovely cafes, cinemas , bowling alley, but what is driving me a bit nuts is trying to find out the name of 2 shops that where there, tha first one was what is the left side of Boots ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone by carolannhale

I remember Gillingham High street. We lived in a flat above my Dad's hardware shop and the railway line ran at the back of it, nothing like the present day pre pedestrianisation

A memory of Gillingham

Working on my bungalow today in the ancient, beautiful Dorset town of Sherborne, I kept on hearing the tolling of the local Abbey bells. Not really unusual, except today, the sound seemed to 'resonate', and take me 'way back' ...Read more

A memory of Acton by alangtaylor

I was sent to Netherside hall in 1967 i was 12 at the time and was havi g a lot of time off scho due to bad health.I remember Winnie Anderton and her husband who were headmaster . I had some good times there and some ...Read more

A memory of Grassington by kevinmcevilly390

hey new at this game, have traveled the world,both with the army and as a security adviser to many arab and african nations but i was born and grew up on the bombed out streets of wear tyne and tees streets, the town moor was ...Read more

A memory of Ryhope by adeynathan.na

Lived at No. 99, house backed onto school. Earliest memory of Miss Bjork as headteacher. Remember Sainsburys in high street which became Woolworths. Edward Adams, Tudor Library and Buckinghams. Drove through Selsdon recently. Not the ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by markgregorian2003