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I was born in 1952, and lived at 621 Seven Sisters Road, N15 with my dear old mum and dad. I had friends John and David Warren, Micky Walsh, and Ken Heath. Ken lived in Victoria Crescent and I am still in touch ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by Michael Raftery

My family had our greengrocer's stall in the front of the Saturday market facing Pearson's department shop. We were there for years, first my granddad, dad and uncle and then my brother, Thompson's greengrocery. Brings back ...Read more

A memory of Enfield by Rita Thompson Marston

I have a picture at home with my great-great-grandmother feeding chickens by the trees on the left taken around 1880. My great-great-grandfather, Joseph Smith, was the village wheelwright. I have relatives who have ...Read more

A memory of Wheaton Aston by Steve Evans

Have only just found this site, but what memories it brings back. Dad moved to Hedgemans Road when he was about 6 and mum moved to Fanshawe Crescent when she was about 9. They met on Heathway Station and married at Old ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1959 by David Apps

My parents lived in the house on the right, the end semi-detached house, I can just be seen in the photograph as the light coloured blob in the front garden. Normally I would have been at Garston Lane School, but in the late spring of ...Read more

A memory of Wantage in 1955 by Susan Bousfield

Sadly, Langleybury School is no more. I had the good fortune to work for the school starting in 1989 and I continued until its closure many years later when it was merged with Francis Combe School in nearby Garston. My ...Read more

A memory of Langleybury in 1989 by John Howard Norfolk

Stokeinteignhead has a beautifully appointed new village hall which was the venue for a fundraising Family Ceilidh on 24th November. The event was well supported by the village ...Read more

A memory of Stokeinteignhead in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk

My grandfather, W R Edwards moved into Manchester House from Tal y Bont in the Conwy valley with his family, a wife and 4 children around 1910. He ran the grocery business from the shop also dedelivered groceries to ...Read more

A memory of Gerlan in 1948 by Brian Garston