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Hi, I'm Les Bouchier I was born at 83 Durham Road Tottenham now called (Kitchener Rd) I was the last of the family, 4 girls and 2 boys born to Minnie and James Bouchier. In the early 1950s our family moved to Dawlish road due to ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham by lesliebouchier

remember it well I worked part time on week ends and holidays when I was at school for alan I washed out the tins that the ice crème was put into I also worked at his café at the lidio swimming pool in droitwich making and selling ...Read more

A memory of Droitwich Spa by decjerome

Lived there (148) for the first 18 years of my life (1948-1966) before joining the forces. Many happy memories of friends, family, local shops and all things “Burnley”. Sadly the property is not there now, replaced by a large development of houses with very little atmosphere.

A memory of Burnley Wood by derek.ath

When I passed my 11+ in 1954 our class was sent to either Kettering Grammar School (for boys) or Kettering High School (for girls). That building in Bowling Green Road is now Kettering Borough Council's offices. There ...Read more

A memory of Corby by Pat Carlyle Aldaya Pat@Positivdesign.Com

I remember growing up in the area beyond the sport's centre at Coxford road was no more than a dirt track that lead down to the forestry commission.The woods before the houseing estate a were immense you could ...Read more

A memory of Lordswood by leeharding1958

Looking at all the photo's of Ruislip it makes you want to go back in time. If only for a day or two. Simpler times, less people, less traffic and less gadgets. Going to Ruislip with mum. To Williams Brothers where there were ...Read more

A memory of Ruislip by susan.meldrum

I also lived in Leybourne, no8 Grange Close which were the staff houses for the local asylum Leybourne Grange. We moved there in the 1950s when the house were first built for the staff. My father was Jack ...Read more

A memory of Leybourne by chriscroud

I used to visit the Swiss Coffee House after rowing on the aquadrome or reading in the library. Always looked forward to it. Good coffee, nice food. Really good days, somehow I knew they were good days at the time, and I would look back on them with great fondness.

A memory of Rickmansworth by Nick Beard

It was amazing to look back at some of these photos..remembering them well. We as a family lived at 35 stratford road which was then a council house owned by the fire brigade, father worked in the fire ...Read more

A memory of Stroud by william007roberts

In 2000 a friend of mine who is a builder was extending his house and erecting a new double garage at his house in Lower Cippenham Lane, I was there to do the brickwork. Chatting away he told me that when he was digging the ...Read more

A memory of Cippenham by canavanr