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I wonder if anyone remembers my grandfather, Cecil Johnstone? He lived at 22 Orchard Avenue, Acomb during the 1950's. He worked as a Hexham (Moffat's) bus driver, and his wife was called Maud (nee Dart). During the 50's Maud owned ...Read more

A memory of Acomb in 1953 by Christine Catt

We originally lived in Camberwell and were bombed out in the blitz of 1940. After sleeping on the platform of the Elephant & Castle underground train station for a few weeks, my dad found us a house to rent ...Read more

A memory of Wealdstone in 1940 by Reg Ware

I was born in 1930 in Chelsea but moved to Haines Street, Battersea (demolished to make way for New Covent Garden in the 1960's) in 1933. Moved to No.3 Sleaford Street Battersea in 1935 and went to Sleaford Street School until 1939 (Mr ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1930 by John Dorking

In 1940 at age 1, I was moved into 123 Nelson Road with my parents and older brother.It was to be my permanent home for the next 20 years. Nelson road was split into two parts by Weston Park, the scruffy end between ...Read more

A memory of Crouch End in 1940 by David Hammond

I came to Barnstaple in the year 1940, from Plymouth 24 hours, so I was told just before Plymouth was heavily bombed. I lived with my Mother at number 5 Gaydon ...Read more

A memory of Barnstaple in 1940 by David Kew

I lived just around the corner in County Road and was About 2 hundred yards away when the bomb dropped.I would take issue with the writer Mona Duggan in her excellent book in the Francis Frith history of Ormskirk when ...Read more

A memory of Ormskirk by John Parker

At this time I was a resident at a K.C.C. children's home at Hadlow near Tonbridge Kent. During the summer holidays a friend - Paul Thornton - and I though it would be a good idea to visit London, with very little ...Read more

A memory of St Paul's by briang7jwx

Gosh, I am so old, I remember the time that the trams (696 and 698) were changed for electric trolley buses of the same numbers. Does anyone but me remember the horse trough beside the clock tower?. before the ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by George Rolfe

I was just wondering just how many people remember::- Smiths the chemist,Perks the grocers,Kennies the sweet and tobacconist (the original "wooden one)Browns the bakers etc etc the old fontain in the middle of the field(never ...Read more

A memory of New Addington by cabot.brian

I was only nine years old when we were bombed out on hodder drive perivale we were in our anderson shelter in the back garden I remember the war vividly the searchlights and the dog fights at night I remember not being scared it just ...Read more

A memory of Perivale