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Any Hills Out There

I think my dad said his father's (also a Bill Hill) relatives came from Medmenham, my dad was born and lived in Cippenham, Slough all his life and mentioned uncles and aunts at Medmenham, are there still any Hills there?

A memory of Medmenham in 1920 by Dave Hill

Edgware Bus Depot In The 1950s

I lived in Hatch End, and went to school in Pinner where one of my school friends, Andy Butler (where are you now Andy?) revealed he collected bus numbers! Until then, I had never thought much about buses as I was ...Read more

A memory of Edgware in 1959 by John Howard Norfolk

Shiplake Memories From 1942 To 1968

My mother and I came to live with Harry and Rose Marner (my mother's parents) when my father was "called up" and it was decided that Tonbridge was not as safe. Grandad was the lock keeper at the time and mother ...Read more

A memory of Shiplake by Jon Polden

The War Years

I lived in a cottage in Long Lane, beyond Church End as a child during the war. I have vivid memories of my life here. The snowy winter of 1943 when the snow reached up to the cottage windows. We had no neighbours except Dick and ...Read more

A memory of Gamlingay in 1940 by Maureen Arrowsmith

Dabbs Hill Lane. Nd Around, [ Born 1959 ]

lived in dabbs hill lane went to islip manor infants nd remember playing in the little room like a kitchen, in one of the classrooms , went to vincent nd northolt high which left in 1976 it was a really hot ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by jenniealp

Thor's Stone

Wow this brings back memories of climbing - and on one memorable occasion becoming 'frozen' and unable to move up or down the almost (to me) sheer face on the other side of the Stone! Born in Irby in 1945 so it would have been in the ...Read more

A memory of Thurstaston by Daphne Titus Rees

St. George's School, Flower Lane, Mill Hill, London, Nw7.

I too was a pupil at St. George's, probably from 1944 to certainly no later than 1950 when I was shipped off to a boarding school in Sussex where I remained until leaving at age 17 in 1956. I was ...Read more

A memory of Mill Hill by Richard Gray

Edgware In The 40's

i was born in 1933 and lived in stanway gdns until i was called up for national service in 1952 i went to deansbrook school and then passed the 11 plus and went to orange hill grammar school the head was mr roberts and we ...Read more

A memory of Edgware by Terry Hughes

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