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Does anyone know the history of 42 St Marks Rd, Mitcham, Surrey please, or anyone known to Mitcham as Esmerelda?

A memory of Mitcham by Hayleigh Hunt

Around that time I'd have a sock on a stick and Mom taking me to the Mitcham side of Morden Hall Park to go fishing for tiddlers. I don't recall being too successful. But it was fun.

A memory of Morden in 1955 by Veronica Barr

I grew up in Streatham and lived in Blegborough Road off of Mitcham Lane. I attended Granton Road Primary School in Streatham Vale and later Ensham County Secondary School for Girls in Tooting. I met my late husband ...Read more

A memory of Streatham by Christine Heydinrych

I used to go every summer school holiday to my great aunt & uncle's cottage [ Elm Tree Cottage]. I visited last month and it is still there in excellent condition. I remember harvest time, shire horses, haystacks, ...Read more

A memory of Hitcham in 1948 by Ray Gibson

I took part in the Mitcham May Queen Festival for years while I lived in Mitcham, and even after we moved to Streatham, I was still allowed to take part. It was fun, I put on a nice dress and paraded around Mitcham carrying paper ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1980 by Tania Rahman

I lived in Mitcham from 1930 (when I was born) until 1948 when I went to Germany to work with the Salvation Army. In all that time I never knew that there was a fire station, let alone know where it was.

A memory of Mitcham in 1930 by Douglas Tunbridge

I remember this hospital with great affection and gratitude. I was there for nearly 4 years as a student and then staff nurse 1966-1970. It was never ever called 'Royal', its title was The Canadian Red Cross ...Read more

A memory of Taplow in 1966

Hello all, my name is Steve Lane and I found this site whilst tracing my family. As a kid I lived in [Conningsby Court] Armfield Cresent. My dad Alf Lane used to drink in the Buck's Head and as a kid I remember sitting outside ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1960 by Steve Lane

I am trying to trace a woman by the name of Lily Fox, born in 1938 in Ireland. We know a Lily Fox married a Derek Rose on the 7th March 1959 in St Barnabas Church in Mitcham. He was a carpenter aged 26 and she was a cashier aged 20 ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1959 by Geraldine O Connor

I have great memories of going to the Croydon Sweet Club and dancing the night away to sounds of the Liquidator and many more reggae songs, dressed in two-tone tonic suits and doing a lot of stomping. I was only 14/15 ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1969 by Susan Salter