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My first posting concentrated on my birth and school life in Barking, next a little about different memories of my early life. I lived in the prefabs in Ilford Lane on the corner with Victoria road, a few more yards ...Read more

A memory of Barking by geoff.purdy

Mum was evacuated to Ledbury in 1940 when she was aged 15. She spent two very happy years living with the lovely Preece family. Mum attended Ledbury Grammar School, the 'Country House' in the Frith ...Read more

A memory of Ledbury by Liz Jarrett

In the 1940s and 1950s as a young lad and then teenager, I used to spend my summer holidays with my grand parents who lived at 171 St. Helens Road Hastings. I have very fond memories of Hastings in general and in particular of ...Read more

A memory of Hastings by toebrown

Life began on 29th January 1944 in Bexleyheath. We lived in a small conjoined house at number 12 Rowan Road. Born to parents Leonard George and Dorothy Beresford just before the end of WW11. ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Paul Beresford

I lived in Tillgate from 1945 to about 1954. Dad was Sir Malcolm Campbell's care taker on the estate, until he died, we have grate memory's growing up there, by the way our name is Morris, there was fore of us at this time, Dennis ...Read more

A memory of Crawley by pfmorris77

My uncle Steve owned a bungalow in Jaywick Sands, "Abijan", at 18 Lavender Walk where I spent my childhood bank holidays and annual six week school holiday between 1945 and 1953 and occasionally short breaks ...Read more

A memory of Jaywick by ducatee

I was born in 1963 in Glyncornel Hospital, LLwynypia to Gwyn and Christine Jones. My parents set up home in what was called apartments in Treherbert until I was 3 then we moved to Brynivor, Llwynypia to look after my ...Read more

A memory of Llwynypia by janetholmes39

I was born in 1944 and lived in Cranmer Road until 1958. Our neighbours on one side were Mr & Mrs Norwood, who always sent round a portion of home-made spotted dick for me on a Friday evening when rationing was still in ...Read more

A memory of Edgware by Roger Bowen

I was born in 1953 at home which was a prefab 23 Links Side Enfield. Situated at the bottom of Windmill Hill on the way to Oakwood with the Jolly Farmers Pub on the corner. Links Side was a very nice road mainly houses on one side ...Read more

A memory of Enfield by brian.west9

In 1957 I commenced, aged 10, at Franciscan Boys Primary School, in Mr Norman Leslie Caunt's Class 4, and a short while later moved up a year into his Class 2. I have a photograph of Class 2 taken in 1958, with many of the boys' ...Read more

A memory of Tooting by Peter Thompson