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As a family we moved to Prestwood approx' 1958, because from here I went straight to the Misbourne school at Gt Missenden aged 11. We had great times and tough times here. Life was not that easy. My parents both worked hard to ...Read more

A memory of Prestwood by Michael Lacey

I'm sure that at some time in my youth there was a milk parlour on the left corner of this picture. Mum would treat us after shopping and we could look for the bus to Wychbold, as we drank. They did lime flavour which I hardly ...Read more

A memory of Droitwich Spa in 1973 by Kerrie Moor

My grandmother Doris Palmer, lived in Craft Cottage which is right next to the pump. We spent all our family holidays there during the 50's and 60's. Granny was a war widow and she worked in Adams tobacconist, which was on the ...Read more

A memory of Steyning in 1958 by Simon Palmer

I was lucky to be born in Littlehampton in Manning Road, before moving to Howard Road with my two brothers and two sisters. We have lots of memories about growing up on the river bank, west beach and the main beach, ...Read more

A memory of Littlehampton in 1968 by Shirley Smith

I remember as a child flattening out card boards boxes, as we lived on Great Arthur Street, Smethwick, the gardens led onto the canal banks and my brother and my cousins used to slide down to the bottom - what a thrill - and trying to ...Read more

A memory of Smethwick in 1968

My grandson has had two days away, living how it was like during world war two. I would like to find the street party photos that had been taken, or any others around that area please. I lived in ...Read more

A memory of Northfleet in 1945

I remember the Holme School from when I arrived in 1956. It was large and rather frightening, especially being told by Miss Watkins to sit down and write on my slate, wasn't used to that. Fell in love with ...Read more

A memory of Headley in 1956 by Nic Greene

We lived as a family in Gonville Road with St Judes Church on the corner of Thornton Road, to the left of this picture. I remember the Pond when it was full of rubbish so this garden was an improvement when it was ...Read more

A memory of Thornton Heath by Linda Manton

I was born in Hornsey in 1940. Returning from evacuation in S.Wales in 1944, I went to Highgate Primary School for a short time, before moving to 141 Crouch Hill (now demolished) and attending Rokesley Infants School & Crouch End ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1945 by Alan Carter

I have enjoyed reading the 'Memories of Knaphill' contributions, and though I have not lived there myself, my Payne family did, so thought I might share a few of their memories! In the 1890's, Captain George Payne and ...Read more

A memory of Knaphill