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I went to a tech college 1952 near/in Tooting Broadway I think next door To a Convent as I always watched nuns walking in the Garden when standing outside the heads office....we girls wore Navy uniform with brading depicting your ...Read more

A memory of Tooting by deefresco

My uncle Ralph Smith was born in the round house in 1926 and my mother Gwen Smith was born there in 1928, Their father Edward Smith ( my Grandad ) was the last working Ox man in England, He and his oxen appeared In the film The ...Read more

A memory of Cirencester by davehiggins.560dah

I remember going to Talacre in the 1950s. Our treat every day was to go to the bakery. It was about 10 mins walk from the wooden cabin we stayed in. A bit like the hill billys. The smell when you got near to the bakery ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by mbarrett36

My stepfather (Bob Hughes) was a fireman in Borehamwood, and for many years we lived in the house which adjoined the Radlett Firestation at the back. I remember working at the old cinema on the Oakway as an usherette when ...Read more

A memory of Radlett by paulsandmargo

I was about 4 when my parents and baby sister came to live in Stanwell in 1954. We lived on Town Lane in a house (long demolished) opposite the road leading to the church. I have many very happy memories of the few years we ...Read more

A memory of Stanwell

Lived and worked here in the seventies it was run by lb Haringay manager was Mrs black at the time early seventies have some good memories there would love a photo of the building,it is now a housing estate the building was opposite a school

A memory of Litton Mill by janet.kedgley00

Hi, I am really interested in the history of Erith and find it fascinating the various memories people have of the area, particularly Manor Road. Although I was born in Sidcup, my parents moved to Erith in about 1979 when I was about 12 yrs ...Read more

A memory of Erith by stephen.odowd3

My Nan and Pop actually lived in a caravan on Mr and Mrs Taylor’s site early 60’s to the early 70’s. I recall my brother and I, visiting during the summer holidays and playing ...Read more

A memory of Talacre by p.rickett

I went to this school in 1954 when I was four and living in a large house on Pinner Road, backing onto the railway, shortly before the older terraced houses. I was first in the kindergarten in North Harrow, where we had ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow by rod1terry1

Hersham House was my first school. It was run my Mrs Jean Hewlett.I lived in the cottage next door and every afternoon after school she would help me. She recognised that I had problems with reading and I am indebted to her for her help.

A memory of Hersham by beanutz2115