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Hi , Does anybody have memories of Skeffington Road, East Ham? My Mam lived at number 18 untill she joined the forces in the war and then moved up North when she married in 1946. The family name was Jarvis and my mam was called Florence [ Dolly or Doris ].

A memory of Barking by Peter Hickman

My earliest memories are of the married quarters, well into the interior of the barracks of the Dorset Regiment. My father had escaped the poverty of the East End of London in 1923. By 1937 he was ...Read more

A memory of Dorchester in 1930 by Peter Giles

I started work for Austin's of East ham in 1978, and work their other factories in barking I have done research on Austins as no one seems to know about the company now that were the largest joinery company in the country, ...Read more

A memory of East Ham

The year is a guess, but I have fond memories of playing in the sand at Ferry Hut, waiting for my dad to go by on his tug boat, when the Manchester ship canal was in its heyday. He would wave to me my sister and mum. The tugs I remember ...Read more

A memory of Runcorn in 1952 by Clive Bisby

Shoebury Hall Farm was owned by Capt H R Townsend RN and his wife Margaret I think.  There was also a daughter Pamela.  They were like the country squire and his family.  Their house was between the church and the camp site.  I ...Read more

A memory of Shoeburyness by Alan Perry

To the lady who went to High Legh School. The school mistress was Mrs James who lived on Wrenshot Lane in High Legh. She had two children. Holly Cottage was recently up for sale, on the death of Mrs Hilton. The village ...Read more

A memory of High Legh

My first serious girl friend lived in White Horse Road. She worked in her father's small grocery shop in Green Street. I recall I had to buy quite a few jars of jam before I could pluck up courage to ask her out on a date, as it ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1958 by Brian Williams

I recognise very well the photo of the Dunsfold village store in 1965 because it belonged to my uncle Bill Cox, who also ran a florist's and a taxi business from there. Before that, it had been run by a Mr Jarvis. The ...Read more

A memory of Dunsfold by Mike Bayliss

My previous memories caused quite a bit of interest and several people who either knew me, or the area got in touch. I thought I would add a bit more to those memories. I mentioned how close we were to the bombing ...Read more

A memory of Blissford by Nevile Chalke

Throughout my childhood, my parents would take my brother and I on holiday to stay at The Old Parsonage in East Dean, and we visited so often that it became a second home to us. It was owned at that time, by an elderly and ...Read more

A memory of East Dean in 1950 by Michael Gould