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During the early 1960,si worked in the Green Grocery department of Caters supermarket on the week ends. Dated a beautiful cashier there ,often we would go to the Red Lion pub for a drink ( My favourite at that time was Red Barrel ...Read more

A memory of Morden by Brian Harding

I was placed in Bramcote 1983 at the age of 9 for a year. I liked it a bit but only as I was getting physically abused by my step mum at home daily,it was a break from the beatings for a week,we would all go ...Read more

A memory of Bramcote by Georgina Brack

What a place! If you're not born here, run for the hills! But I love it, I still see faces of long ago that do too, or why didn't we move away a long time ago!! My mum and dad were the best, I never got hit by them but ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1970 by Michael Jacob

Not a memory, but I discovered my great great grandmother Mary Antcliffe was sent to prison for the murder of her stepson Joseph aged 18 months. She was accused of beating him to death. There were several neighbours mentioned in ...Read more

A memory of Norwell by Karen Beckett

8 Southall Street /16 Tan-y-Bryn. We, the Brynna Boys, used to run to school, Mr & Mrs Davies Head Master and thei two daughters, strict and friendly, firm and kind. I can only describe those happy days, Coronation ...Read more

A memory of Brynna in 1953 by Gary Edwards

This is the year I started on the building sites in 1963, I got a job on J. T. Bell's site in Whickam, the site hadn't been running long then as it was in the first stage. All the lads were mainly from Newburn, Lemington, and Throckley. If ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1963 by Jimmy Burrows

My uncle, the late William John Wilcox, was the proprietor of the 'Grapevine' from the mid 1930s through to the early 1960s. I remember it as a truly old fashioned 'pub' complete with a 'games room' with darts, shove ...Read more

A memory of Meare in 1940 by Barrie R Collins

I moved to Harold hill in 58 from shoreditch to Montgomery crescent then to 49 gooshays drive and my sisters Pat,Brenda and Sandra my brother Paul came in 63.I moved to Australia in 1978 with my wife Jacqueline ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill by assolidas

After my grandparents passed away the house was left to my father bill mercer.we lived at 64 Charlton street south stifford.I remember the cement works very well as I along with my friends peter Baldwin and Dave whitehead we ...Read more

A memory of Grays in 1964 by Richard Mercer

I was born in Tooting Police Stn or nic as Dad called it. He was a home beat officer there for years. I spent most of my younger days down in the horse stables grooming or mucking out. We lived in flat no 1 and it was ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1958 by David Macklin