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This garden belonged to the artist Oscar Prentice,who taught me to paint as a small child ,his house and studio can't be seen in this photo ,the gnomes all held fishing rods ,no vandalism in those days .

A memory of Langstone by vappleton

I was one of the last pupils that attended the school, before they made St. Catherines the new primary school. It was such an amazing school to go to. When you first went to school you were kept apart in the 1st class ...Read more

A memory of Bletchingley by juliaannhollands

My family came back from Australia in 1952. We were housed in the old R.A.F camp in Forest Rd. In the fine weather we walked across the fields that ran at the back of the camp to Failop School, Fencepiece Rd. After a year we moved to ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside by howes

Yes I remember getting chips from the chip shop when Mr and Mrs Pellerade had it - I knew Sandra and she had an older brother, Maurice. My friend, Sally Yarnold, lived just behind there in a ...Read more

A memory of Bishopstoke by lynne006

I grew up living at Eddisbury Hall Cottage in the late 1940s early 50s. My father, John Morgan, worked for Pete Hermon, owner of Barracks Fabrics in Macclesfield, as Chauffeur/Gardener. The Hermons had a daughter, ...Read more

A memory of Eddisbury Hall by eddisbury

I was born in 1940 and my grandparents lived at 10 Queen Alexandra Hospital which was in a row of terraced cottages, just above the main part of the hospital. My grandfather worked there, I think on the nursing side. ...Read more

A memory of Cosham

I seem to have lost my previous message so will try again,i have many great memories like you ,i was born in st aubyns ave off wellington rd,opposite hounslow heath a great place to play,not so now i visited there 2yrs ago,i also saw that ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow

St John's Church was where all 5 of the Fleet Family children, Shirley, me, Michael, Herbert Terry, Peter, and Susan were baptised, starting in 1935 through to 1946. Our School was opposite, and we walked all of the way from ...Read more

A memory of Caterham by mikefleet36

My name is Christine Andrews (Bramston is my maiden name). I lived in Devonshire Road Southall from my birth in 1956 until we moved away to Basingstoke in 1966. My best friend was Susan Endersby who lived at 130 Ascot Gardens ...Read more

A memory of Southall by christineandrews56

Does anyone remember my grandmother, Mrs Florence maycock? She used to live in one of the beautiful cottages near the pub. I think they were very old and were painted black and white. I used to stay with her in the summer months and ...Read more

A memory of Peatling Magna