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I've just come across this site. My memory years are really from 1938 up to 1958, when I married and left Crownhill Road, but I have returned several times recently, as it draws me back to 'home', although we ...Read more

A memory of Woodford Bridge in 1940 by Douglas Parrott

I lived in Midhurst Hill, off Townley Road, a couple of years after this photo was taken, quite scarey to see how old fashioned it looks now. I used to buy my catapault elastic in Jennings. I went to Upton Road ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Richard Blowers

I was born at home in Coleford Bridge Road in 1935 and grew up there, went to school in Frimley and lived in Mytchett until emigrating to Australia in 1964. In those early days life seemed very simple, only a handful of cars, making ...Read more

A memory of Mytchett in 1940 by David Greenland

Life for a child in the village of Worle in the 1950s was exciting, parochial and safe. Our parents did not lose sleep over thoughts of us being molested. Children were more likely to be in danger from their own recklessness ...Read more

A memory of Worle in 1956 by Raye Green

I'm trying to find any info on a E.J. Elsbury who was living at Highfield , Moles Hill Oxshott in 1957. Looking on Google Earth I can see Moles Hill, but does Highfield still exist? If not what kind of property was it? Does anyone know who E.J. Elsbury was?

A memory of Oxshott in 1950 by Iman Taynaz

I was beginning to think Barrack Hill School had never existed. At the moment I've been trying to get information on the school; so any memories you have would be a great help. Do you remember the teachers, ...Read more

A memory of Bredbury by Kevin Wood

I was born in Portaferry in 1943 but moved to England, aged just 5 years, when my mother remarried. My mother's family were Mcbrides and were well known in the town, my mother was one of 13 children although some of them did not ...Read more

A memory of Portaferry by Edward Graham

Members of my family were owners of the tea rooms at Cleeve Hill and had connections with the golf club there too. We may have some family connections. I have been to visit the area for family history research but could ...Read more

A memory of Cleeve Hill

My grandparents lived in Colerne, my mother Minnie Louise Rowe was born there around the 1880s and my father William Simpkins lived in Colerne with the Aust family from when he was a baby. I was born in Bath in Kingsmead Road in ...Read more

A memory of Colerne in 1920 by Edgar Simpkins

I have lived most of my life in Australia, Hong Kong and more recently Japan. However memories of Dear Old Consett will live on eternally. I was born in Medomsley Road in December 1945 and later moved to West ...Read more

A memory of Consett in 1955 by Ian Sharkey Bell