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I lived in Rooms Lane, Morley, from birth to 23 years of age (1935 to 1959). My grandfather had built a pair of semi-detached houses there, one for himself and grandma and one for my family. In those days you could walk past Tetley's ...Read more

A memory of Morley in 1940 by Lorna Davis

Hello, my name is Christine Parsons but I was known by my maiden name of Morley when I attended Warnham, it seems like only yesterday I was there. I was sent there seemingly by the Greater ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1956 by Christine Anne Parsons

I lived at Triddles Farm and rode my bicycle all the way to school at Redhall Road.  At lunchtime we all had to walk all the way back to the village hall for lunch and all the way back again after. We played marbles in the drains ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1953 by Mary Rutter

I was born in 1941. My family lived in Honeycrock Lane, Salfords. The name of the house was "Bethel", later numbered No.17 by the Council. We had a neat clipped hedge to the front garden and a white painted picket gate from ...Read more

A memory of Salfords in 1941 by Robert Horsnell

Horley is on the old main London to Brighton road before it was diverted around the area of new Gatwick airport. Single and two-horse traps wait by the roadside. Corn and coal merchants sell proprietary animal feeds. We can also ...Read more

A memory of Horley

This is Blakemere Lane in Hatchmere - about a mile from Norley.

A memory of Norley by Alf Hartigan

Hi, I worked on bomb damage for Bishop & Clarke (a firm of builders from Horley), the foreman's name was Mr Collins. In the August of 1945 I was teaboy and builders' labourer, it was my first job after leaving school in ...Read more

A memory of Peckham in 1945 by Tony Harper

I remember the church very well.... I had to walk there in a crocodile with other girls from Kingsley School for Girls in Horley Row .... we had to walk two by two in our school uniform for church every Sunday! The school was a lovely ...Read more

A memory of Horley by Caroline Hutchings

John Morley was my great grandfather and I only met him a few time before we moved to Canada when I was six. He passed away in 1965, just before we left for Canada. Thanks for sharing your memories.

A memory of Worcester Park by Nick Wingrove

During WW2 I lived with my grandparents, Thomas & Elizabeth Hardman, in Post Office Lane, Norley. This was whilst my father was in the army. I remember going to the air raid shelters situated in the playground of the village ...Read more

A memory of Norley by eddisbury