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I lived at 15 Sedgefield Crescent leaving in 1960 to moved to Slough; dad was at Fords and he moved to Langley, Bucks. Dad was Gerry and mum was Lillian. My sister, Wendy, was born in 1953. I went to Dycourts and then to ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1960 by John Palmer

I went to the open air school and loved it there. We even done bee keeping, gardening and acted in plays. I remember a girl who used to lie on a bed outside the head teachers office all day because she had asthma, her name was Kathy. Also ...Read more

A memory of Isleworth in 1950 by Veronica Bull

I remember Tommie's fish and chip shop on Old Hall Street (they were the best) we used to call in after the pictures and the swimming baths. In the winter the pool was covered and dances every Saturday night is where we did our 'boy ...Read more

A memory of Middleton by Jean Morris

In 1958 the school had a trip to Rome for the Olympics. We also had a week on the Foudroyant, a ship harboured in Portsmouth Harbour. Remember we rowed to the IoW in a Whaler, (I think).

A memory of Harold Hill by John Palmer

I attended Ongar Secondary School from 1945 to 1949. Some of the students I remember were Keith Mills (we were longtime friends, he passed away 2005), Len Shuttleworth, Hugh Brace, Brian Buttle, ...Read more

A memory of Chipping Ongar in 1949 by David Lawlor

I can remember working at Car Mart near the ice rink ,. it was one of the first jobs i had i used to work in the stores and remember a lovely lady called Heather also a nice girl called pat who met her husband there his name was Brian ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1960 by Jan Clark

Before we moved to the flats in Cuperhead, we lived in Culzean Place which were very small tin houses /maisonettes. We were a family of 5 at that time till we moved to the flats in Cuperhead, then ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge in 1959

I grew up in Chelsea Manor Buildings in the 1960s-1970s. I have such fond memories of shopping with my mum in the Kings Road queuing for bread in Mrs Beatons on a Sat and shopping in Johns the grocers in flood street. ...Read more

A memory of Chelsea by Bernie Brodie Browne

I wanted to add my own memories of growing up in New Haw from 1965 until moving again in 1973. The family moved from Richmond (then in Middlesex) to 187 New Haw Road, a detached 3-bedroom house with 1/3 acre of ...Read more

A memory of New Haw in 1966 by Andrew Taylor

I lived in the hamlet Ledwell near to Radford . I and another boy Edmund Wilson and I became Day pupils at this school until it closed in about 1953/4. My lasting memory was the daily after lunch walks along ...Read more

A memory of Radford in 1951 by Michael Lancefield