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During my time in training as a 16 year old student for just one year I had lodged at my grandparents, Fred and FLorence Clarke. Quite surprisingly whilst coming from a small hamlet nestling within Oxfordshire I settled ...Read more

A memory of Stratford St Mary in 1975 by Mark Clarke

I was born in Perivale Maternity Hospital in 1943. Like so many of your writers growing up then was a magical time; the freedom we had to wander the fields, play and fish in the canal (in homemade boats ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by John Bowring

I was baptised in this church and belonged to the Youth Club. The Vicar at that time, was Rev. Welch, and 'Doc' ran the Youth Club. After church on Sundays we all used to go into the pub for a shandy, including the ...Read more

A memory of Hendon in 1956 by Deanna Sycamore

My memories of St Peter’s school South Weald - starting in 1956(?) I started, in what I seem to remember as the ‘pre-fab’ classroom in the lower playground with, I believe, Mrs Fox as my first teacher. We had slates and ...Read more

A memory of South Weald in 1956 by Douglas Mcneil

My father was demobbed in 1946 and soon we moved from Grandma's house in Elstree to a brand new prefab in Eldon Avenue. It was the spring of 1947, one of the coldest on record with deep snow into March. Borehamwwod was ...Read more

A memory of Borehamwood by John Gates

I remember North Stoneham Church from a favourite walk my family and I used to take of a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. We set out from Kelvin Road and made our way towards Stoneham Lane with the blacksmith's shop on the ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh in 1947 by Anthony Lawford

I was born at 32 Pisgah Road which was the bottom end cottage of a row of three opposite Pisgah Chapel. The cottages had no back entrances. There was a pathway running in front of the three cottages with an outside toilet ...Read more

A memory of Talywain in 1945 by Brian Smith

The 'new' primary school in Cook's Lea (a respected headteacher in Sandwich) was built in the early sixties and is well-located next to the Gunpark to the left. The old C of E Primary School was a solid building and this new school ...Read more

A memory of Eastry in 1962 by Michael Mitchell

I very much so recall Grimshaw Lane, we lived at no.411 next to the Highams and the Howarths, and the Digmoor Primary School with Fred Holmes as the headmaster. Fred was a keen sportsman who encouraged the playing of sport on ...Read more

A memory of Upholland Sta in 1955 by Ken Hesketh

I remember the old swimming baths, just round the corner, and have pleasant childhood memories. The building was made of red sandstone and us kids used to grind red dust out of the walls with our 1d coins whilst queueing to ...Read more

A memory of Redhill in 1972 by David Simmons