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The land opposite the shops in the picture was used by a visiting fair in the summer,because it was so boggy the used railway sleepers to put under their rides, in the winter the land used to flood and my brother and I ...Read more

A memory of Chessington

I think that I must have been employed for the shortest time on this boating lake as it was very prestigious to get a job on the lake Unfortunately on my first day of work I fell in three times and it was suggested that I found myself a job on dry land Mike Dias

A memory of Southend-on-Sea by mike.dias

I used to stay with my Aunt in Lowic in late 1950/1960. She lived in the centre of Lowic from what I remember - possibly opposite the pub. Her name was Hilda Bird and she had a daughter Hilda Joan - known as ...Read more

A memory of Lowick by pbatblythewood

Eastville Park swimming pool was built in 1905, and the lake in 1909, with the present boathouse dating from 1925. Since then, local road building has resulted in the loss of the original boundaries of the park and its walls, gates ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

A person who read my previous account of my life in Patricroft asked me to elaborate on my story. Most of the important aspects of my early years were covered, but there are a few remaining stories that may ...Read more

A memory of Patricroft by Peter Soo

My uncle John Cooke owned the gravel pit mentioned along with the brush factory. We lived in Staplehall Road and used to go across Farmer Howard's field to the pits and go on the very same beach. In the winter my brother ...Read more

A memory of Bletchley in 1950 by Roger Clarke

I can remember going for a drive on a sunny Sunday afternoon with my mum and dad to Platt Fields Park, sometimes Dad would hire a boat on the lake and take us rowing, I would have a bag with bread in to to feed the ducks. I ...Read more

A memory of Fallowfield in 1968 by Moira Bardsley

I lived in No. 8 Council Cottages (now Firbank), several children in the cottages, Potters No 4, Arnolds No 1, Apps No 2, Burtenshaw No 3, this was before the war. I was born 1929. Mr Harris of Redeham Hall Farm let us have the ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Dennis Stenning

My grandmother Maggie was born in County Kerry around 1875. Her future husband, Thomas Flood in his love letters to her referred to her affectiinately as "The Shoemaker's Daughter". He reminded her of ...Read more

A memory of Killarney in 1880 by Margaret Elahwal

I was born in Vicarage Road and went to Rainsford Way Primary School. This was near the Hornchurch Bus Garage and us boys would watch the big red Routemaster buses swinging round in that tight space with screeching ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch by Peter Valleley