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I remember my father moving to East Markham Hall in about 1937. We moved from Ranskill and there were three of us kids and Mum and Dad. He paid £50 a year rent from Mr Wrench who lived next door in a cottage. ...Read more

A memory of East Markham in 1940 by James Earl

I too remember the Cricks. The outside toilet was a plank of wood with a hole in it. The post office was the second to end thatched cottage, which is opposite Stoneham Lane. At the top of Chestnut Avenue, past the BMW garage ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh by John Scott

In the war years I used to fetch a measure of two strikes of coke. We had some very bad winters in the war time. I had to get in a long queue to get served. To carry it home I would put it under my bike frame. One time I was going ...Read more

A memory of Boston by Bob Marriott

We first lived in White Cottages, when I was about 2, my dad Des Brown worked as a dairyman on the farm, and my mother Audrey cleaned for a Mrs Henshaw. When I was 4/5 we moved up the road to 3 Wheatley Close, next door to ...Read more

A memory of Steventon in 1953 by Jackie Brown

I was born in Box and can remember playing football against Colerne in the late 50s what a slog up road hill , They always won because we were to tired, But downhill all the way back. anyone else remember ?

A memory of Colerne

This is the bio on my Blog,Cholsey Wildlife. I have always had a passion for wildlife and the environment; I have been birding now for quite a few years. I moved from Chelsea (London) to Cholsey (then Berkshire now Oxfordshire) ...Read more

A memory of Cholsey by paul_chandler

Since my new book BARKING & DAGENHAM FROM OLD PHOTOGRAPHS was published last week,(28 October 2014) have had the pleasure of re-visiting St Margaret's Church which is displayed on my book cover. We married there in June 1966 and ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Sylvia Kent

It is clear from the post from John Howard Norfolk that he and I have some shared memories.I lived at No15 Heversham Rd,Saturday morning minors at the Regal,riding the 401 or 486 to go shopping with my mother in the ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by geoffkemp

I was born in Purely hospital in 1960 and lived in Grasmere rd until 1979. I remember going to ballet lessons somewhere upstairs near the top of Russell Hill rd, and creche was in the church hall on Brighton rd near to the hospital ...Read more

A memory of Purley by cathrynmoon

Hi, I lived at Mount Pleasant were the first shopping centre was built, Then moved to York Road no 38.until 1970. I went Ealing road jnr School and then to Bush House open air School {hated it} I also hated moving with my parents ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by young-r4