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I was taken to the home by a lady in uniform from Hystfield, near Berkeley, Glos. I had no idea where I was going and how long I was going to be there. The reason I taken there was that my mum was ill and in hospital and the ...Read more

A memory of Stroud in 1956 by Alf Beard

It is my Dad's 65th birthday soon and when he was younger he was in a band called The Burnettes with Brian Vickers, Colin Fisher and Trevor French. They played at The West Wickham festival in 1964 at Blake Recreation ground ...Read more

A memory of Bromley in 1964 by Maria Puttock

Aged from 5 to 10yrs old I lived in Cunningham Road. I attended Beachfield Boys School walking the kilometre or so, through the back alleys and home again, this was all right in the warmer weather but quite a task in the ...Read more

A memory of Doncaster in 1930 by William Baker

I lived in Dagnall Street , born 1938 I remember the Anderson Air Raid Shelter in our garden Attended Latchmere Infants School and Culvert Road School Loved going to Arding and Hobbs, Battersea Park was a wonderful ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by janniepaz

Although I was born in London in 1939 where my father was a master baker, we were blitzed out in 1940 and came to settle in School Road Tilehurst. My father had learnt the Grocery trade as a lad in Sainsbury's ...Read more

A memory of Tilehurst by poloschool

This was my grandparents house, I have so many wonderful memories of spending holidays there, paying with my cousins and stealing cakes from the bake house!

A memory of Bishop's Cleeve by rhiannon

I well remember travelling on this train from the Danson Road end along the lake to the engine shed. This was during the 1950's. The fare was 3d one way and 6d return. The gentleman who ran the service lived in the house ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by welchmt80

We moved to Ealing when I was 5 and at 11 I went to NHEHS and we bought the school uniform at Abernethies on the corner of Uxbridge Rd. I loved that area. Next to the taxi rank there was a Polish deli...oh the baked sultana ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by liznorman1971

Used to go on boats on the lake ,.ost people I know .moved out of barking ,I live in romford now ,there was a .message on here from vi ien and Carol jordon , but I. Missed it ,I am on face book Roy

A memory of Barking by Roy Alan Robinson

I am the eldest son of the Mills family, we lived in the stable yard at the rear of Highclere Castle, at the age of 5 I went to Highclere primary school, a Miss Baker was the Head, assisted by the Misses Eva and Cissie ...Read more

A memory of Highclere in 1940 by Percival Mills