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Hi Guys , Another piece of East End literature from Vic B , I was thinking back the other day of the things that made me laugh as a youngster growing up in the East End although it must have applied to the whole ...Read more

A memory of South Hackney by vickyb60

During the course of research I have traced this name in my family tree back to 1689 and it looks like my direct branch all lived in the St Agnes area up to around 1800,many of them at Skinners Bottoms. I am ...Read more

A memory of Skinner's Bottom by jeremy.smith112

my name is Charlie lewis I was born in llanharryand my grandparents lived at 40 tylacoch they wer named Richard and alice lewis .my aunts and uncles all lived in tylacoch . They were dilys price and eddie lewis .Iwas born in 1953 and we ...Read more

A memory of Llanharry by lewisrcharlie8

Due to the closure a few years ago of Litcham Museum, an album of Tittleshall photos many with negatives were discovered and even more recently the death of a life long Tittleshall resident has produced a large number of ...Read more

A memory of Tittleshall by daveoldschool2009

Back in 1966 or possibly 1967 a friend of mine, now in her seventies and with a memory that is to say the best, sketchy, went on holiday from her home town of Sheffield to Ostend in Belgium. There she met a young man called Ian who ...Read more

A memory of Balham by dodgyrogerlindley

Mum and dad moved to Consfield Avenue in 1941 when I was just 2 years old. The air-raid siren (on the top of Malden police station) always seemed to go off at the most inconvenient time, and there was always a panic ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park by j_h_elkington

Looking back I don't think it was very modern at all. Walsh Pike Grey and some perv PT teacher delighted in whacking kids with sticks and slippers, loads went on to do well. Lots of boxing & football champs, marine commando Jeff Urand hero Falklands War, good memories.

A memory of Hornchurch by kenjarvis36

Was just scrolling through Google maps as you do and found myself back in Bournemouth where I grew up. 75 now and living in Australia. Found a reference to Homefield School and Mr Taggart! Wow! I was there about the ...Read more

A memory of Southbourne by Christopher Mayers

My father was an army Chaplain, posted to Blandford Camp in 1959/1960/61 I cannot quite remember. We lived in sort of quansit huts, each connected. The address was 14A Drake Lines. I was 13 or so. I attended school in Blandford ...Read more

A memory of Blandford Camp by Jean Greenspan

Pavs started as a large wooden hut made by Ray Henikier, a carpenter. I used to help him take down the hut in the late Autumn and put it back up the following spring. Then Pavs was rebuilt in block work. My father used to work ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea by John Gambrill