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Oh, what memories came back when reading other people's; I was one of five children that went to Emmanual School. I have 3 brothers and one sister, we attended there between 1953 - 1964; there was Megan, Dennis, Noma, Trevor, ...Read more

A memory of Streatham by Norma Mc Gill

We used to have French students stay with us and at the end of their visit there would be a banquet at the old Town Council Centre in Treaty Road. I have happy memories of the boating lake at Inwood Park. We lived at Hounslow ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1965 by Michael Daly

I have fond memories of Hounslow, I was born and lived on the Bath Road, near the Windsor castle pub, many a time I used to stand outside the pub waiting for my parents, with a bottle of coke and a packet of crisps. I went to Wellington ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1965 by Ms Pauline Smith

Hello to you all, I'm hoping that someone can help with some research I'm currently doing on a stoneware pot I recently bought printed with the name H J Piggott, 45a and 46 West Street, Horsham. I've included a link to a ...Read more

A memory of Horsham in 1910 by Derek Reilly

I first came to Whitstable by steam train in 1952 with my mother and grandparents, and we stayed in a boarding house in Cromwell Road, I think. After that we came to Whitstable every year for two weeks in September, ...Read more

A memory of Whitstable in 1954 by Allan Crawley

My first love was Susan Sainty who, at this time, lived in London Road, Kings Lynn with sister Alison, and mum and dad. Her gran lived in Cley and the family probably had the chalet bungalow in West Runton at the time. We met at ...Read more

A memory of West Runton in 1964 by Richard Leakey

The Arndale Shopping centre - next to Mary Magdalen's Church on West Farm Avenue. There were two large concrete and pebble waterfountains (that were switched off one day and were never switched back on again). There was ...Read more

A memory of Longbenton by Sandra Marzougui

My name is Halina West. I lived with my parents Gordon and Zosia (my mother was Polish) and my brother Antony in St Andrew's Close from about September 1961 to about March 1963. I went to the local primary school for about 6 ...Read more

A memory of Leiston in 1962 by Halina West

After attending Newton village school from the age of 5 to 14, I found employment at a place called Tholthorpe where a new airfield was being built. Being 12 miles from my home I had to use a bicycle to get ...Read more

A memory of Newton-on-Ouse in 1989 by Guy Jefferson

My mother was brought up in Lowfield Road, so although we lived in West Hampstead, we frequently passed through it on our way to shop in Kilburn High Road. Passed through it far too slowly for my liking because my mother ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1940 by Dennis Paul