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I attended Hobbayne from 1957 -1963. Who remembers Mr Ridley? Unfortunately I found myself standing outside his office on a number of occasions waiting upon the Headmaster's wrath for some minor misdemeanour! I spent a lot ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell in 1960 by Carol Claxton

I have little knowledge of Ludwell, other than my grandparents, and a few aunts and uncles lived there for an unknown number of years in the 1910s. The cottage they occupied stands on the left at the foot of the hill coming from ...Read more

A memory of Ludwell in 1910 by Barrie R Collins

It was Uncle Bonnie's Chinese Jazz Club which ran all-night sessions on a Friday night, from 11pm to about 6am the next morning. All sorts of jazz was played, including trad jazz. There were singles and couples, I think drinks ...Read more

A memory of Brighton in 1961 by Dave Wright

I arrived in Cornish Hall end at the age of four when my family was bombed out in London. My brother, mother and a lot of cousins grew up in Sharpes Cottage and attended school in CHE. My mother later taught there. We ...Read more

A memory of Great Bardfield by Peter Nightingale

When I was a young girl I was shown newspaper cuttings of my father John F Fife modelling an asbestos fire suit he had designed and made in his factory work shop at Percy Main. My older brother aged ...Read more

A memory of North Shields in 1930 by Elizabeth Johnson

I was delighted to find a picture of my dad and Aunty Lily outside Tandy's the family plumbers shop in Swan Street. I spent many happy hours in the shop as a child, as on the right hand side behind the door was a table ...Read more

A memory of Warwick by Stephen Tandy

I was born in the town,and spent my first ten years in what would now be regarded as the slums of Stranton, Bower Street, going to school at Oxford Street juniors. In the late 1960s and early 1970s Bower Street and neighouring ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1960 by John Pladdys

We moved to Yew Tree Cottage, out on the Forest, in December 1940, when I was 20 months old, and my father finally sold up in the early 1980s. I loved the Forest, and was allowed to roam free from an early ...Read more

A memory of Colemans Hatch by Vivien Barber

I remember going drinking at the Bali-Hi night club, made many good friends. Can anyone please tell me if the club was above a dance hall, and is it now an Ice rink. I moved away from Stockwell in 1969 and now live in East Sussex...I do miss the old days, we had such good fun. Cheers Tony Smith

A memory of Streatham in 1965 by Tony Smith

I was a World War II evacuee, and after a short "phony war" trip to Northampton, when the Blitz began I was sent to Llantrisant. I have nothing but warm memories of the town. I was thee years old and billeted with an ...Read more

A memory of Llantrisant in 1940 by Roy Barnacle