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My name is Angie, I was in Warnham Court only for a short while, but I have lasting memories - the grey and burgandy uniform,and walking down to the deer park before breakfast. I haven;t yet found anyone that remembered ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1958 by Angeline Fowler Roberts

My early memories are of Waterloo where I used to live at Winchester Avenue until 1958. My father died there in 1989. On College Road there were air raid shelters which me and other kids played in after the ...Read more

A memory of Waterloo by Graham White

I was evacuated to The Old Hall, Netherseal with my sister June. We were taken to the Village Hall to be 'picked' by a family and were lucky enough to be taken in by the Manners at The Old Hall. Since then I have been back and ...Read more

A memory of Netherseal in 1940 by Barbara Scott

I lived on London Road near Lloyd Road from about 1946 to 1948 and then on Hemingford Road until 1952.  Walked along London Road to Ridge Road School (Mrs. Clarke was my favorite teacher) and went to the Granada on ...Read more

A memory of North Cheam by Michael Bloxham

I was born in 1942 and and spent my childhood in Walthamstow, which up to the time I left in 1967 was predominantly a white working class area in north-east London; I went to Chapel End Infants and Junior Schools ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow by Roy Beiley

I was 6 years old and we lived close to Gladstone Park where we children would  play the year round. I remember the pond, the swimming pool and the tennis courts. Then there was the scary steep hill where we ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1955 by Mythili Sarkar

I was born in April 1938 at l Eardley Road off Mitcham Lane with the London to Brighton Railway running along the far end of our garden. Opposite was Aldrington Road which then housed St Albans Church which I attended ...Read more

A memory of Streatham by Juliet Baxter

I recall paying one shilling for a session of swimming, with the changing rooms either side of the pool. We used to keep one eye on our swimming and the other on our changing cubicle where our cloths were. I ...Read more

A memory of Rawmarsh in 1960 by William Toughill

My wife and I moved to Shrubland Park in 1950 after I had secured a job working in the glasshouses and market garden of this large estate. It was a wonderful place to live and enjoy the peace of the countryside. After a couple of ...Read more

A memory of Coddenham in 1950 by Sidney Forsdike

I was aged six when my family moved to Sproughton 1932 when some new houses and bungalows had been built in a cul-de-sac called Broomfield Common off Church Lane. All of my young years were spent in the village until I joined ...Read more

A memory of Sproughton in 1930 by Sidney Forsdike