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I remember Saturdays at the Pheonix, Corgi toys from Rushtons,i ce lollies from Fieldings,v inegar from Ellis's, 99 tea from the Co-op and the "divi" (15046) and Green Shield stamps, pink stamps from Berties, school shoes from Howards, ...Read more

A memory of Wallasey in 1962 by Billy Hannah

I was born in 1947 (a home birth) in Grove End cottage which was, and still is, located pretty much across the London Road and railway line from the Cricketers pub. Although I've never been inside the pub, I have on ...Read more

A memory of Bagshot in 1953 by Liz Schultz (Nee Berry)

I still live in Barnehurst having moved back in 1947. The picture of Barnehurst Road, although the scenery hasn't changed much the shops have. The corner shop on the right was United Dairies and there was a ...Read more

A memory of Barnehurst in 1950 by Keith Jackson

I often think how lucky we post-war Leytonstone kids were to be born in the East End of London, yet have the whole of Wanstead park, the flats and what we called the forest at the end of our street, ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone by Ray Murray

My Dad was Charles Cheyne, the village chemist in Frimley Green - famous for his cough medicine - the report in the local Camberley News when he died in 1963 reported "It was dark brown in colour and had no name.  Word ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green in 1954 by Elizabeth Keleher

My name is Hilda Mary Fenn nee Hurman. I was born at Yarford in 1924. My father was William Thomas Hurman, my mother Caroline Elizabeth nee Tucker. They are buried in the ...Read more

A memory of Kingston St Mary in 1920 by Rosie Robinson

As a young American lad I was posted on RAF Station Wethersfield, Essex in the late 50's.  I met a young lass through a English aquaintance.  This young lady was from Bradwell on Sea.  She was a young beautiful lady who ...Read more

A memory of Bradwell on Sea in 1959 by Gary Monteith

I returned with my mother from the United States to Talacre where my grandmother lived. My grandmother's name was Dora Williams, she lived at Beach Cottage, Station Road. Dora Williams during the Second World War owned a bakery ...Read more

A memory of Talacre in 1962

As a young boy from 1943 to 1960, I lived in Heath Lane, Stourbridge and I think I spent almost all my free time playing in Mary Stevens Park. The area where the playground still stands would be where all the ...Read more

A memory of Stourbridge in 1952 by John Smith

I was born at Drive Villa, Melbury Osmond in 1938, my parents coming both from London. But my father had a music shop in Yeovil. My memories of Melbury Osmond are very happy ones, we had a school then infants and ...Read more

A memory of Melbury Osmond by Diana Mitchell