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I got Marred there on 24th March 1965. It was a beautiful hot day for the time of the year, I was born in 1946 in Dudley Drive and went to school at Hatfield. I used to love playing in the woods, climbing trees and paddling in the ...Read more

A memory of Morden by angela.richens

During WW2 my Grandfather Albert William Sancto (a retired dockyard cabinet maker) made a very detailed scale model of a warship but was defeated when it came to the small plane that sat on a catapult on the deck. My Father ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham by hachesney

Just to the right of the photograph, partially obscured by the tree is 27 High Street, where my family lived and, after the second world war, I lived with my Grand Mother, Mary Dixon, until 1953. The house to the left was occupied by Miss ...Read more

A memory of Skelton by nerjanits

while hop picking with my parents at a farm in paddock wood in the early 1950s i was badley burnt when a petrol stove exploded farm name not rememberd spent 6 months in the burns unit at a hospital in ...Read more

A memory of Paddock Wood by michelefurze

I live with my family in Mountview Road from 1960-1971. I have wonderful childhood memories. In summer and during holidays, we used to play in the Reservoir on Mountview Road. The council built a playground in one ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey

I MOVED TO STEVENAGE LIKE MOST YOUNG PEOPLE AT THAT TIME TO GET A HOUSE YOU HAD NO CHANCES ELSEWHERE MY BROTHER ALREADY LIVED THERE SO I WAS ABLE TO LODGE WITH HIM GOT A JOB AT BEA SYSTEMS AS AN AID STOREKEEPER HAVING BEEN ...Read more

A memory of Stevenage

As a young lad in the mid & late '70's I'd cycle up from Shepton Mallet with all my fishing tackle strapped to the bike & in a rucksack. A friend's parents had a farm in East Horrington, & I'd kip in a barn. A day ...Read more

A memory of Emborough by bru.enzer

Born 1955,lived in princes road,so many happy memories of growing up there....the "Olympic stores"nose pressed against the glass looking at all the things we could'nt afford,playing football and being chased off the ...Read more

A memory of Ellesmere Port by katemt

During the 70's my family moved to Winterborne Stickland,. We moved into the 'new houses', Downfield Close, shown in one of the pictures. Life was idyllic: the village had the Post Office, a butchers, two shops, a garage ...Read more

A memory of Winterborne Stickland by c.daniels

I lived in West Ham Buildings near West Ham Station until the age of 15 in 1963. Great community and all the neighbours helped each other. I remember the Queen's Coronation and the street party. A lot of the women used to go on ...Read more

A memory of West Ham by eileen.neilson