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Lived in Belvue Road until 1970. Attended Northolt Primary by Target roundabout . Remember well the headmistress Miss Wayman and teachers Miss Bottomley and Mrs laprake. Also remember the male teacher with Percy the plimsoll. ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Maureen Bloxham

I was born Nov 5, 1939 at 81 Star Lane, the home of my maternal grandparents, James and Anne Maria Bullock. My mother, Annie Grace Bullock, was the youngest of six children. She married my father, Henry George Hooper, in 1935 at ...Read more

A memory of Canning Town by Derek Hooper

My husband Vic moved into the brand new council estate in 1968 with his parents and sister - Champney Close. His house backed onto the common and MOD training land. He’d stand up on the embankment watching the trains ...Read more

A memory of Whitehill by D Toovey

Crothers shop was at the heart of the village where you could purchase just about anything that was necessary to keep body and soul together. All consumables, paraffin for the heater or lamp, the papers, sticks for lighting the fire, ...Read more

A memory of Lambeg by Liam Ewing

I had a wonderful childhood growing up in Standon. I went to the old school in Standon High Street. We walked across the road to have dinner in the village hall. We had the luxury of a swimming pool - outdoor changing rooms. We had ...Read more

A memory of Standon by Melanie Tharby

I grew up in Polzeath and my two best mates also lived in the area, sadly, both dead now. I remember in the summers the CSSM coming down and staying in New Polzeath, arranging lots of beach games in the afternoons but building a ...Read more

A memory of Polzeath by Christopher Le Bailly