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I went to Belmont school about 1944 to 1950 when I changed due to 11 plus and went to Coloma Convent in Tavistock Road Croydon My very best friend was Gill Stokes and we were a very saucy pair and did everything together. We ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by j.hammans

In the 1950's I used to go here with my brothers. We tried sailing paper boats. The swans were quite aggressive if you got too close to their cygnets. One time I got too adventurous and stepped down the slope, slid on the algae ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by dimsim33

This photo is taken off a knowle in Knapp Hill Lane, above the Factories, of Critchlies, (now demolished0, who made hair grips and knitting needles in the 1960s and Olympic Varnish, who in made working canal boats in ...Read more

A memory of Brimscombe by Philip Baker

I was born in 1950 in Brampton Grove on Barn Hill and spent a lot of time playing in Barn Hill park especially around the pond. We used to toboggan down the hill in the snow and I remember breaking my front tooth on the rail ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by daphnelever7

My Grandfather, Christopher Grigg, worked here.He was a water baliff,and laterly a gardener.He took me to work several times, and I once fell in the fish pond

A memory of Greywell by Miss A.Grigg

I remember 1952 the year of the great smog, making my way back from school along Dundonald Road towards my home in Graham Road. I had to follow the railings along the recreation ground because I couldn’t see my hand in front of my ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon by James Leslie

I lived in Victoria Road from 1958 until 1970, going to Bond Road and then Western Road Secondary Girls’ School. Fond memories.

A memory of Mitcham by Josephine Stibbards Nee Hook

Hi Does any one remember The Boot and Shoe pub in West End March? I am doing some research for a friend whose family resided in March for many years and one such resident was Robert Bond who was a publican at the above pub on the 1861 ...Read more

A memory of March by David Hookham

I was born in Farnborough Hospital during February of 1940. My home for the next 7 years was at 9 Kennelworth Road, and then we moved to 263 Crescent Drive, where I spent the next thirteen years. My ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood by Greg Barrett

I was born in dorchester way Kenton in 1946 I am still in touch with John Creswell who is now in Perth Australia. Other friends were Norman Kielly now sadly no longer with us and Andy Anderson whom we have been ...Read more

A memory of Severn Beach by John Way