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This is a view looking toward the High Street - what looks like two brick memorials (on the left) is the entrance to the cottage hospital. On the opposite side of the road is the bus stop where I use to catch the bus to ...Read more

A memory of Weybridge in 1965 by Nick Leppard

I have a lot of memories, some good some not so good. I arrived in Torrington employed as a fireman by British Rail, this was a year or two before the demise of steam and indeed the Torrington /Barnstable branch ...Read more

A memory of Taddiport in 1959 by Colin Walsh

My mother Jean was born in Greenock in 1916. She married an Englishman and I was born in England in 1941 but spent my holidays with my grandparents, aunts and cousins in Greenock. My grandparents lived in an old tenement in ...Read more

A memory of Greenock in 1940 by Judy Macdonald

The 'new' primary school in Cook's Lea (a respected headteacher in Sandwich) was built in the early sixties and is well-located next to the Gunpark to the left. The old C of E Primary School was a solid building and this new school ...Read more

A memory of Eastry in 1962 by Michael Mitchell

My granddad, Ron Beeson, was the manager of David Greig shop in Egham High Street from around 1956 until he died. My grandparents, Dad and uncle lived above the shop and my parents met when my mum went to work there. I spent a lot ...Read more

A memory of Egham in 1971 by Melanie Nelson

I was born in Sydney road Hornsey in 1946 and went to North Harringey junior school the headmaster was Mr.Patterson and remember all my teachers Mrs.Marsh,Mr.Lancaster,Mr.Howe and the amazing Miss.Nottingham who managed to get the ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1946 by Janis Whiddett

I have fond memories of this part of the town - I worked in Cawdells as a Saturday girl on the switchboard - great fun when you're 15! My mum bought all our bedlinen and other useful items in their January sales. My teens were spent ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1963 by Tricia Priestley

I was born in 1930 in Chelsea but moved to Haines Street, Battersea (demolished to make way for New Covent Garden in the 1960's) in 1933. Moved to No.3 Sleaford Street Battersea in 1935 and went to Sleaford Street School until 1939 (Mr ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1930 by John Dorking

Our family had returned to England at the very end of 1948 from a short overseas BOAC posting in Montreal. My father, a BOAC pilot, was due to begin training to fly Boeing Stratocruisers at Filton in 1949, and along with ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1951 by John Liles

as a child i always remember croydon high street to be very colourful and fashionable, i used to love going to allders bargain basement,there was something for everybody,che quevara,c&a`s,martin fords,kennards,there were so many shoe ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1969 by Carol Reid