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How sad to see the old school now razed to the ground. I was a pupil there from 1962 to 1964 when we moved away from the area. I travelled in by bus and we disembarked in front of what was then the Sarson School. ...Read more

A memory of Melton Mowbray by Jacqueline Hatton

Was resident at Newnham house ran by Peter prankherd and staff bullied and beaten regularly over 18mth period has was all boys under that roof. We actually lived at the back in dorms wasn't allowed in main house unless summonsed to do work or to get a beating

A memory of Newnham by Martyn Blamires

As with many of the neighbors in our road we owned two coal fires, one in each downstairs room, with chimneys to match. Keeping the fires lit during cold winters required loose coal, supplied in huge bags, to be ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Bernard Schofield

February was a very sad time for all my family. There was a light at the end of a very sad day. My youngest son took me to Wednesbury, Old Park Rd, Dudley, and my home 5 Wells Rd. The day was brilliant, parked right outside my ...Read more

A memory of Bilston by Eddie Potts

My parents, who came to England from India in 1955, when I was 3 months old, moved to Southall in 1959, from Whitton, when I was 4. I remember Southall Broadway at that time-there was actually a saddlery business there! C. ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Sandya Narayanswami

I went to Hayling Island Suntrap Residential School run by the borough of Harringay . I believe it was around 1975. I stayed there for about 12 to 18 months. I had chronic asthma and people thought it would be best to ...Read more

A memory of Hayling Island by Desmond Forde

I have so enjoyed reading all the memories of Woodley and Bredbury. I lived on George Lane from 1939 to 1964, and went to St Mark's School in Bredbury. My Dad, Jack Hallsworth, worked at Livingstone's ...Read more

A memory of Woodley by Elizabeth Thompson

I remember a sunny day in 1940 a 10 year old London kid alone nervous scared alone except for a bunch of other kids, We had been scurried away from war torn London having gone through the Battle of Britain German airraids. The British ...Read more

A memory of Daventry by David Alchin

I was born on the Anchor in 1941. The houses were set back from the road with rough patch of ground in front of them where Pat Collin's fair used to set up every year in the summer. From the canal bridge on the left was the pub, The ...Read more

A memory of Deepfields by Robert Leadbeater

Iv been trying for years to find something out about the camp . I was born there in 1948 when my farther Mr Arthur Blowes was sent to North Korea when he back from the Second World War

A memory of Roxwell by Sheila Peasey