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My grandparants lived at 5 Burns Drive in the 1970's. I remember my grandad taking me round the Silver Band Club, and through the woods to Studfall shops and sometimes to the swimming baths. My grandad was the club M.C at ...Read more

A memory of Kettering in 1975 by Keith Larbey

I have fond memories of Winchmore Hill where I was born in 1937. We lived in Hadley Way till about 1949, then moved to Slades Hill in Enfield. I went to St Pauls School (Mr Gayler) then Minchenden. I well remember The Intimate ...Read more

A memory of Winchmore Hill

My wife and I traveled through Boughton and Greens Norton, on my Greene family ancestor's genealogy trail. We visited the Church of St Bartholomew in Greens Norton, as well as the Church of St John the Baptist ...Read more

A memory of Boughton in 1992 by Rodman Greene

I was born in 1931, Middlesbrough. My parents were Thomas and Lily Hunt. My sister Sylvia, was born in 1937. From an early age, before and after Sylvia was born, mum would take us ...Read more

A memory of Esh Winning in 1930 by Eric Hunt

I lived in Gainers Terrace in the 60's with me ma, da, and brother Tom. I loved seeing the ships being built from my bedroom window, late at night the room would be all lit up with the light from the welders! My mother's cousin ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend in 1860

My parents, brother and I moved to Loughton in 1959. Our next door neighbours (Mr & Mrs Angel) were already retired and called Loughton 'The Village'. My mum got a job working in the sweetshop next ...Read more

A memory of Loughton by Julia Spicer

We, as a family, moved to Hawley in 1958 from Slade Green. We moved to 32 Harold Road. Our back garden was at the end of Mill Road and we had a very large corrugated iron shed at the bottom of this garden. Lots of the ...Read more

A memory of Hawley in 1958 by Kathleen Pittock

I lived in Oulton until I was 11. We then emigrated to South Australia but I have great memories of England and long to return, which I'm hoping to do in the next couple of years. We lived in St Johns St and I remember a rag and ...Read more

A memory of Oulton in 1949 by Jeanette Wilde

I went to school in the village at the top of the brae, it's been knocked down and houses built. The harbour used to be full of local fishing boats, now its full of leisure boats. There used to be a station there but thats gone. ...Read more

A memory of Findochty in 1952

We lived in Palmerston Rd, Kilburn. My fondest memories of Grange Park were looking out of our kitchen window to see my mum walking home from work. Also I remember coming out of the 'Saturday morning ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1965 by Angela O'neill