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Memories

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My Childhood In Elm.Street

My aunt and uncle live still in Elm Street, Mr and Mrs Webb. Anyone know them ? My grandad, now passed, used to live in Holly Street. My brother and I have many memories of Gilfach - taken there to see family for ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1860

Purley High Street 1949 1952

My dad was the manager of Elliotts Shoe Shop in Purley from 1949- 1952, after he was demobbed from active service in the War. We lived above the shop in one of the flats. I would love to see any pics that may be ...Read more

A memory of Purley in 1950 by Lesley Smith

Where To Start .....?

I lived in Woodland Close throughout my childhood and started at Kingsbury Green Primary School in 1959. The classrooms were brightly painted, and the smells of plasticine, paints, crayons, pink (carbolic) soap and school dinners ...Read more

A memory of Kingsbury in 1959 by Jackie Hayles

Bear Street Post Office

Not exactly 1965, but around that time. I was/am the grandaughter of the Bidgoods that ran the PO. I used to go out with my Dad delivering groceries in an old Standard 10 van. I can remember every inch of the whole ...Read more

A memory of Barnstaple in 1965 by Gail Mc Creery

Forest Lodge Halfway Street Sidcup

I went to Alma Road school and then onto Bexley Lane Secondary 1950 to 1959. I used to stop at the bakers for fresh bread straight out the oven on my way home to Forest Lodge, a large old house which was located ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup in 1955 by Arthur Arnold Luck

Memories Of Cross Street

Cross Street , which connected Windsor St with Vine St, was obliterated by road development in the late 60's. The white building (front right) was originally The Catherine Wheel Inn, built in the 1500's and I believe the ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins

1934+

Hi, my dad, Brian Birchall was brought up in Hulme. He lived on Elvington Street with his mam, Louisa Birchall, dad Robert Birchall, younger brother Joe Birchall (late) and older brother Athony/Tony Birchall whom unfortunately ...Read more

A memory of Hulme in 1940 by Louise Birchall

Owen Hughes Roberts

Owen Hughes Roberts was my grandfather, who came to Rhostyllen approx 1900 from Bethesda when the Penrhyn slate quarry workers went on strike for better conditions and a wage rise. He took lodgings in Church Street and a job ...Read more

A memory of Rhostyllen in 1947 by Geraint Lloyd

Trolley Busses

The queue of people waiting to the left of the picture would have been waiting for the trolley bus which ran from the terminal at the bottom of the high street (on the opposite side from The Odeon and a bit further down). The post ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1955 by Philip Cousins

Bedford

I was evacuated to Bedford during the second "Blitz" of WW II. This was the time when London was being attacked by the notorious V weapons, the Buzz Bomb and the rockets. My aunt lived in what is now Melbourne Street, but I think ...Read more

A memory of Wootton by Roy Barnacle

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