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I was also in this Fever Hospital with Scarlet Fever for three weeks I was 9 or 10. I clearly remember being rushed there in an ambulance wrapped tightly in a blanket with a bag of sweets stuffed down my front. I felt very ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1947 by Anne Chadwick

I lived in Whitfield Place one street down from The Queens Hall picture house later called The Queens Dance Hall; also danced in The Kingsland, The Legion beside the Park Mikes, Byrne Ave and many others. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead in 1950 by Ken Mc Guire

Boy I miss Tongham. Not because of how great it is, but because how great it was. Growing up there as a young boy has to be one of the best experiences a boy could have. I used to live on Northside, number 3, along with my ...Read more

A memory of Tongham by Paul Nicholls

As I recall, there were four cinemas in Dagenham; The Grange (flea pit) Chequers junction, The Gaumont Heathway, The Odeon Becontree Heath & The Princess, New Road which always seem to show `X` rated horror films and later ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1959 by Sydney Fox

I got married here in Feb 1968 on a cold snowy day after having a few drinks in the Cross Keys pub first. My sister made the bridesmaid dresses and we used all the family cars to save money. The reception was in the new Becontree Hall ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1968 by Sydney Fox

I could go on and on with memories. Myself and my parents moved from London to Arbour Way, Elm Park on 24th August 1953. I went to Ayloff School from 1954-1960, when I left to go to Suttons Secondary. We moved ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch by Elaine Stebbings

To G. Lilley, Your comment about the Mechanics Institute brought back many memories. Around the early forties I recall clearly the dances held at the Institute, the ladies with their dresses (pre-war ...Read more

A memory of Calverley in 1944 by Terry Offord

My birth certificate says I was born at Bushey Hospital in the April of 1943. I’m told that it was during an unusually hot spell. I lived at 84, Lynton Avenue in Colindale up to 1965 when I got married and moved away. ...Read more

A memory of Colindale in 1940 by Peter Woolford

I was born in '47 at West Mid so a pre NHS baby boomer (just). I have been looking on Google maps at our old house in Staines Road. It looks so much much smaller though it is a 3 bed detached. It is next to what was Hollygrove ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Howard Sanders

I'm pretty sure the hunts used to leave from outside the Worcestershire Hotel which had a wide off road drive, rather than the Raven, which was on the street. I remember going there to watch them set off.

A memory of Droitwich Spa by Sue Appleby