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Hi Bill. Just picked up your memories of Denham which is really great. You may not remember me but I remember you and your Dad, Sargeant Smith. I was born in 1940 in Courtfield Gardens a small cul-de-sac ...Read more

A memory of Denham by John Hawkins

I was born in Perivale and lived with my parents and grandparents in Greenford Road (no.283), just 2 doors along from Croyde Avenue. My Nan and Grandad owned the sweet shop in Greenford Market, where the buses ...Read more

A memory of Greenford in 1960 by Deborah Alexander

I moved to Northolt from Greenford in 1960 aged 6, to the Racecourse Estate and lived at no 15, Plumpton Close with my mum and dad and sister Corinne and brother Clifford. Our little road was all families with small ...Read more

A memory of Northolt in 1960 by Deborah Alexander

I was born in Hornchurch and attended North Street School, I can still smell the greens from the canteen. We had little beds put up in the hall and after dinner we had to have a little sleep before afternoon school, ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch in 1946 by Doreen Trigg Ne Birleson

Does any one remember me? My name is Robert Cox. I lived at 47 Sheridan Road right next to the lane that went down to the tip (now built on). I went to Upper Horfield School and I still remember my first day at the school in ...Read more

A memory of Horfield in 1967 by Robert Cox

I was born in Wallsend in 1951 at the Green and first lived at Rose Hill. Everything about the High Street, the shipyards (Slipway, NE Marine, Swans), the Rising Sun Pit, St Peter's School, the Grammar, the Burn, the ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend in 1951 by Bryan Brooks

I think we moved to Edlesborough in 1953/54, when I was 3/4 and my brother Philip was 6/7, my father worked for farmer Pratt, at Southall Farm along Northall Road. I think it now sells furniture, we lived at No 23. I attended ...Read more

A memory of Edlesborough in 1954 by Melvin Walter

Grew up here, the school was my first and used to play football with my mum and dad and sis, a truly beautiful place to live. I remember Bells shop, the annual fair, and when me and my mates used to tie the church gates so the ...Read more

A memory of Burton Leonard in 1961 by Karlton Lewis

Mum and Dad (Roy and Joan) were the landlords of the Rose and Crown which is the white building in the middle of this picture. I was 14 at the time and Sarah my sister was 6. The pub also had a birthday while we were there 300 ...Read more

A memory of Ramsey in 1961 by Andrew Mackey

My memories start long before there was a Tithe Farm estate. In my time it was a farm and the footpath I used to go to school started there, it meandered al the way over the fields to Carcutt farm, where I lived ...Read more

A memory of Houghton Regis in 1940 by Barbara Ercegovic