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He was only a few weeks old when he came to us, my mother had got to know about him and thought he was just the thing I needed to cheer me up. I was fourteen years of age and had not long moved home; my parents had decided ...Read more

A memory of Kingswear

I also remember your father. It happens that when he joined his father as the local doctor I was his first baby case when he joined the practice. Before the 2nd world war Clockhouse was owned by someone who trained police dogs. ...Read more

A memory of Byfleet by dexpro4

My memories of Vigo camp Meopham My memories of Vigo are somethings I will never forget. I was born in Chatham, Kent in 1948. For reasons unknown to me, we ended up in a Vigo camp. The Nissen hut we were in must have been ...Read more

A memory of Meopham by champersmk

The road in the picture, St Mildred's, is where I grew up, opposite the "rec". As a young lad growing up, Minster offered all sorts of adventures; the marshes, the river Stour, Watchester Lane, the woods, fishing, ...Read more

A memory of Minster by Andrew Hankin

I grew up in Wembley (Monks Park area) and attended Oakington Manor Primary and then Wembley County Grammar. After school I worked and trained as a nursery nurse at Roundwood Park nursery in Willesden. I was married at Park Lane ...Read more

A memory of Wembley by Elaine Delaney

Moved to wylie rd. on the havelock estate from western rd. When I was around 8yrs.old went to George Tomlinson junior school then onto the new Featherstone secondary school in western road It was a brilliant school with all ...Read more

A memory of Southall by kenneth.roberts203

I was born in 1958 in the Perivale Maternity hospital off the Western Avenue. I lived for my first few years in Goring Way and then Queens Avenue until leaving the area in 1973. Memories etched on my mind: ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by Ian Buck

I was born in Brook Street in the end of terrace house next to Rooksby's, the butchers shop at the junction of Horsa Road, and lived there until I was married at the age of 21. My aunt (Elizabeth) Cis Luck ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath by lowman536

My family moved to Shard End in 1951 to 11 Freasley Road. The estate was in its first stages then, no shops and no bus service, it was a walk to Lea village for the bus across the old bailey bridge. There was a lot of open ground in ...Read more

A memory of Shard End by keng2009

I was born and lived in Hengist Road opposite Collindale Ave near Brook Street and the Rec as we called it, I'm Tony Messum and I shared with my Brother Michael, and Sister Patricia and my buddies ...Read more

A memory of Northumberland Heath by thekentishman