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During the 40's and 50's my life revolved around Bedford Road and surrounding area..roads like; Harnage Rd, George Rd, Pottery Rd, North Rd, Distillery Rd ,Netley Rd and Greet Rd. All these are sadly gone ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by Alfred Winkworth

Happy memories indeed. For an eight year old living in the village in the mid 1950s it was heaven. Long summer evenings and school holidays playing in woods, open fields and on building sites. Or cycling (yes at ...Read more

A memory of Earls Barton in 1955 by Peter Dixon

I went to West Preston Manor school in 1959, first as a boarder and then as a day girl. It was a fine old manor house where the dormitories were and on the ground floor, the classrooms. In the basement was the dining ...Read more

A memory of Rustington in 1959 by Patricia Carruthers

In 1944 my mother and I moved from a two bedroom basement flat in Grosvenor Road at the top of the town, to Chrismas Avenue, a three bedroom semi-detached, that connected between Ash Road and Newport Road. My father ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot in 1940 by Raymond Hay

My brother and I were at Cross Down, no Manor Park then. We had school dinners in a hut next to church a/r/s, from w.w.2, one sweet shop, Webb's the milk and shop - we lived at Shawheath.

A memory of Knutsford in 1951 by Gordon Shaw

I have noticed a lack of memories of Boston Manor although it has a underground station and a sizeable population. I will start with the shops I remember in the 1950/60. Going towards Hanwell on the right hand side there was an ...Read more

A memory of Brentford

Next to the underground depot on the Boston Road was a litte shop called The Acorn. It sold sweetss etc. On the other side of the line where offices are now was Boston Bumps. This was a piece of waste land where we rode our track ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by Nick Beard

How did planners give permission to tear down The Crown Coaching Inn. I also remember the tall post in the middle of the Crown crossroads, with the green light that became red if some poor person died in a road accident ...Read more

A memory of Slough by John Wilkins

This beautiful Grade 1-Listed building was the closest Library to where I lived near Southchurch Park, and I spent many hours inside during the ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea by julian

We moved to Swindon in 1957 from London (Wimbledon, actually) when my dad, a skilled engineer, got a job at Vickers Armstrongs at South Marston, with a brand new council house thrown in. In those post-war austerity days there was ...Read more

A memory of Swindon by besafisher