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Yes I remember most of that down the shawhead Glen what a hoot down the teeshes that was down the back of campsie court and you had the slagheep and the three sisters just across fay the shawhead flats.and we used too camp out ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge by Bob Caddell

We scattered some of my father's ashes here in March 2013. He was Arthur Benjamin Wyldbore, b 1921. His family was from Castor and Ailsworth and though he was born in London in 1921, he spent ...Read more

A memory of Castor by Jean Wyldbore

I moved to Thetford from York when I was 2, my father bought a house in St Marys Road. I used to wake up to the smell of freshly baked bread from Barretts bakery. The bells of St Marys Church would ring out every morning at 7. My two ...Read more

A memory of Thetford in 1950 by Carol Boreham

I was there from 1957-1958 at Lindisfarne Dorm. We all got on very well, had some good fun and laughs together. I loved my art class and spent a lot of time painting and drawing often making birthday cards for my friends. I ...Read more

A memory of Whitegate in 1957 by Theresa Morgan

I lived in the Swan Inn at Mitcham from 1960 through to 1966 in rooms at the back of the pub. My parents were 'mine hosts' during this time. It was patronised by many 'regulars' one of which was the local rag and bone man called Rosco and ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Jan May

My name is Robert Best. I was born June 24th. 1939 in Plymouth and evacuated to Princetown in 1941. My Mother, her parents and I moved to Plympton when I was 3 years old. I have clear memories of Princetown, of riding the train ...Read more

A memory of Plympton by rjbmk

I have uncovered that my grandparents lived in 3 Bridge Street, Milton Regis (unfortunately that address no longer exists). I never knew them but granddad died at that address in 1949 aged 71.

A memory of Milton Regis by Paul Munds

I lived in 123 Rochester ave.,from about 1934 until I joined the RAF in 1948 having moved from Hayes where I was born in '31. I went to Feltham Hill School to around 1942.The cemetery opposite received a bomb in ...Read more

A memory of Feltham by reginald.coker

My name is Peter Simkins and I was born at 64 Runnymede Gardens on the Western Avenue in March 1939. My Mum and Dad had moved in after getting g married in 1938. We were living close to the Greenford Roundabout, ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by bixhouse

My first posting concentrated on my birth and school life in Barking, next a little about different memories of my early life. I lived in the prefabs in Ilford Lane on the corner with Victoria road, a few more yards ...Read more

A memory of Barking by geoff.purdy