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I remember in the fifties a MUFFIN MAN used to come down Studley Grange Road. He pushed a barrow with a white cloth over it, and rang a hand bell. You used to go out and purchase muffins, and then toast them on a special long fork over the fire.

A memory of Hanwell by Nick Beard

I was born in Motspur Park on the 2nd Jan 1940.Lived in Tennyson Avenue until 1950 when we moved to Enfield. Went to Burlington Road infant school. I remember my father having an allotment by the railway station which is now there ...Read more

A memory of Motspur Park by len.kempson

I used to live st 30 Rogers Road and attended Richard Alibon school, my first teacher there was Mrs Rees a right strict woman, no talking in class she had a hard sharp face with greying blonde hair in a bun, ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham

Hi my names Mary Mclellan nee Gresam. I went to st pats schooI... yrs 1955-65. I lived in Railway street.. then when the houses were condemned we were moved to Partington.. After 3 months we got an ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst by Mary Was Gresham

It’s a rather sad fact that you only come to appreciate a town several years after you have left it. At the age of 19 I was sent to live and work in Stafford between 1964 and 1979, before ...Read more

A memory of Stafford by nimrod01

I spent the early years of my life in Cold Ash and Thatcham. We lived in a detached house on Cold Ash Hill called Midway. I believe it has since been renamed. The house was built by my grand father Alfred Gadd, the carpenter, ...Read more

A memory of Cold Ash by grahamfsmith

In answer to your question. "Do you know who owned the veg stall outside of Manzies pie & mash shop": I was a barrow boy that worked on the stall in the late 1960s. The stall was owned by Anita ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow by John Browning

I would be interested in hearing from anyone who may have family related to or knew my grandfather, Samuel Briggs Keighley, 1877-1960. He was married to Clara Saltonstall Keighley, 1879-1963 . He was born in Keighley and ...Read more

A memory of Keighley by Beverly Walsh

Most of my late mother's family were baptised in St Giles, and my mum and dad got married there. Have yet to get into church to see , this being part off london; its locked .

A memory of Camberwell by Graham Smith

Opposite the Odeon cinema, the spotted dog and off licence. I'm certain it was Tommy Keene from Axe St who would be on Wakering Rd with his barrow selling sea food by the half and ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1948 by Lesley Hawken