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Anyone know the origin of the seals on the side of the buildings at Apex corner The Apex Corner seals in Mill Hill and some pics to show where. I collated more details on my blog - ...Read more

A memory of Mill Hill by roger.tichborne

I was born there in 1957 and lived there until 1975. Rhodes had those lovely handmade sweets. There was a Delicatessen next door..always had a lovely smell of roasting coffee - and fabulous wheels of Brie.. The reindeer pub ...Read more

A memory of Northwood

My wonderful nan lived at number 10 Church Street. Her name was Mrs Amy Wheeler. My sister Jane, brother Richard and cousin Janice spent all our holidays with her for as long as I can remember. She was very hard working, and looking back, I can’t ...Read more

A memory of Oadby by jenny

My family the Smiths lived at Pollocks cottages down the Faggs road and when I was born in 1942 we lived there till about 1950 when we moved to the houses opposite where the fire station is now because of the building of the ...Read more

A memory of Bedfont by eunicecherry39

I was born in 1941 and lived in Ilmington Road until the age of 7 when we moved down the road to Donnington Road to a house my father (a builder who built a fair amount of Kenton) built during the war. He was told that if ...Read more

A memory of Kenton by pkilmartin

I came upon this site by chance and it brought back so many memories I thought I would share a few. I was born in Fritzlands Lane No. 151 this was my Grandparents house, at the age of 4 or 5 my Mum and Dad were ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham

When I was in my early teens birdnesting I got caught on the Swan neck pipe in the top right hand side of shop and had to be rescued by Bill Parker who lived opposite. He had to hold the only available ladder on his ...Read more

A memory of Little Sandhurst by bugsymason

my friends mother owned the chippy in the 1950 to 1960 and round the corner was a potato warehouse it was owned by roan attaining father owned it and roan used to deliver the potato's to the shop

A memory of Consett by Paul Knight

I was wearing my little red wellingtons which squelched when I put them on. They came well over my ankles but my legs still got splashed if I wasn’t careful. Sometimes I stamped on purpose into the puddles in the ruts made ...Read more

A memory of East Farleigh by Jemima Joyce

I also lived 739 Ripple Rd prefabs i was born in the front bedroom in 1947 i went to Dawson and Camball school i remember the big house that stood between the prefabs the vinigar man and the bonfire nights on the open ground ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by moejoeinspain