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Teddy Peacock, I think you knocked about with Freddie Turley? And yes, Mrs Jelly, loved her except when they put us in those camp beds in the afternoon. Yes I was the one forced to walk every Whit Monday with ...Read more

A memory of Harpurhey in 1958 by Mickey Rooney

Photo is taken from the LCT No 36 bus stop area. House on right is one of the failed concrete slab construction homes by Airey, most of which have now been reclad with external brickwork. View down road leads to Haigh Wood ...Read more

A memory of Horsforth in 1960 by Frank Howarth

My grandparents were both born in South Ockendon. Arthur Charles Kettle and Beatrice Alice Kettle, nee Chapman. They were married in St. Nicholas Church on 15th October 1921. They had three children, ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by Ann Evans

As a child I was terrified of the churchyard, we had to walk past it to get to Wilson Way where my Nan Lizzie Grocott lived. It wasn't so bad in the summer but in winter when it got dark early we would get off the bus opposite ...Read more

A memory of Goldenhill in 1972 by Tina Stanyer

My grandparents live just off shot, and have lived there for as long as I can remember! My grandad has sadly passed away but is still nearby, he is buried in the church yard! I remember when I first met my husband, and we went to the ...Read more

A memory of Claughton by Lindsay Barton

Researching my family history I have found the sale papers for the Bricklayers Arms. It was sold by my Great Grandmother, her husband was Frederick Easom Robinson. It was sold on Friday 8th august 1890. The sale was for Brewhouse ...Read more

A memory of Whittlesey in 1890 by Myrtle Neville

I first saw Oxhey in 1956 when I would take the train from Hatch End to Bushey & Oxhey station (as it was called then) on Saturday afternoons to see Watford play football at Vicarage Road in the old Third Division South. ...Read more

A memory of Oxhey in 1956 by John Howard Norfolk

We used to always walk to school Fawbert and Barnard a few yards up next to police station  in the summer and walk home.Behind the bus stop was the post office.I was 8 when this picture was taken.

A memory of Harlow in 1953 by Eddie Tait

Being raised in Buckhurst Hill was a childhood experience I feel very lucky to have enjoyed. I was raised in the small cottage at 58 Epping New Road aptly named "Ivy Cottage". Located on the edge of the yard owned by ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1940 by Denman Lalonde

I was brought up in Una Rd in the 1960's and 70's. My mother still lives in the same house after more than 50 years. One thing that always strikes me now when I visit are the number of cars. I can still name the people who owned a car and ...Read more

A memory of Parkeston by Richard Webb