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I worked for Green and Silley Weir in Royal Albert Docks in the mid 1960's. I remember there being a nice bunch of people working there. Every Christmas us girls in the offices used to get a few big boxes of chocolates from ...Read more

A memory of East Ham by beattiedolly

I was born in 1935 and raised in Blackburn, attending the Grammar School until my widowed mother could not afford to keep me there. I left school in February 1952 and got a job as a Junior Clerk in the ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn

In about 1961 my family moved from Langdown Rd in Hythe to live in The Lodge, West St Hythe. I was 18. My dad had a building maintenance business and was soon contracted to take over the maintenance of the ...Read more

A memory of Hythe

I was born at 60 Moss Row, Norden Rochdale on the 10th February 1954. Moss Row was a terrace of 41 houses following on from Clapgate Road. They were privately owned by a Mrs Milne. Moss Row was demolished for a never to ...Read more

A memory of Rochdale by geoffmetcalf960

Hi my name is Geradine I have vivid memories of Drayton Junior School Ealing in the early seventies I was approx 8/9years old and lived at St Leonards rd Ealing.Drayton Junior held fond memories. For me.I ...Read more

A memory of South Beddington by geraldineayul

Hi , My name is Eric Bell & I was born in 1947,& raised in Hornchurch. When I was around 17 I was lucky enough to work at Jim Moore`s music shop in Hornchurch Road. What a great job for a young guitar nut ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch by ericlesliebell

I run the Dorking Halls Antiques Fair which, this year, (2016), celebrates its '40th Anniversary'! As part of the celebrations I researched the fairs history, its relevance within the community, the venue it has ...Read more

A memory of Dorking by janealexander1

I lived at 27 Kingsholm Gardens in Eltham from 1961. I have nothing but great memories of growing up in Eltham until we left around 1971. At 5 years old, running to Glovers or Wally's close to Brisset Park to pick up ...Read more

A memory of Eltham by gw

I Join the Railway In the summer of 1953, my Aunt and Uncle were staying with us for their holiday. It must have been my Uncle who first spotted the advertisement in the Dartmouth ...Read more

A memory of Kingswear

A St Marychurch boy, I lived at Hampton Farm Cottage, St Marychurch... and I can still smell the tar and the salt from old fisher and other boats pulled up on Oddicombe beach... and I can still feel the beautiful ...Read more

A memory of Oddicombe Beach in 1940 by Frederick Watson