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A memory of Wealdstone by kinexiacat

Herbert William Nunn, born Carlton Colville, 1888; killed in action 13 November 1916 was the fiance of my mother's neighbour of 50 years. Her name was Ethel Lilly, and she lived in Nottingham, the family ...Read more

A memory of Carlton Colville by mea

I too was born at Stone Park in 1950. My mother was Joan Cloud and my dad was Joe Mannion. My mother Joan was the youngest child of Elizabeth and Ernest Cloud of 88 Anerley Road, Upper Norwood. ...Read more

A memory of Crystal Palace

Went to Church Minshull School 1940 -44.Two classes two teachers.Miss Upson And Miss Potts (Lottie) Education was probably basic but we learned our 3Rs Lotties sister was the post "man" and must have had a ...Read more

A memory of Church Minshull in 1941 by John Moody

I was born in blandford in 1943 and lived there for the next 14 years,,, I remember my dad coming home from the war,,, my mother and I lived with my dads folks who were caretakers at the grammer school at blandford while my dad ...Read more

A memory of Blandford Camp in 1953 by David [ Dusty] Miller

I too went to Fron Goch and was taught by Miss Annie several years before you.. She was very memorable. My last name was Whitley and we lived in Bodfari at that time. We got the train to school.

A memory of Denbigh in 1956 by Ann Sheldon Dyck

Hello, I was just taking a look online at the churches etc in Goldenhill. My late father, James - Jim to many - was buried in St Johns graveyard way back in 1961, hence the interest. Much to my surprise, I saw a ...Read more

A memory of Goldenhill in 1950

This picture is the memorable part of our route, a walk from Belle Vue where I lived until the late fifties. My father would take me for walks on Sundays when the weather was good, which it seemed to be most of the time, we would ...Read more

A memory of Wordsley in 1940 by Geoffrey Lowe

I arrived in High Wycombe in as a young girl in 1946, from Scotland. I attended St. Bernard's Convent school. It was situated in a very large old house on the London Road, across from the Rye. We wore school uniforms, ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe in 1955 by Maureen Ingram

So long ago. We (the family, Mum, Alun, Rob & me) must have left Colliers Wood just a few years after the war had ended. We moved into a Nissan hut, one of which seemed to me in a small suburb of huts, but no streets, just rough ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Philip Davies