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I left Great Sankey at the age of 13, having lived at 37 Park Road with Mum and Dad and brother Chris, from the age of five. I initially attended Great Sankey Primary School on Liverpool Rd. I think where ...Read more

A memory of Great Sankey in 1963 by Ian Fackrell

My first recollection of Dersingham was as a seven year old boy in 1941. My mother, sister and I were evacuated from the East End of London during the blitz ...Read more

A memory of Dersingham by Karen Ebert

I was only a few months old when our family moved to 122 Marsala Road, Ladywell in 1949. I was ten years of age when we moved from Ladywell to Dartford in August 1959 but there are many different and varied ...Read more

A memory of Lewisham in 1958 by Tony Brown

This photo is of Mardyke School in Cruick Avenue, South Ockendon. I lived in Elwick Road just 100 yards around the corner and attended Mardyke (Infants and Juniors) between 1954 and 1960. The photo has been taken from the ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1960 by Denis Reed

I attended the preparatory school in the late fifties, early sixties, in its then lovely grounds as a boarder.

A memory of Marchwood Park by neilajwilley

The photograph of Bigby Street in the Collection prompted these memories as the building on the near left is the front of the School. As a boarder at the Manor House Convent School there are many memories.   The pleasure ...Read more

A memory of Brigg in 1950 by E R Morris

I was born in June 1944. My mother started labour in Farmcombe Rd (the Sussex end of TW) but delivered in the Kent & Sussex (the Kent end of TW). The Kent Sussex border ran (does it still?) by the St Johns church, Pantiles. ...Read more

A memory of Tunbridge Wells

Glad someone remembers the Majestic Cinema at Fair Green. We lived in Norbury, just over the border in Croydon, but my Dad was a Cinema Manager with the ABC chain, and regularly did relief stints at the Majestic when the regular ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham by Colin Marsh

I remember being a member of the Youth Club and being able to launch our canoes from the riverbank on the Welsh side of the bridge. If you visit now you will find that someone has added the site to their garden!

A memory of Presteigne in 1970 by George Lancett

I lived in Kenilworth Drive with my 3 brothers and parents, and our garden backed on to the OMT playing fields. I have many happy memories exploring this area including the old house and pond. The local area Home ...Read more

A memory of Croxley Green in 1940 by John Mendham