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I was a Chiddingfold child. My father was from Milford (Cozens) and his mother and father owned the little newsagents/grocery shop on Manor Road. My mum was from Shackleford (Reffold) and I didn't move far away - Godalming, ...Read more

A memory of Chiddingfold in 1970 by Nicola Cozens

I lived in Hillbrow Cottages on the Eastbourne Road from 1950 to 1970s. My father, George Mison, worked in the sand quarry in Bletchingley and mum, Elsie, was a housewife. There are only 12 cottages at Hillbrow and ...Read more

A memory of Godstone in 1950 by Ruth Bradbury Nee Mison

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY BACKGROUND: My mother Milly and father Bert moved to Winchmore Hill from Camden/Kentish Town. I was born in 1944 at The North Middlesex Hospital in Edmonton. I grew up ...Read more

A memory of Winchmore Hill in 1944 by Richard Starling

Throughout my childhood, my parents would take my brother and I on holiday to stay at The Old Parsonage in East Dean, and we visited so often that it became a second home to us. It was owned at that time, by an elderly and ...Read more

A memory of East Dean in 1950 by Michael Gould

I lived in Dene Street, went to infant school in Queen St. Had a great time playing in the Dene, also going behind the pit with my dad, training our greyhound which raced at Wheatley Hill Stadium. My ...Read more

A memory of Shotton Colliery in 1947 by Melvyn Cox

The pictures in Francis Frith nostalgic photos, bring to mind the Cannock I remember. Even the pictures from 1955, the year of my birth, show places I recall. I would go with my grandad and John Brogan, in the old ...Read more

A memory of Cannock in 1960 by Robert Leighton

I remember there were two cinemas almost next door to one another. I think the seats cost 9d and 6d for kids on Saturday. We used to go to the chip shop at the top of Gipsy Hill on the way home and use our bus fare for the chips.

A memory of Upper Norwood by Joan Watson

Well not just 1953 but for most of the 50s, I was brought up by my Grandparents Charlie & Elsie Duffy "Mam & Dad" to me. Mam's family had a newsagents shop years eariler on Gunson Street, ...Read more

A memory of Miles Hill in 1953 by Barbra Edwards

I used to live in a large house on Battle Hill. It was a foster home run by Mr and Mrs Sweetman, they had two children of their own, David and Hayle. The house was next to a pub which I don't remember the ...Read more

A memory of Hastings in 1972 by Elizabeth Cambridge

I was born to Janette (maiden name Fowler) and Charlie Ross in 1959 and lived at 13 Main Street and then 15 Guffock Road. My granny and grandad were Isabel and William Fowler(aka 'Slip Fowler' the bookie!). I ...Read more

A memory of Kelloholm by Isabella Agnew