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I was three when we moved to Muswell Hill in 1951. My parents had both been in the forces and it was difficult to find accommodation for a family. My grandmother knew a Mr. Wood, he was a judge. His ...Read more

A memory of Muswell Hill in 1953 by Susan Morley

I was born in Rettendon  in 1938.  My father (Ernest James Hazell) and mother ( Ellen Wiseman)  were both born in the village as were my maternal grandmother and great grandmother. As a child I remember watching aircraft flying home ...Read more

A memory of Rettendon by Keith Hazell

We moved from 76 Princes Road in 1957 to the other end of Teddington, to 143 High Street, opposite Kingston Lane. My parents bought the house for about £1400 (yes fourteen hundred) as a refurb project. It still had ...Read more

A memory of Teddington

OUR HISTORY AS A COMPANY To get all the information I've had to go back to the very beginning, here goes. Sarah Ann Kershaw born 1855 married James Roscoe becoming Sarah Ann Roscoe. ...Read more

A memory of Little Lever by jmilly75

Mon Apr 4th 2022, at 11:08 pm Lisa Younes commented: Hi I'm Lisa, I have secondary breast cancer treatable but no cure, on my bucket list is a wish to find out any information on a family surname Todd ...Read more

A memory of Drumchapel by Lisa Younes

My daughter and I are doing a Family Tree. We are looking for relatives of Hamish, Lydia MacDonald and son Alan Hamish MacDonald who also at times lived in Australia. We ...Read more

A memory of Woolston by lsadleir1

I was born in Drayton in 1943 and was at Solent Road School and the Northern Grammar School for Boys. I then went to London University and subsequently worked abroad while returning to Portsmouth regularly where I have my UK Home ...Read more

A memory of Portsmouth by Sir Roger Fry

I have many strong memories of Lots Road in the late 1940s early 50s. The power station loomed over the streets. Bomb sites and the row of shops in King's Road, Brightmans Bakery and Rollo the greengrocer. I went to ...Read more

A memory of Chelsea by Lesley Bairstow

I lived in Luton from 1958 - 1961 and attended the Grammar School. I have spent most of the rest of my life abroad but returned for a nostalgic visit recently. Luton in those days had a definite Victorian feel about. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Luton by Geoffrey Sully

So far as I know never was called Oxford Street its always been called Oxford road. My grandfather also Frank, met my grandmother, Dora, when they both worked for Macilroys before the Great War. I believe Macilroys was the large ...Read more

A memory of Reading by Frank Waddom Brown