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The Margate cliffs were chalk. An extremely tall church named The Holy Trinity Church sat in the middle of Trinity Square about 800m from the sea. During the war, the roof had collapsed leaving the outer walls, ...Read more

A memory of Margate by Dave Harris

I was born (53) in one of the pre fabs in Hornbeam Road that backed onto the fields & the Roding river where many a worm was lost when we tried to catch stickle backs & sliding down the dump on a piece of tin. ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Rosemary Collisson

I remember the time when a poor boy stole ten shillings from a teacher's purse. Later the school was assembled, the gymnasium horse installed in front of the audience; we boys. The headmaster, instructed ...Read more

A memory of Eastleigh in 1958

1970s - We lived at 117 Devonshire Hill Lane N17. My uncle Bill used to work at Budgens. We would have a grass area outside our house, shape like a square. Would love to see the family again who I used to visit a few doors down.

A memory of Tottenham in 1970 by Carol Harris

I want to find my childhood friend Charlie Keeble who lived at 1 Dickens Street SW8. He will be 65 or 66 or 67 now. My phone number 0208 679 2746. You were a wonderful friend Charlie ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by Ernie Truman/Teauma

I was born at 16 Roding Avene, the prefabs right next to the River Roding. Across the main London Road was Delayneys, also the Masters Match factory with its tall chimmney. I remember seeing the chimney being knocked down, the man at the ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Yvonne Tilbury

Is there a photo of the original pub.? We lived a few yards away on Kingston Road. The old building had two bays with the door in the middle. It opened on to the road and the bus stop was right outside the front ...Read more

A memory of Ewell in 1900 by Chris Bragg

Being born and raised in Kidderminster leaves me with a lot of good memories. I moved to the USA in 1958. My Dad worked on the canal before the war and indeed during the war. As a kid I spent a lot of my time ...Read more

A memory of Chaddesley Corbett in 1946 by Peter Conway

During 1943 we were evacuated to Kelfield after being bombed out in London and Manchester, being an RC our nearest RC school was St.Mary's in Selby. My sister (older by 2 years) I was 5 used to walk from Kelfield to Selby every day to ...Read more

A memory of Selby by Ivan Cloherty

I was born in Knutsford in 1953 at no 3 Woodlands Drive. I always remember Knutsford Moor and the quaint little shops in Knutsford town centre itself, especially Hollands toffee shop, it was so tiny, I would love a photo of ...Read more

A memory of Lower Peover in 1953 by Helen Pickford