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My father Oliver Berthoud was Headmaster of this school from 1956 until his death in 1972. The name of the school in that era was never Whitgift School, it was called "Whitgift Middle ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Diana Berthoud

my mother is the young girl on the right, back towards the camera but looking back towards the camera. she remembers seeing the photographer on the day, and was delighted to see this photo in poster size in the local Morrisons until recentlly

A memory of Mansfield by karenbrown135

Mum remembers going across Parsons Green durig the war and the air raid had gone off, then she heard a doodlebug above her, she ran into the gents toilets and heard it land somewhere near, she never been that frightened ...Read more

A memory of Fulham in 1968 by Laura Warden

My mum lived in Lamb Street, the bottom half, she lived with her mother Harriet Prescott, sister Gertie and brother Billy. When Mum was born she was given the same name as her mother. They were bombed out of Lamb Street ...Read more

A memory of Liverpool in 1940 by Margery Hall

It seems that my great great grandparents lived in Blackfriars Tower, sometime in 1920/1930s. Though my mum had told my sister that she remembers visiitng her grandmother in the Tower, she felt that Mum had confused it with ...Read more

A memory of Great Yarmouth in 1920 by Maggie Martin

My Great, Great, Grandfather planted these trees which you can see running down the middle of the photo in 1883 when the cemetery was opened and they are still present to this day. His name was Henry Harris (1827-1911).  He ...Read more

A memory of Oystermouth in 1880 by Nicholas Johns

I remember the old Co Op in Murton with all those tram like lines with things being sent from one side of the store to the other, and my grandma, Mary Morrison nee Yore, buying me new shoes from a shop close to the ...Read more

A memory of Easington in 1960 by Linda Morrison

I did put some pictures here that i took myself but some one who will be nameless took them off i also had other photos here but they were also taken off those photos were mine i took them and posted them so why oh why were they taken off my page ???

A memory of Stonebyres in 1930 by Alexander (Alistair) Hannah

This photo was taken at the time I was at Shooter's Hill GS and my stepfather was stationed here as it was the HQ for the RAEC (Royal Army Education Corps). As officer's family we occasionally visited the Palace, which had then an ...Read more

A memory of Eltham in 1960 by Dylan Rivis

I lived at no. 11 Elmwood Cottages from 1950-58 with my parents, brother and sister and have fond memories of the village. We used to collect blackberries to sell to a man with a van who parked on the triangle which is ...Read more

A memory of Oakley in 1955 by Pauline Heywood (Was Page)