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I spent my childhood living in one of these cottages on the waterworks gated property in Purley. I walked to school under the railway bridge that crossed the road to the left as I walked out the gate. We called them "The ...Read more

A memory of Purley by Mary Porter

The Waverley Cinema was located on Station Road at the junction of Barton Court Road - it was a 'flea-pit' - however, it was local and within a short walk. Every Saturday morning, they would show the children's ...Read more

A memory of New Milton in 1950 by Edward Williams

Wealdstone High Street was usually a vibrant place and this photo, taken early on a Sunday morning, with no cars and few people, shows how times change! The shops on the left show Len Evans fruiterer shop, then John ...Read more

A memory of Wealdstone in 1962

It rained. It truly rained absolutely all day. Although Whitethorn Morris were booked for three dance spots in the street plus an Arena show there was no chance whatever for either ...Read more

A memory of Chippenham in 2007 by John Howard Norfolk

My parents had a ground floor flat in Wood End Lane, and my father worked in a reserved occupation at AEC in Southall. In late 1940, my mother was pregnant with me, and she went to stay with her brother in Durham, wher I was born. I ...Read more

A memory of Greenford by williamfairney

David Kemp’s item about Fenham brought back some great memories for me. In the 1940s and early 50s, I lived in Robsheugh Place, round the corner from Ovington Grove. Now I live by the beach in Western Australia, where ...Read more

A memory of Fenham in 1940

I have lived most of my life in Australia, Hong Kong and more recently Japan. However memories of Dear Old Consett will live on eternally. I was born in Medomsley Road in December 1945 and later moved to West ...Read more

A memory of Consett in 1955 by Ian Sharkey Bell

Interesting photo: this timber-framed building is actually a 'Wealden' converted to 'Continuous Jetty' type. "Towards the close of the 15th century, an entirely new kind of dwelling appeared in ...Read more

A memory of Tenterden by Jonathan Gurr

my husband john and myself recently visited warnham church and surrounding area's especially to find the graves of some ancestors (i am doing my family tree!) and found the graves of george street, and several ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1920 by Sandra Baldwin

We lived at no 6 Greenfields, Sutton. My nan lived at four with my grandad Tom - in fact it was my family which helped forge Sutton village. I remember many families; Mr and Mrs Harland who ran the village ...Read more

A memory of Sutton by Giles Mceachern