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I lived in Hatch End from 1956 until I went up to Manchester in 1966, so I got to know my local shops both as a helpful schoolboy running errands for my mum to MacPhails the greengrocer and later as a teenager buying ...Read more

A memory of Hatch End in 1960 by John Howard Norfolk

Is this caption right? 42064 seems right - this is the Board School established under Act of Parliament. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Leducation70.htm. I believe that John Arlott went there, and Ruth Ellis. My ...Read more

A memory of Basingstoke by C W

While my family lived in the lock house 1950 - 1961, my father rented  the rowing boats out and also the fishing permits. This is only one place where they were moored. At various times they were both sides of the bridge and ...Read more

A memory of Harlow in 1950 by Eddie Tait

I remember Grove Cottages and the families who lived in both No 1 & 2 in 1965.  My parents were friendly with the Davies in No 2 and as a teenager I visited No 1 on many occasions along with all our crowd.  The LeNoble ...Read more

A memory of Great Bookham in 1964 by Paula Clements

I was a patient in this hospital in 1955 when I was ten years old. There were very caring nurses and also a hospital school which helped me immensely during my stay of about two months. At that time I believe it was named The Lord ...Read more

A memory of Alton in 1955 by John Howard Norfolk

The "Bank" has occupied this site since the late seventeenth century. Although you cannot see from either this view or indeed from the street, there is an exquisite garden and lawn in the centre! The Bank underwent an extensive ...Read more

A memory of London in 1963 by John Howard Norfolk

My Great Uncle and Great Aunt (Joe and Rose) both passed away recently, so I decided to share their memory here. I am their Great Niece's daughter. As far as I am aware, they met about aged  17 or 18 on a "Beano" on Southend ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea by Clare Jones

It is strange to see one of the two portraits that hung in my grandparents' hallway, for sale on the web.  Issac was born in 1837 in Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire.  Taught himself to read and write while an agricultural labourer, ...Read more

A memory of Marlborough by Peter Waylen

Ah, The Old Thatch. I remember it well, for this is where I grew up from the early 1940s until 1956. By today's standards it was grim: no heating, no running water, no flush loo - nothing. Yet it was a wonderful place in which ...Read more

A memory of Nether Wallop in 1940 by Brian Rivas

All my father in law spoke about was his love for Folkestone harbour. He worked for Sea Link almost up until it closed down, both he and my husband spent time docking and loading the ferries that came and went from ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone in 1965 by Frances Fagg