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A brand new, purpose-built school. It was light and airy, kept very clean, and had some luxurious touches! A beautiful carpeted library, a small apartment for teaching domestic science, plus a hall and gym which were ...Read more

A memory of Woking by Hylary Kingham

Enjoyed reading everyones memories of the good old days revisiting my home town. Recently, sadly, its gone down hill. There was once many nice shops and the market isn't the same. I can remember Lews stall, Annes toy ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury by Sylvia Foster

I can remember visiting my uncle and auntie in Muswell Hill. They used to run the fish and chip shop, which (I think) was in Colney Hatch Lane. We would spend the afternoon up at Alexandra Palace. I can recall a large area of open ground just across the road from the fish and chip shop.

A memory of Muswell Hill in 1959 by Susan Benwell

Although born in Surrey, my parents moved to Swaisland Road when I was a baby, before buying a house in James Road in 1939 - just before the outbreak of WW2. I attended the West Hill School during my junior ...Read more

A memory of Dartford in 1940 by Michael Scotter

Born at 158 East Hill, I remember Claytons with the clock, Wavy Line across the road where I worked when I was 11, Ted and Ellen ran that, Fontaines sweetshop where I bought Jubblies with my sixpence. Went to St. Annes school. Would ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth in 1959 by Margaret Loughran

Yes, I remember Amesbury War Memorial c1950, it was moved to Amesbury Church to make way for a new road through Amesbury. I also lived on the new council estate which was built after the war, I lived in Antrobus ...Read more

A memory of Amesbury in 1956 by Jacqueline Hayes

I lived in Hilldene Ave, 133 (to be exact) since I was born; almost opposite what was then Everards Hardware Store. Roof jumping at the back of the shops and riding bikes down the mud slope by what used to be the nursery by the ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1970 by Chris Newby

Anyone remember the Amelia coffee bar in Oakwood at the end of Station Parade shops, where the beat set would frequent in the early 60's, then the Mods as the juke box was popular and coffee with froth in glass cups? I lived at ...Read more

A memory of Oakwood in 1961 by Christopher Liddle

My grandfather, Henry French, was the gamekeeper at Kirkham Hall. He lived at Whitwell-on-the Hill and I spent many good times with him. My uncle, Albert, was the postman at Whitwell and my father worked on the railway at Richmond, ...Read more

A memory of Kirkham in 1950 by Daviid French

Lived in East Street, Braintree and went to Chaple Hill School. I remember some of the teachers; . Miss Cliff, Mrs Clark, Miss Jackson, Miss Bacon, John Mews, Bing Clayton, David Coe, Peter Hoy, Ray Allum, Doug Kemp, Willie ...Read more

A memory of Braintree in 1945 by Kenneth Grime