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There seems to be a thought that Smallbridge goes from Wardle Rd to Albert Royd St. It also goes in the opposite direction, namely Wardle Rd to Birch Rd, including Greengate and Hurstead. My dad was born at 1 ...Read more

A memory of Smallbridge by Mildred Fielding

My mother, then called Billie Gwilliam, was living in New Cross in South London with her parents Bill and Connie Gwilliam during the Blitz of the Second World War, and has many memories of what it was ...Read more

A memory of Lewisham in 1940 by Julia Skinner

I first visited Eden Hall gardens in 1953 approx. at the age of 7. The gardens were magical for a young lad from Liverpool, especially the goldfish pond. I was very disappointed to find that it had been so neglected when I returned ...Read more

A memory of Penmaenmawr by David Lundy

Too bad these old post boxes have been removed from most towns now - the red ones were such a cheery sight.

A memory of Windsor

I grew up in Monkleigh and went to school there in our one room school. My teacher was Mrs Hill. Punishment was called "THIMBLE PIE" a rap on the head with a thimble on her finger. I apprenticed with a Mr BALE in the ...Read more

A memory of Monkleigh in 1940 by Howard Daniel

My grandfather's brother, Robert Brown, was post master of the village in a thatched cottage, which I think is the one shown on google earth as an old english cottage. When Robert died, the post office was carried on ...Read more

A memory of Newtown Linford by Peter Brown

We moved to Lyminge Close, Twydall in 1960 from our wartime built pre-fab in Wigmore when I was 15 months old. Pictured are the 'modern' post war shops but there was also an older red-brick parade opposite. Out of shot on the right of ...Read more

A memory of Gillingham by John Fernandez

I was born in 1937 in the black and white house opposite the top of North Road and on the corner of Elm Road and Greenway Road. Because it was a crosswords, there were often crashes occuring because cars came up Derby Road too ...Read more

A memory of Tranmere in 1930 by Joanna Mc Ilhatton

Other shops I remember. Trant and Grundy, Star Radio, Jackson and Allen, Leytonia, Malcom Powney, Smiths Books, Welsteads, Lavender House. Owen Aves, Richard Miles, Timms Shoe repairs, Shales, Pollards, Choclate ...Read more

A memory of South Tottenham in 1958 by Paul Harrison

I lived in a flat over 12 The Parade (then a Garden Shop) until I was ten years old, from 1944-1954. Our gate was on the alley round the back. At the Hare Lane end of the alley were hung 'pig bags' - sacks where people put ...Read more

A memory of Claygate in 1951 by Pat Verrall