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I was born at Low Westwood, a small mining village in the North East of England in 1955 – well, when I say I was born there, that’s not entirely true. Unlike today, children were born at ...Read more

A memory of Hamsterley in 1960 by Kathy Aveyard

My name is Edward Hughes and at the tender age of 3/4 I was evacuated from my home town of Birkenhead, Wirral, Cheshire to Talsarnau during the second world war; staying around 2 years or so in an allocated home ...Read more

A memory of Talsarnau in 1940 by Edward Hughes

My husband and I moved to Easthampstead in 1959 and were allocated an "end terrace house" in Black Meadows. We went to the local Baptist Church where services were then held in an old house near where Pointe Royale was ...Read more

A memory of Easthampstead in 1959 by Pamela Chaldecott

I remember visiting the house with my mother (Phyllis) and father (Thomas) before we moved in in 1948 when I was 6 years old. There was myself, my twin sisters, another sister who had ...Read more

A memory of Ivy Hatch in 1947 by Tony Durrant

I lived in Cintra Park, off Anerley Hill from 1950 to 1967 and remember the Paxton Arms on the corner of Palace Road. There was a general store on the next corner up owned at one time by the son of a friend of my ...Read more

A memory of Crystal Palace in 1950 by Alan Baker

I lived in Hornsey up until 1960, I attended St Mary's School, Priory Rd (Hornsey High street?) I finished with school there in 1950 and was there four or five years? I think the headmaster was Mr Ball(?) There was a music teacher ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1950 by Ken Phillips

I was born at Rilla Mill on the 1st of September 1934 in what was, in those days, the Police Station. This house was opposite the Manor Inn. My father was the local policeman, and he was called Ewart Pearce. His ...Read more

A memory of Rilla Mill in 1930 by John Pearce

I attended St. Joseph's College in nearby Ledsham and one day Brother Brown walked us all down to Rivacre Baths, which was absolutely freezing! Another school was visiting at the same time and offered to take us part of the way ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton in 1966 by Tony Steadman

My memories are that my late mother and father had the public house The Crown Inn in Market Street, Norman and Elizabeth Rowe, I was eight years old. My sister got married at St.Georges Church in 1962, I was eleven and ...Read more

A memory of Oakengates by Jill Anstis

I was only young when my family left Macs cafe, I lived there with my mum Dorothy, father Arthur King, brother Adrian, and sister Delicia King. My half brothers are Brian, Ken, John Cripps, and sister Daphne Cripps. I have good ...Read more

A memory of South Benfleet in 1960 by Ieon King