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I worked at May & Baker in the 80s , I was in the sterile products building ( both old and new ). I can honestly say it was the best time of my life, the Company cared for it's workers in them days, and we had a great social club with ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham by Robert Taylor

I lived in Oxshott from 1943 to 1957. I was actually born in a nursing home at 1 Avenue Elmers, Surbiton, a building which has been converted to luxury flats now. My maiden name was Huitt and I had ...Read more

A memory of Oxshott by Rose Phillips

I was born in the nursing home in Colliers Wood, the home was called Woodlands. My mother and father moved to Glebe Court Mitcham when i was six years old and I lived ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1963 by Diane Toplis

My family, the Lees, lived at New Moors although the houses are long gone. If anyone has any photos of the area we would love to see them. My father's uncle Billy Lee is still alive and now in his 90s and would love have some info. Thanks. Lynne Adamson, was Bowles.

A memory of Evenwood in 1940 by Lynne Adamson

I often sit now in the town centre and ponder on the days gone by .. not that I'm that old but Billingham has sadly aged quicker than a tired old dog. The Forum Theatre, and the big name stars that visited it ...Read more

A memory of Billingham by George (Podge) Bell

My family moved to the post office in Mytchett Road in 1956 when I was six. I used to catch the bus at the bus stop opposite to go to Ash Vale Primary School. Yes, on my own, clutching my penny ha'penny bus fare and reciting ...Read more

A memory of Mytchett in 1956 by Faith Moulin

Wow, I remember that pub. When I moved there the track had been covered in tarmac, what a shame! But me and my sister went down into the forest on the left and found the rest of the track! It was brill! Shame the pub has become fancy, they even closed the bowling alley, what madness!

A memory of Culmstock by Charlotte Hayes

We lived in a council house adjacent to the Star Brush factory where my father worked for some years before we moved to Peppard. While our house was very modern by some standards, we had no electricity for some years, but we ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Row by Brian Carter

Lemington in the 1940s was a village that came under Newburn council, it was surrounded by fields. There were no houses to the west of Union Hall Road and Denton Avenue and none above Kirkston Avenue. There were three bars and ...Read more

A memory of Lemington in 1940 by George Ritson

I was brought up by my parents, Tom and Norah Hill in Willington, along with my 5 siblings. We moved from North Terrace to Brown Avenue on Dene Estate. I often went to play on the swings and top-hat just outside the Miners ...Read more

A memory of Willington by Pamela Wigley