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Hi Susan the huts were located the side of the swimming pool and Barking Abey school thy previously been erected to house the soldiers who manned the guns the huts more level with the swimming pool and the guns in ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Maureen Salle

So many memories of Upminster in growing up, thankfully my memory is still intact. Wonder how many people remember the following, Silver Horn sold the most delicious ice cream in Corbets Tey Road. Unigate dairy was at the ...Read more

A memory of Upminster

This picture I believe was taken from Woodheads. You can compare it with an earlier photo of 1894 of 'Grange over Sands from Woodheads' (photo ref 34123). It is interesting to see that the land below Woodheads was ...Read more

A memory of Grange-Over-Sands by Joanne Read

We lived at number 20 from the early 50's to 1969 when we moved down to Devon. It was a lovely street to live in with the magnificent beeches all along. Nice neighbours- the Radfords at number 16 and the Huttons at 22. We had a ...Read more

A memory of Carshalton by babbagerichard

Does anybody remember Edenhurst Preparatory School in Crowther Road? It was a private infants and primary school and I, Paul Evans, was there from the age of about 5 to 8 years. This was back in the early 1950s. ...Read more

A memory of Tettenhall by paulevbel2

Every school holiday from 1959 onwards, my brothers Tony, Brian, and later my sister Karen and I stayed with my grandmother Sarah Stones & Harold Stones. Gran owned the Stones greengrocers shop in High ...Read more

A memory of Newton-le-Willows by beverleybettyboo

Born in Hardwick Hall Sedgefield During the war '42. Brought up in old West before Owton Manor est etc. Remember walking the streets during war with Mum after air raid sirens etc. and standing in queues with our ration coupons for ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool by kiwa170642

I lived at number 42 Elmsleigh Road from 1947 until about 1963.My pals and I played in the street in safety as there were few cars. We played "tin can tommy" and "cannon" otherwise we were on Wandsworth Common climbing ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by notreavenir

I have such fond memories of Selsey with all those marvellous pubs. My best friends lived in Harcourt Way and we would often walk along the seafront to one of the pubs in the village. Their names were Frank and Barbara Sugg. ...Read more

A memory of Selsey by dcpharrison

I arrived accompanied by my father in 1955 not really knowing what to expect as I had been born and brought up in Jersey, which in those days was rather different to the mainland. My father, uncle and grandfather had all ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington by paul.mercer01