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1970s - We lived at 117 Devonshire Hill Lane N17. My uncle Bill used to work at Budgens. We would have a grass area outside our house, shape like a square. Would love to see the family again who I used to visit a few doors down.

A memory of Tottenham in 1970 by Carol Harris

I want to find my childhood friend Charlie Keeble who lived at 1 Dickens Street SW8. He will be 65 or 66 or 67 now. My phone number 0208 679 2746. You were a wonderful friend Charlie ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by Ernie Truman/Teauma

I was born at 16 Roding Avene, the prefabs right next to the River Roding. Across the main London Road was Delayneys, also the Masters Match factory with its tall chimmney. I remember seeing the chimney being knocked down, the man at the ...Read more

A memory of Barking by Yvonne Tilbury

My name is Gary Wilson. I moved to 12 Stiels court, Coed Eva from Scotland, my mum's name was Jannete Wilson, she worked at the Blinken Owl pub, and my dad's name was Robert Wilson. I went to Coed Eva primary school ...Read more

A memory of Coed Eva in 1971 by Gary Wilson

I had never been to the north of England, I am a Cockney London girl, four years ago I met my angel of the north, I came to Seaburn where he lived, I love the place and the people, for the first time in my life I felt a ...Read more

A memory of Seaburn in 2007 by Gillian Marison

I was a patient at Heswall from January 1973 to July 1973. I was on the Florence Gibson Ward. What a fantastic place it was. I enjoyed every minute of it. I remember most of the staff. Sister Broughall, Staff Nurse Pat Robinson, ...Read more

A memory of Heswall

Being born and raised in Kidderminster leaves me with a lot of good memories. I moved to the USA in 1958. My Dad worked on the canal before the war and indeed during the war. As a kid I spent a lot of my time ...Read more

A memory of Chaddesley Corbett in 1946 by Peter Conway

I went to Wilcot School from 1943 to 49. Miss Brooks taught little ones. Big boys had to fetch water from the well for each classroom. The crate of milk bottles stood next to the tortoise stove that heated the classroom but we had to ...Read more

A memory of Wilcot in 1949 by Dorothy French

I was born in the cottage that was named Morning Dawn in 1937. The house is now a Muslim mosque. I remember the recreation area very well. We played there often. My dad had an allotment nearby. I remember the Covey and ...Read more

A memory of Crawley in 1940 by Ian Cheeseman

Most of my family were born in East and West Mersea, my great-grandfather Robert Percy Woods, born 1890, born in East Mersea and was a farmer ,my great-grandmother Emma French born 1891 West Mersea, her parents were also ...Read more

A memory of East Mersea by Diane Baker