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I was born down Roman Road Ilford sadly as long ado as 1947 but life in Ilford was good. Went to Mount Secondary School but left at the age of 14 and started work as a jnr legal secretary in a firm in Cranbrook Road. It was so ...Read more

A memory of Ilford by chrishicks4honey

How many happy hours I spent in this park as a child, teenager and young woman. The gardens by the tennis courts were so well kept and I remember sitting on the benches there with my mother when we walked back from town. I remember ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot by jokelly015

It was 4th June 1961 and John F Kennedy was due to pass by Brentford on the Great West Road. The M4 had not yet been built. I went with my friend Graham around 7pm and joined the many people sitting on Macleans wall ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by Nick Beard

I was born in 1967 in Tipton. I lived close to Victoria Park and have fond memories of sitting on the witch's hat swing which when looking back was sooo dangerous but fun. The metalic slide, made slippy from greased bread wrapping ...Read more

A memory of Tipton in 1967

I spent a wonderful childhood in Norton Fitzwarren when it was a village from 1950 to 1958. I have priceless memories of roaming the fields, woodlands and surrounding countryside freely. Of sitting on top of Moses ...Read more

A memory of Norton Fitzwarren in 1950 by Gerald Bull

I can only say my late father was the grocer in the village - Rodney Clark. I was born in Manor Cottage. Dad died when I was only four years of age. My memories are of the shop in Park Lane, I would go with my mother's uncle, ...Read more

A memory of Droxford in 1959 by Michael Clark

In this photo is pictured a 645 Trolly bus the one I used to catch to Edgware Secondry Modern School at Spur Road I Lived in Manor Park Cresant the bottom of which is just in front of the Trolly bus on the right, I lived in Edgware ...Read more

A memory of Edgware by dv.ambler

My Name is Alan Pearce. I was born in October 1939 at 75 Park View Road and I have many memories of going to the bottom of the road and walking under the very low tunnel which carried the railway line. ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1930 by Alan Pearce

I was born in the Cottage Hospital in Upney Lane in 1950 and lived in Beccles Drive (Glenny Estate) until I married in 1976. My grandparents lived at 26 Upney Lane, next door to Mr and Mrs Welch (Vera Lynn's mother and father). I can ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1953 by Susan Mitchell

I lived at 20 Silver Close, Harrow Weald from 6 weeks old in 1941 until I left for Australia in 1961. I atended Harrow Weald Infants School from 1946, the old building was opposite the bus garage in the ...Read more

A memory of Harrow Weald in 1941 by Colin Lane