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I attended London Road school from 1956-1962. I can remember Mr Smith and the after school stamp club, also Miss Brown, Miss Holloway, Miss Oakley, and Mrs Parrot . When I was in Miss Browns class, some of the ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill by annettelat1972

Great to read the comments about Eltham. Probably I'm just a whipper snapper by comparison but I lived in Eltham from the early 60's to mid 70's. Lived in Greenway, and often would walk up to the High Street, ...Read more

A memory of Eltham by rfburton

My name is Lindsey Lewis (nee Overend). I was born in Horsforth 1971 and my parents,along with my two sisters, moved to Clarke Street in Calverley from Bramley when I was two weeks old. We were the first occupants of number 21 on the ...Read more

A memory of Calverley by Lindsey Lewis

I used to live in Farcet Fen in the 60's I was only a small kid so don't know the name of the road But we lived in a thatched cottage that was a tied cottage -again cant remember the name of the farmer but seem to think the name might be ...Read more

A memory of Farcet by landscavanagh

I moved to wigmore in 1950 from liss in Hampshire . I was 4 years old and started school at the camp school off the maidstone road . I remember outside the main canteen was a large fish pond and all our classrooms were ...Read more

A memory of Wigmore by rosesalfie2c

I used to live in the Barking/Dagenham area from 1945-1973.I was born at Barking hospital,sometimes known as Upney in 1945.I lived on the corner of Rugby Road and Bromhall Road,my mum and dad moved there from Bromley by ...Read more

A memory of Barking by ronnieibi

More teachers from Flaxley Road Primary School. I started school on my fifth birthday in 1950. When it was your birthday you were allowed to play some tubular bells in assembly, first thing in the morning. I didn't dare ...Read more

A memory of Selby by margaret.raine

I've got no personal memories of Battersea, except for visits to the fair, but my ancestors lived there throughout the last half of the 19th century until at least 1933. They all lived at various houses on Belfour ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by patk

My grandfather had the newsagents in Swan Street from around 1942 to 1952 and during school hols i would stay in Sible. I would go with either my aunt or grandfather to deliver papers, with aunt on a bike or in a Ford car with ...Read more

A memory of Sible Hedingham by nindic

Birkenhead in the 1950s – it bears no resemblance to how it is today – it doesn't even look the same. Most of the places I remember are gone. The streets where I grew up have gone – the geography of the place has changed ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by mcgraa