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I was born, during the Battle of Britain, at 8, Roan Street. Our back yard bordered St Alfege's churchyard. The house is not there any more because it had to be pulled down after the war. We had several 'near-hits' ...Read more

A memory of Greenwich by marionlangham

William Ford was one of the many skilled horse collar and harness makers in the Frome area in the 1700s. Such equipment was vital in those days when horses were depended upon for farm work ...Read more

A memory of Frome by Liz Seaton

Hi Guys , Another piece of East End literature from Vic B , I was thinking back the other day of the things that made me laugh as a youngster growing up in the East End although it must have applied to the whole ...Read more

A memory of South Hackney by vickyb60

My parents moved from Essington to Cheslyn Hay in 1960. We briefly lived in one of the cottages in Hollybush before moving to Low Street. I remember Harry Bates selling fruit & veg from his horse & cart and people ...Read more

A memory of Cheslyn Hay by andyandjan35

I was born in Queenswood avenue and went to Collingwood girls school in 1953 which was then situated in Stanley Park road. The headmistress was Mrs Hollis and the discipline was very strict at that time but did me no harm ...Read more

A memory of Wallington

I didn't live in Bucklebury but was born in Cold Ash where I lived prior to moving to Thatcham. Unfortunately my father died as the result of a motor cycle accident when I was eight years old, and social care being what it ...Read more

A memory of Bucklebury by grahamfsmith

The boat at the left of this view is the Velsheda at that time a houseboat. What a come down from racing in the Americas Cup before the war! I remember my uncle taking my father and I out in his 18ft boat for ...Read more

A memory of Bursledon by Chris Scott

In 1961 or 1962, as a small boy of 5 or 6 my mum, brought me to Hednesford to visit her grandmother, my great-grandmother, Emily Chetwyn. A diminutive lady, we, the children, called her little nana. I believe she lived in the ...Read more

A memory of Hednesford by Steve Brooks

Although I was born in Nantwich (1956), in the Barony hospital, I grew up in Crewe until the age of about twelve. We lived in Ellis Street, which then, if memory serves me right, only had three houses, even though we were in number 8! ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by Chris Hughes