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I was born in Devonshire Road in 1961. I remember walking with my mum down Powell Road, through Pellhams Alley, past the North Parade post office, past the police station and along the High Road towards Langdon Hills. My mum had ...Read more

A memory of Laindon by Peter Long

I went to the old school now the village hall in 1969. I was there for 3 years as an infant before going to the new school on Martins Lane in 1972. The new school was opened in 1971 I believe as my sister was the first ...Read more

A memory of Hardingstone in 1969 by Steve Howell

Bell Street, Reigate. The address of my great grandfather, and until 2006 I had never been there. But on a nostalgic trip from Sweden, seeking my roots so to speak, I visited Reigate to see if any signs were to be found. Needing ...Read more

A memory of Reigate in 2006 by Barry W J Chandler

This rare building was owned by a close friend of mine's aunt and uncle. Their names were Mr and Mrs Honour. Their daughter Jean had a type of drapers shop down in Cawsand. This structure was a castle-style Napoleonic fort set ...Read more

A memory of Polhawn Cove in 1962 by Colin Apps

This is the top of Junction Road looking towards the top and Scrase's butchers (his brother had a butchers at the bottom of Junction Road just down from where we lived from 1957 to 1963), the post office and Hoadley's Corner.

A memory of Burgess Hill

Started my life in 4 Blamey Crescent living with my Gran Dodds, Granny Park lived upstairs and Granny Smith lived next door. Moved to 9 Milne Crescent (prefabs) when I was about 4 years old. I remember the "gang" I played around with ...Read more

A memory of Cowdenbeath by Ann Dodds

The row of houses mentioned earlier were re numbered in the early 1950s. Our row started at 206- 214. The row of houses we lived in were actually owned by my grandmother Minnie Garbett. She bought them sometime in the ...Read more

A memory of Chadsmoor by Wendy Barr

I just loved Surbiton Lagoon. Me and my twin sister lived in Alexandra Drive, just around the corner and we were good friends with the manager's son Vaughan Hancock. In the scorching hot summer of 1976 we were 14. My mum worked at ...Read more

A memory of Surbiton in 1976 by Cathryn Seager

My strongest memories of Lewisham is there being three cinemas there. The Gaumont (where I saw the Beatles live in the 1960s) - I went to Saturday morning pictures there. The Rex cinema, just by the bridge ...Read more

A memory of Lewisham by Jackie Walder

Holland is a bustling Essex coastal town `resplendent`-a bride in her wedding day gown, tree lined avenues, with neat little plots, well kept gardens and a place for the tots, a school, four churches, library and hall, a ...Read more

A memory of Clacton-On-Sea in 1993 by Allen Warrender