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I am the current owner and restorer of the former Town Hall. It was originally called Whitehall and is now called Mossley Hall. The Palm House in the picture was removed, along with the stained glass Atrium over the ...Read more

A memory of Mossley in 1958 by Philip Wilson

My dad, Cliff O'Dell, frequented the pub on a regular basis, he always had 'a few' and always ended up singing "Danny Boy". He had a garage called O'Dell Bros, on Eastbrook Road, where my brother Cliff worked, also our cousin ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1966 by Pat Young Nee Odell

I had such wonderful times working as an usherette at the ABC. Saturday nights was best as when everyone was seated and the main feature came on we would change out of our uniform and run upstairs to the dance ...Read more

A memory of Eccles in 1957 by Jean Steinhilber

I first went to Streatley in 1965 where I started to court my wife whose name was Susan Adams then. We used to go for walks over Sharpenhoe Clappers and come back to the Chequers Pub and see Hilda and ...Read more

A memory of Streatley in 1966 by John Allen

I remember St. Mary's. As an eight year old Londoner, I had travelled a bit to different parts of England during the evacuation. Whilst at St. Mary's, I attended school there, played soccer for the junior team, ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend in 1947 by Roy Daniels

I have an old, and I assume original, Frith postcard with the above photo on it and these words: "This is your father's early home. It once belonged to your grandfather. He sold it when he went to .....(illegible) Thought you ...Read more

A memory of Buck's Mills by Wendy Truscott

I was born in 1937 and with the outbreak of WWII lived with my grandparents, Ollie and Maggi Owen, at 29 Cottrell Street, Aberfan, while my father served in the army. My parents were Roy and Ada Taylor, and after the war my ...Read more

A memory of Aberfan in 1950 by Alan Taylor

Hi, My name is Robyn Arkinstall and I live in Australia. I am very interested and doing research into the Arkinstall surname, worldwide. On Friday December 11, 1868 a James/John? Arkinstall was employed at ...Read more

A memory of Kirkby Lonsdale by Robyn Arkinstall

I worked at Laneswood, Mortimer West End 1964/65 when it was a children's home run by Berkshire County Council. I was told that Queen Wilhelmina stayed there when she first came to England from the Netherlands in 1940 and was there for some time.

A memory of Mortimer in 1940 by Sandra Dodsworth

Uxbridge was blessed with 3 cinemas; The Odeon, the Regal and the Savoy (the oldest of the three it stood on the corner of Vine St and the High St). The Odeon, I think, had the biggest productions as it had a wider ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Philip Cousins