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I moved to Lymm in 1955 when I was 10. My form teacher was Mr Whittle. I remember also Mr Low ( who I had a crush on) and Mrs Smith, who took us for needlework. The boys used to do gardening with Mr Low. Some of the others in my ...Read more

A memory of Lymm by Pauline Brown

My Mum worked at this Hotel as a barmaid for many years, and behind the pub was a hall used by Henry Fermer school of which i was a pupil. When KIng George V1 died i found out from my Mum in 1951. I attended the above ...Read more

A memory of Crowborough

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 a house on the Eastern Avenue between Cantly gardens and Denham Drive in 1955. I moved to wales to go to uni in 1975. I worked as a Saturday girl in Barton’s the bakers in Gants Hill for a ridiculously low wage. ...Read more

A memory of Gants Hill by Gill Fitzgibbon

I attended Chatsworth and then Twickenham County ,was a member of Hounslow swimming club . As Hounslow Baths were closed in the winter months the club used Heston Baths and we always stopped at Rossi’s in ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow by Lynne Lowe

IN THE 1940s TILL THE 1960s, NUNHEAD WAS FULL OF STREETS OF HOUSES THAT HAD MANAGED TO SURVIVE THE WAR YEARS, EVERYONE KNEW EVERYONE, MOTHERS WOULD CHAT AT THE FRONT GATES OF THEIR HOUSES, THE CHILDREN PLAYED IN THE STREETS WITH NO FEAR ...Read more

A memory of Nunhead by Peter Mills

I was born in 1947 and lived at 52 West St, Lower Broughton, Salford 7. I attended St. John's School for girls, just off Chapel St. My parents were Annie and David Johnson. I had an older sister, Jean, and a younger brother, David. My ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Anne Whyte