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I remember Father McNeice, Father Randall and Father Preston as vicars at St Michael's church in Aveley. My Mother Mary Archer was the church clerk at St Michael's for many years from the 50s. She also did some cleaning there, was a ...Read more

A memory of Aveley

We use to walk down this road to the beach with the cafe and seafood stalls at the end. Use to watch the "Welsh Dragon" train go past as the line was close to the beach. Steam in those days and what a site it was.

A memory of Abergele by Lynette Foster

My name is Anthony Whitlock I'm trying to trace any friends or relatives .. My mother was in domestic service to Mr & Mrs William H D Lester who were in residence at Wood End. Wash Hill Newbury Berks . Mr Lester was Waterworks Engineer ...Read more

A memory of Newbury by Anthony Whitlock

I've just received an e-mail from Ray Cooke today 29/2/2016, i have been in touch with him before and we did remember more or less the same things and people in the home, so after his e-mail i decided to have another look at this site, ...Read more

A memory of Horncastle by Stephen Gilbride

I've always heard stories of my granny, Margaret Baldock, growing up in Haywards Heath. Her father, Arthur Baldock, was the gardener at Brook House as well as the village photographer in the 1890's - early 1900's. ...Read more

A memory of Haywards Heath by lhaan

I spent most of my early life just on the borders of Heston and southall, as my father was a male nurse working for the ministry and our house came with his job, back in the fifties, I and my mum and dad ...Read more

A memory of Heston by janetsmith728

Our grandparents, Arnold and Hilda Shea lived in Gargrave from 1935. He worked for Johnson and Johnson, I think he was an engineer. We three girls were born and lived in London. Every summer we would be ...Read more

A memory of Gargrave by soames523

My family moved to Shard End in 1951 to 11 Freasley Road. The estate was in its first stages then, no shops and no bus service, it was a walk to Lea village for the bus across the old bailey bridge. There was a lot of open ground in ...Read more

A memory of Shard End by keng2009

My father's parents (my grandparents) moved from Carshalton to Ashtead in early 1950s to a bungalow at 72 Chaffers Mead. We used to visit regularly from our home in Redhill by rail; a steam train to Deepdene, a run down to ...Read more

A memory of Ashtead by Canon David Frost

Moved into a council house near King George's Park in 1978. My grandparents lived in Santos Road. I used to play as a kid around the bandstand in the park. I remember the shire horses making their way through ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth