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At the junction of Station Rd. and Northampton Rd. was the much feared driving test centre. I took driving lessons during 1962/3 in the instructor's car an Austin A40 or A45. The usual matchstick was placed in the rear window to ...Read more

A memory of Kettering by raw50

How lovely to read all comments .I lived at Five Ways opposite the Bromley boys all my childhood..used to roller skate up an down Raglan Road..hardly any cars..we used to play on railway lines comin out on Barton Road by the church an ...Read more

A memory of Stretford

A DEVIZES GIRL REMEMBERS Before talking of my own memories, it would seem appropriate to start by sharing some valuable ones of my Father who was born in 1906 and spent his whole life in the town. During the last five years of his ...Read more

A memory of Devizes by riversd10000

Hello everyone Help please! Any memories and information would be appreciated My Mum was born 1920, Pollitt Street, next to Louisa Street, she went to St Marks School, ...Read more

A memory of Gorton by frankcarman9

In the mid 1950s when I was about six or seven years of age my parents took me on a holiday to a farmhouse just outside Nevern, the farm was owned by a couple named Thomas. They were then from photos I have, probably in ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Derek Stocker

I began my school days during the 1950's at Brampton Road Primary School, Bexleyheath. My over-riding memory is a time of innocence, wonder and happiness, where we were given freedom to learn and be creative in a ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by Bernard Schofield

I was born in Clacton in 1953 along with my twin Brother. We spent most of our time down by the sea because my Dad worked at Butlins around 1960. My uncles worked on the Pier and my Nan worked in the Arcadeds and we also had an ...Read more

A memory of Clacton-On-Sea by billyelgood

I've just found this place and boy what a lot of memories it brings. We lived in Newberries Avenue, moving out from Finchley when the Handley Page factory in Cricklewood shut (around that time). Dad, initially a ...Read more

A memory of Radlett by albanium

We moved from Bexley Village to Barnehurst in 1971 when I was four years old. I grew up with my sister and two brothers on Eastleigh Road where all the children used to come out ...Read more

A memory of Barnehurst by reunsie

I have very happy memories of Stephen Castle Down. It must be about 70 years ago, my mother, father, sister, brother and I used to go sometimes on a Sunday afternoon, to Stephen Castle Down to fly kites. I also remember we ...Read more

A memory of Stephen's Castle Down by s.craighill