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Hi Guys , Yet another piece of nostalgia from VickyB , I was thinking the other day about the treatment of ailments , from years gone by and the and the things we were led to believe by our parents , grandparents aunts ...Read more

A memory of South Hackney by vickyb60

This photo was taken around 1960 as my father (who can be seen in the photo, cleaning the bedroom window) bought number 11, St Paul's Street in 1958 and did not open the barber shop for over a year. I was 5 years old when we moved ...Read more

A memory of Stamford in 1960 by Suzanna Sawyer

I was born at South Newshamin 1934 and went to the local school, then on to New Delaval. Then we moved to the Newsham Road area and I then went to P. L. Rd. South Newsham was a great place to grow up in. My name was then Stafford.

A memory of Seaton Sluice in 1940 by Mary Taylor

When my parents, my sister Maureen and I moved from Edgbaston, Birmingham to live with my paternal grandparents Harriet and Samual Cook at the General Store, New Mill Bridge, I had to attend school. My ...Read more

A memory of Shelsley Walsh by Antony Cook

I lived in Corringham 1954-1972. The Regent, known to most of us as the old bug'utch or Stanford fleapit, was of course our local cinema. I saw many films there, they were usually nearly a year old before they were shown at the ...Read more

A memory of Corringham in 1971 by Bob Patterson

I was child of Ramsey St Mary's in the period 1939 to 1960. My family lived in the last 'grey pebble-dashed' council house going north out of village (3/4 of a mile from Ponders Bridge). My father's name ...Read more

A memory of Ramsey St Mary's in 1948 by Terry Jacobs

I supported Aveley FC from about 1946 to 1957. Thurrock Combination. London League Div 2. London League Div 1. Cot Cup. LATHOL Stanford Charity Cup. Three times winners of the Essex Junior Cup. My most favourite footballer of all was Len Fogg.

A memory of Aveley by Peter Osborne

We moved down to Acton from Stafford in the midlands in 1949 when I was 4 years old. We were given a flat in The Vale, my first school was East Acton infants up East Acton lane, a cracking little school. I was very happy ...Read more

A memory of Acton in 1960 by Roger Brown

My uncle George Boyce lived in a flat-roofed white-painted house on the corner of an unmade side road not far from the church at the 'T' junction at the end of the road. He and my uncle Bill Boyce ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1940 by Mike Perry

Hello all, I've been hopelessly trying to trace a Gordon Long who lived in Stanford, I believe sometime between 1960-1970. I believe he worked in the wine industry and spent sometime in France. He had a wife and ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1970 by Eve Lundy