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I was based here in 1972, as a very young RN Radio Engineer. Antony’s memory sparke a few of my own. Long nights in the transmission hall monitoring an old B&W TV to make sure we weren’t ...Read more

A memory of New Waltham by starplots

Where have the years gone? I remember walking to the chip shop in Spring Lane to get my chips and gherkins when I was pregnant (can't eat them now). Also the good old Post Office where my ex saw an advert for Labrador ...Read more

A memory of Bishopstoke in 1960 by Rita Lange

St. Andrews Church figured quite prominently in my early teens as it was my parish Church. Although not a religous person, I had to go the Church at least once a month as I belonged to 6th Uxbridge Scouts who were a Church Group, ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Bill Crowther

We were at Pantasaph in the summer of 1961 for 6 months; we were the Sprague's, Pauline aged 12, Barbara aged 8 & Josephine aged 6. We remember the McCabes & Veronica Murtough, in fact Veronica turned up in my life years ...Read more

A memory of Pantasaph by Barbara Cartwright

I was so pleased to find these photos of the gardens, as there don't seem to be very many around. My grandfather Trevor Dimond was the head gardener there. He started just after the war and was there for 30 years and boy, did he and his ...Read more

A memory of Wenvoe by johnbrewer

I remember the pianist who played for a week at the St James, I had forgotten what he was called until I saw your entry. A few years later I worked at the St James as a projectionist with a Mr Bell; there was a Miss Greenan who ...Read more

A memory of Harrogate in 1959 by Edwin Sparrow

I attended St John's from 1952 to 1959. This was an all girl's church school with about 60 children in three classrooms, with a hall where we had dinner and danced to the BBC's "Music and Movement". We used ...Read more

A memory of West Hendon in 1952 by Lorraine Allen

St John's Gate in Broad Street in Bristol is the only surviving medieval city gateway, at one one time there were seven gates into the old city. Fortified gateways pierced the town wall at intervals. St John's Gateway, ...Read more

A memory of Bristol by Paul Townsend

I believe it was around the 1980 period that I was working with South East London Probation & After Care service (SELPAC) that one of the projects I was asked to take on was to sound proof or at least reduce the ...Read more

A memory of Penge in 1980 by Derek Stocker

My primary school years were spent at St John's school until the age of 10, when during the summer, we moved to Berkshire. I never got the chance to say farewell to my friends who were moving into the final year in the ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill in 1959 by Janet Parmenter