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Adams had a poultry farm in Duck Pond Lane (left hand side of Sainsburys). They lived in a big grand house at the bottom of Woodchurch Lane; it fronted onto Prenton Road West. There was a plaque on the outhouse ...Read more

A memory of Oxton in 1954 by David Wharton

In the 1950's, I forget, but I lived in Risley Avenue. I remember climbing every tree there, and people shouting that the radio license van was coming up the road. Of course everyone pulled their curtains and turned off the ...Read more

A memory of Tottenham in 1953 by Fred Wright

I was at Gearies when the rocket fell in Hatley Ave. We lived at no 9 and it was on a Monday (washing day) and the replacement windows that we had(because they were blown out when the V1 dropped in Dr Barnardos behind us) fell ...Read more

A memory of Barkingside by d.tras

The gentleman in this photo is my grandfather Mr James William Arthur Reffold late of the Pump house that lays to his left behind the shop.the horses name is Jimmy he was a large ginger horse. I lived in Shackleford through ...Read more

A memory of Shackleford by dreffold

l remember the pit tubs running under the houses to the colliery where my dad worked down the mines, and when we used to chuck his snap over to him when the tub ran past. Also remember the bleak cold winters ...Read more

A memory of Waterhouses in 1860 by Brenda Cumberbatch

I was at Whittlebury School from 1963 until about 1968 (I can't remember the exact date when I left). When Major Meager went, the school was taken over by a Mr Oram, who ran it until it closed. My parents took me ...Read more

A memory of Whittlebury in 1963 by Michael Davis