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I remember nicking pears from the trees at the Retreat then going under newburn bridge to hide and eat them, there were a few of us, our Clem, our David (David Liddle), Hughie Williams, Doreen Milne, Billy Milne. The ledge we ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1952 by Marlene Johnson

Hi, Does anyone have any pictures of the old iron bridge that crossed South Beach Road? It was next to the house that is adjacent to the roundabout near what is now Tesco. If ...Read more

A memory of Hunstanton in 1965 by Martin Bennett

I was 8 yreas old when my father was killed in London and my mum, brother David, and sister Margaret came to live in Sundridge to live with my dad's brother's family in Manor Road. We all attended Brasted School. In my final year ...Read more

A memory of Sundridge in 1940 by Ernest Warwick

I loved reading the lovely memories of Kilburn. My Mother and father lived there in 1967 and some of their stories are lovely. I know this is a long shot but can anyone remember a bank advert in June 1967 for a bank offering to "Own ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1967 by Mary Coffey

The best years of my life. I was happy and content and had lots of friends. My father was stationed at Tern Hill but we moved off base at Boscobel Road to a bungalow he built called "Green Haven" ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton in 1969 by Steven Loska

After leaving school I worked for a short time at Walsall Co-op in Bridge Street. One of my colleagues was a rather raffish young gentleman and 'man about town'. One day he invited me, which I thought a great honour, to have ...Read more

A memory of Walsall in 1962 by Michele Alberto

have just spent a wonderful hour looking through the photographs of Port Sunlight, they have brought back so many memories that are as clear as day still to me. I first came to live in the village with an aunt ...Read more

A memory of Port Sunlight by Eveline Flint(Nee Peers)

133 Clemintine Road, Layton - Charles Henry Darby his wife Laura Charlotte Woolston. He was a baker, he had daughters; Vera Frances and Gwendoline Phyllis and sons; Ernest Edward and Joseph William. They had ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1910 by Joann Whittaker

I lived at 77 Gordon Road, in the first house to be built there, from 1935 to 1948. I remember the Balcons, Plesners, Feldmans, the famous Marty Feldman and many more. The war brought everyone together. I remember the solo and ...Read more

A memory of Finchley in 1940 by Harold Brown

'The Stream' ! We always have called it 'the brook' - Broughton Brook, and still do. However, the brook is in fact a tributary to the River Soar, it may in fact actually be the River Soar but simply not ...Read more

A memory of Broughton Astley in 1930 by Reuben Reynolds