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I went to Ardleigh Green school from 1955 to 1961. The photograph stirs up many memories, such as playing with other kids on the old fallen tree on the then waste ground in Cecil Avenue and iced buns from the bakery ...Read more

A memory of Ardleigh Green by Simon Frost

Does anyone in Downderry remember the village postman Tom Neal. Tom was born in West Bromwich in 1874, moved to Downderry during WW1 and I believe died in 1955 aged 81. He used ...Read more

A memory of Downderry by Robert Marlow

We moved to Eastry when I was 2...now 60 years ago ....We lived in the house on the Premiere Garage High Street which was over the road from the newsagents called Bickers. As kids we played in the wood of Boystown behind the garage. ...Read more

A memory of Eastry by Julie

I would have been at The Grange from c59-65 (Lexie Irving), big sister Sally from c53-64 and my younger brother, Richard c63-65 when we moved to Cheshire. The overall memory is definitely positive. Ok so the big double doors to the ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn by Lexie Gower

MRS BROWN'S SCHOOL WAS LIKE A DAME SCHOOL: YOUNG CHILDREN USED TO GO TO DAME SCHOOLS FOR CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION BEFORE GOING TO SCHOOL BECAME COMPULSORY IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY. ...Read more

A memory of Carshalton by David Shamash

Shirley Platts & Val Carradus nee Molloy, sisters. It was 1956 when Shirley was 7 and I was 3 and a half when we moved to Ferryhill from Metal Bridge but we regularly visited our Aunt, Uncle and Granda ...Read more

A memory of Metal Bridge by Val Carradus

Yes two big girls showed me how to get to school and then able to accompany my sister Veronica walking past demolished rows of houses. We lived at 603 I thought, I recall the singing games in the school yard such The big ship ...Read more

A memory of Oldham

My Dad was in the Canadian army and was posted to London when I was 7 years old . We lived in the top flat at 27 Chartfield Avenue . What a magical place ! The back yard was huge, with apple, ...Read more

A memory of Abingdon-on-Thames by Lillian Refshauge

My parents and I moved to Petts Wood from London in 1932 to a new semi detatched at 53 St Johns Road. The builder was named Wostall. My aunt, a school teacher, also moved next door. St Johns Road then was unadopted, and at the ...Read more

A memory of Petts Wood

My name is Alan Naber and in 1949 I was five years old and started my school life at Red Lion Road school. This is an account of how I saw life at that time with a few additions from other students I am still in ...Read more

A memory of Tolworth by oldcyclist