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I married my husband on the 24th October 1964 at St Mary's Church,Hanwell. I must say that it is really a lovely church and the stained glass windows are magnificent. I also attend Sunday school there as a child ...Read more

A memory of Hanwell in 1964 by Sonia (Ayshford)Fowler

We moved to Brampton in August 1949 when my father (an RAF officer) was posted there from RAF Wharton nr Lytham St Annes. My sister was three weeks old - and my mum only just recovering from a difficult birth after also just ...Read more

A memory of Brampton in 1951

I have very fond memories of Huyton - especially Huyton village, in the 1970's. We used to live in Ardennes Road and my beloved nana, Sally (Sarah) Ryan, lived just around the corner in Salerno Drive. Even though we never ...Read more

A memory of Knotty Ash by Lynne Mansoor

I attended St Anne's from 1960 right up until I left in 1974. I moved from Coulsdon to West Hill, Sanderstead with my family the year I passed my 11+ exam, 1967. My favourite subjects were PE, Cookery and Speech ...Read more

A memory of Sanderstead

I remember when three streets were demolished by a huge mysterious bomb just after eight in the evening. At the time my mother was out on fire patrol and I was fast asleep in bed whilst my three brothers and sister were ...Read more

A memory of West Hendon in 1941 by Ann Midson

I was born in 1936 and raised in South Ealing and went to St Anne's Convent School. I married in 1957 and went to live in West Ealing with my husband Tom who also grew up in Ealing so we knew the area very well. As young ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1957 by Kathleen F Shorey

Hello I was a patient at Penyfai back in 1973 and I was only twelve years of age. I regularly went over to Glanrhyd as that is where the social centre was, and would sometimes take the back exit ...Read more

A memory of Bridgend in 1973

Does anyone else remember old Mr Brown who lived up the lane from St Anne's Church? He couldn't read or write. He had a cow that followed him about. He'd never been to Southampton even though it was only 7 miles away. He used to sit outside ...Read more

A memory of Calmore in 1979

I grew up in Old Calmore at Croft Farm. My parents, Cyril and Winifred Pass, bought the property when they returned from India in 1947, and we lived in the 'pump house' until the bungalow was built in 1949. My earliest clear ...Read more

A memory of Calmore by Nina Stoddart

Born at 158 East Hill, I remember Claytons with the clock, Wavy Line across the road where I worked when I was 11, Ted and Ellen ran that, Fontaines sweetshop where I bought Jubblies with my sixpence. Went to St. Annes school. Would ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth in 1959 by Margaret Loughran