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My father of 76 yrs has a problem. He has a photo of himself at the Margate winter gardens on a charity night, as he used to box for the army. He was in the boxing ring with a marine in 1957. He had the report ...Read more

A memory of Margate in 1957 by Allan More

Does any remember the name of the funny little man who did gardening and maintenance. I think it was Ivan but not sure. 1958-1962

A memory of Camborne by Susan Porter

My Grandfather was Lloyd George's gardener (I am not sure if he worked alone) from around 1923 to 1937 when he left to become Poultry Manager at Wye College in Kent. Grandad met Granma in Churt, she worked at the local pub, The ...Read more

A memory of Churt in 1920 by Martin Turrell

I was born in 1957 in my nan and granddad's house (May & Fred Gloster). I went to Buckingham Road nursery school, then Edgware infants & juniors. I remember the head had a black and white dog and I would give it ...Read more

A memory of Burnt Oak in 1960 by Christine Isherwood

I remember those incredible gardens just as Laura does. I grew up in Droitwich and we went there often in the 50's and 60's. Whenever we had friends or relatives to stay, it was the place we took them to. I'm not ...Read more

A memory of Droitwich Spa by Sue Appleby

My father was the caretaker for the Linquists` Club in Holland St from 1959 to the early 70`s, when the building (Niddry Lodge) was demolished to make way for the new Kensington town hall. We lived in The Cottage ...Read more

A memory of Kensington in 1959 by David Malster

.......at the end of the war, in my grandparents house. They then moved to Abbotsbury Road and we moved to a maisonette in Hatfield Mead. Went to the Willows Primary and the Willows Girls School for a year before we ...Read more

A memory of Morden by Yvonne Turner

The formative years of my early childhood were spent at No. 39 Bondgate, Pontefract, which was one of a block of four small two-up, two-down houses situated immediately adjacent to the ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract in 1930 by Graham Atkinson

In 1920 the Hawkins family came to Canada. My grandfather was Edward Hawkins, known in the family as Ted. He had been the head gardener at the Whitmead estate. He and my grandmother Clarissa, had 5 children. Robert ...Read more

A memory of Tilford in 1910 by Roland Joselyn

I lived and went to school in West Molesey. I remember the shops near the Royal Oak pub. My mum always took me into the shoe shop for my shoes. I remember going into the sweet shop on my way to school. Can anyone ...Read more

A memory of East Molesey in 1960 by Michelle Jones