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Before moving to Kirkby we lived at no 12 Doon Street. My mum, Nelly Dean, my dad Jack Dean, my elder brother Alan, and of course myself John. Alan and I can still remember many names from the area, Keith Davis, Peter Gill, Jimmy Gallagher, Paul Jenkins, Abbey Coy, from Humber Street. David Harrison, from Medlock Street, Graham Cornwall, Medlock Street. If anyone remembers Alan and I, try to get in touch.
The house in this photograph is Lawn Cottage, Cark-In-Cartmel. It was the home to my great-great-grandfather Alfred Jackson Caton and his wife Mary. Alfred Jackson died in 1910, and it would seem from the census that by 1911 his wife and daughters were self sufficient, running a laundry and dress making service from the house.
My 4 x great-grandfather...THOMAS CRUMP was born in Dunsford about 1738, the son of RICHARD and Mary (nee Elworthy). He left Dunsford but his brother...Richard remained and married Elizabeth Sercombe. They had several children. This is a "long shot", but are there any descendants...named Crump or otherwise in the village or vicinity who might be interested in contacting me to further family history.
My name is Neil Williamson. I lived at 5 Barnfield Close, Hoe Lane from when I was born in 1950 until I emigrated to Australia in 1965. I attended Nazeing Primary School from 1955 (Bumbles Green) until 1961. I then went to Netteswell High School in Harlow from 1961 until 1965. I remember in the early 1960's - Cliff Richard lived at the top of Nazeing in a huge house called "Rookwood"- it wasn't far from Nazeing Church. As a boy I played with my mates in the old WW2 gun turrets on Nazeing Common.
Known as Stocks Hill, on the left of the photo is the Coop Drapery Shop. At the side of the shop was an alley and the Coop Bakery was there. The house facing in the picture was Ted Witneys car repair yard, along High Street was Keffords shop, Mrs Briton's drapery shop,The White Lion Pub, Mrs Thompson's shop, she used to open Sunday afternoons for us children when we came out of Sunday School. We would go to the shop ...see more
I was wondering if that family name of Wlloughby includes Herbert who's grandfather had a coalyard just off Tatton St. I remember being at St. Barts. One hot summers day we cooled ourselves with the ice from the fishmonger crates, which felt great at the time, but when we got back into the hot classroom it was obvious where the ice had come from. That was in 1956 in Mr. Williams's - we called him Penguin because he wore ...see more
My memories of West St, opposite Sid Smith's cobblers shop in the photo, Mr Tite's shop - he used to come down 3 or 4 steps from his living room, he sold lots of halfpenny and penny sweets - the best buy was 1 penny packet of broken crisps.
Then the Blue Bell Pub that had a tennis court up the yard behind the pub. My mother used to help there, known to me as Uncle Arch, Aunt Mag, (Mr+Mrs Walker). Uncle Arch was the ...see more
It was 1941 or 42 - I was 6 or 7 then. I was a quiet kid, shy, only child. We lived in Walker, close to the Navel Yard. My dad was RAF in North Africa and Mom worked in the shipyard. So I was evacuated. After a couple of aunt's homes, I was sent to Hexham. Right off I was bullied, other boys thought I was older because I was very tall for my age. One day some of the boys tied me to a tree at the ...see more
I grow up in Yeadon then moved away at age 12yrs old. Then I moved to the U.S.A at age 16yrs old. All my childhood memories are of Yeadon. I went to Westfield then Benton Park. I came back for 3 months in 2009 and had the time of my life. I still love Yeadon and have even more memories to hold on to. It was like I went back in time - not much had changed. I wanted to stay there but was not ...see more
I worked here in the middle 40s it was owned by Mr Black?
I could go on and on with memories. Myself and my parents moved from London to Arbour Way, Elm Park on 24th August 1953. I went to Ayloff School from 1954-1960, when I left to go to Suttons Secondary. We moved to Elm Park because my dad worked at Murex in Rainham and it was a lot closer for him to get to work. I went to Brownie's at, I think it was St Nicholas church hall, in Benhurst Avenue ...see more
I spent 18 months in Highwood from April 1951 - November 1952 and would love to hear from anyone who was there at the same time. I remember a ward orderly called Mrs Brown on Laurels 3+4 but can not recall any of the other boys names but would love to talk over old times with any one who was there at any time. After a lobectomy in London I made a full recovery and am still working part time at almost 75 years old. My phone no. is ..... 07919 587235
My grandparents lived at 46 Adare Street in the 1920s up to the 1940s. Their names were Charles and Rose Bebb - I wondered if anyone would remember the Bebbs.
At the age of 14 my father began work as an apprentice pawnbroker for the firm W. Paines & Co. at their Strood branch on the corner of High Street, and Station Road. The firm had 3 branches. The apprenticeship lasted 5 years, followed by a period of ‘improving’. When dad had finished his 5 year apprenticeship (age 19) he went to work at the Grays shop. In 1929-1932 he was employed as an ‘improver’ for 3 years and then from ...see more
I can also remember the old ferries that sailed between Gravesend and Tilbury Docks. My mothers parents lived in Grays and my father also worked there, and so the ferry trip from Gravesend over the Thames was one taken very often. There were 2 ferries, the car ferry (this is now where the remaining passenger ferry sails from) and the passenger one going from the Town Pier. This was an impressive ...see more
Here I found myself working in the Turriff Building in 1961. Imagine lunch times with time to explore Brentford. The Butts was first of course, very near to the Turriff Building. You crossed the little footbridge over the railway and found yourself almost immeidiately in the Butts, opposite the London Boatmans Mission in fact. Walking around the back of the court you came to the pie and mash shop. Walk ...see more
In 1961 I started work at Heathrow, and within three weeks was transferred to the new Turriff Building on the Great West Road. The canteen was on the tenth floor. Imagine having a subsidised lunch and looking out over Brentford. Could there be a finer view. The freight trains crossing the Great West Road and heading around the curve by the former Brentford Station, crossing the canal and heading into ...see more
Cycling over Kew Bridge I turn left towards Brentford. I feel anticipation of passing through an interesting town. First on the left is the Gasworks. I get a liitle bit of soot in my eye. I pause at the big green gates and look in. Always something going on, and the smell was never to be forgotton. Opposite was a newsagents shop, this featured in a fifties black and white film. A trolleybus stops ...see more
I remember my father being in this hospital. He had scepticaemia. I was about 5 or 6 and my mother and grandmother were driven from Windsor to Taplow by a neighbour of my grandmother's. I would wait in the car in the hospital grounds for what seemed like ages whilst my mother visited and then my grandmother visited, separately. So I don't know what it was like inside - but have never forgotten this place and I think the grounds must have been quite large.
We have recently bought the old post office in Burnopfield and are looking for any information/pictures linked to the house. We know it was roughly built in 1840's but no information of who lived here. A picture is in the Burnopfield book but wondering if any of inside or families who lived here. The house was COOP owned in 1840 and ceased being a post office around 1910 we think. Any information is appreciated.
Having been born and raised on Clowes Street, West Gorton and having lived there between 1947 and 1960 before moving to Cambert Lane, Gorton, I still feel sad whenever I travel from Lincolnshire to see the "old" area again.
The houses and shops that replaced those demolished between 1968 and 1970 are themselves now due to be demolished completely, and a third generation of houses and flats are now being ...see more
I was a border at Merrion House around 1944, whilst Mr Brummell Hicks was Headmaster with Mrs Brummell Hicks, who kindly gave me free piano lessons whilst I was at the school. We swam in a smelly pond which was also the schools water supply, it stank as we used to shower under it, all supervised by Mr Brummell Hicks! I also remember the honeycombed sold in the tuck shop.
I'm trying to locate a family from the Harborne Lane area, Selly Oak. I have very few details. The family name is Davies the father was Stan, I believe he had 2 sons. He had a sister or aunty called Betty, I think his mother was called Margaret and father Arthur. I believe they had a garage selling or repairing cars, and this was sold a few years ago. I would be extremely greatful for any details anyone may have?
That title was the answer given by my father when folks asked him where Longriggend was! My dad was born in Longriggend on 6 January 1902. He lived there for a few years until his father moved to Dunfermline to seek new employment. They finally moved back when Grandad retired, but by this time, all the family were married and in fact, I think I had arrived. In the 1950s, we went on family holidays to ...see more
Hi,
My grandad was in Brentwood from 1951-1953 and I was wondering if anyone knew him? His name is Peter Summers he was on The Lorrals 3&4 so if you were on that ward between those years can you please comment your name and I'll see if he knows you :)
I would dearly like to contact a good friend that I had at Ounsdale called Kevin Simcox (Oxo). If anyone has any idea where I can contact him please leave a message. He lived in Dickinson Road and had a sister whose name I can not remember.
My name is Dawn Louise Elsie Cammock, I was born at Thorpe Maternity Hospital in Easington in 1964.
My mother's name is Mavis Cammock - she had 2 sisters Eva and Dawn.
Her mother's name was Elsie Cammock and her father was George Cammock.
I am led to believe my father's name was JACK HUNTINGDON and might have been married to a lady at the time called Margaret.
I was told he worked at the glass dairy farm as ...see more
We Joined Bradwell Bowling Club after I couldn't walk properly owing to a bad accident in Wales a couple of years before. I thought I could manage the bowling. It was a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon when John (my late husband) and I arrived there. "The Hut" as it was called was full of people. A lot we knew, they were all very welcoming and we got paired up with experienced bowlers to be shown the "ropes". I ...see more
I was born 1966 and grew up on an estate (cant remember the name) and lived in Brantwood Oval, just off Haworth Road. My dad's family all lived close by. I remember picking bluebells and searching for frog spawn and getting fish and chips every Friday at the shops on Haworth Road. I went to St Cuthberts school. My parents and us 3 kids emigrated to South Africa in 1976.
I was in Mrs Waddington's class at Wath Park Road from 1946 - 1950 and I have many happy memories of her. She was a great english teacher, always a happy smiling face, and she spoke of her daughter Betty many times. We once had a party after school and she asked the class if she could invite her daughter Betty which she did and we all met Betty.
I have lots of happy memories: Wath Majestic, Ward's ...see more
I lived over the toyshop in Coldharbour Lane from 1942 to 1954. I went to Townfield Infant School and then to the Juniors, but passed the 11+ and went on to Ealing County Grammar School in 1948.
Our toilets were open to the sky and the boys would compete to see who could pee over the wall! My friends in school were Peter Cooper and Kenny Phipps who had a twin sister. They moved away quite young. I used to walk to ...see more
I was one of many children evacuated from Balham, London to Turners Hill on 3rd Sept 1939. My first billet was 106 Lion Lane, which at that time was the village sweetshop. How lucky was that. It was owned by Mr & Mrs Terry. They were very kind, but a bit surprised to have two 10 year olds to look after. Unfortunately, Mr Terry suffered bad health, so in June 1940 I moved to the Brackpools residence at 110 ...see more
I moved to Weaverham in 1951 like many others from Liverpool when my dad got a job at ICI. My memories include playing in the felds at Gerrards Farm at the back of our house in Farm Road along with my sister Lesley and our cousins Kenneth, Pamela, Michael, Peter and Martin who lived in Farm Road and Keepers Lane. We also had summer trips to the river to watch boats pass and swim in the river in between (I ...see more
We - my pal David Murray and I were watching the night sky from opposite my house, 47 Gordon St. It was a nightly thing we did, watching for the return of aircraft to Dallochy Air Base. This night we watched a mysterious light move across the sea, and it appeared to land on it. It was in fact a seaplane carrying the three spies that landed at Gollachy Burn. And later on, a man and a woman arm in arm ...see more
Our school was next door to Ealing Studios. Our headmaster was Alan Sainsbury Hicks, a peppery little man who came to a sad end by drowning, I heard. When I was in form V or lower VI we had a request for a number of boys to be extras on a film in the studios. It starred Robert Donat and Adrienne Corri and I was one who was chosen. We were given very roughly made grey blazers to wear. We were ...see more
Daisy Bank, with the lollipop lady always there and ready to tell you off if you were not concentrating on crossing the road. Playing tick and kiss chase in the playground. Looking after my little sister when she started school, she hated it. Miss Newman, I think she was my first teacher, "now children paint a picture to take home", you were given a piece of newspaper and told to paint it. ...see more
Albert Cant was my maternal grandfather. Other members of my family associated with the company were my father, Sidney Ladds and my aunt, Jo Ladds. My father ceased his association well before closure but my aunt continued until her retirement, which was towards the end of the era. As a child and young adult I well remember the acres of glasshouses at the Swanley site. Also some association with a much ...see more
I and my two brothers grew up in Brook during the late 1940's, the 50's & 60's; our house was more or less behind the telegraph pole to the right of the picture. Mr Pembury ran the Post Office and Stores (thats his van outside). We had this picture at home (as a post-card) and mum always said that the child seen in the middle of the picture was my younger brother, Christopher. We walked to and from the ...see more
Hello everyone. My name is James Wilkinson. I came from Zurich to live in London in the mid 80's. I rented a room from my flatmate, Elaine Livesy, who worked with BTT in St.Paul.
I cannot even find anything with the address exact, so I forgot and am sad about that.
But I remember three wonderful people there....Jackie The Greengrocer, Mr Patel, Upshop on the corner and Angela from ...see more
I REMEMBER 'TINY' WAKEFIELD IN THE 1950s WHO LIVED & RAN A SCRAP METAL & RAG & BONE BUSINESS A THE REAR OF NANNY GOAT COMMON
Staying with my Nana Batchelor at her home Thrums & attending preps at the Auchencairn primary.
I just found Elizabeth Phillips, who now lives in England, but used to live next door to us on Bogfoot Road, after 60 some years. My greatest memories were the galadays, I once was the runner up for the cup with Marion Stevens the winner. I would love to hear from old friends from those days.
Can anyone remember if the funeral parlour was sited were the coop used to have its repair shop in Lugsdale Road? I can remember the repair shop, I did work at the CAB in the 80s, which used that site before it moved further along the building, above was the old theatre/cinema which I have seen.
Worked at Norwich Union Head Office from 1978-1981 and have lots of happy memories of dances at Pinebanks. Met my husband at Norwich Union and in later years, early to mid 80`s, enjoyed the facility with our children, especially the Christmas Eve Family Evenings right up until 1997.
I was admitted to this children's hospital in the winter of 1961 aged 5 years, with acute asthma. I remember clearly a green bathroom with lots of hot water pipes and being bathed twice in a morning as I daren`t tell the second bath nurse I had already been bathed that day! I remember my mother bringing a new pair of coffee and cream shoes for me to wear to go home at the end of my stay. I also remember on my ...see more
I went to Colton school from 1952 to1958. The Headmistress was a Miss Snape, she lived in the school house down the road. The school was opposite Colton church - it closed as a school in the early 60s, and is now the parish rooms. I had good times there and remember a lot of the pupils that went there. I left in 1958 to go to Ulverston grammar school.
I originally remember the (now) Debenhams being a bomb site on which cars were parked, then a new department store was built called Curls. The top floor boasted a verandah restaurant where, if I was good whilst out shopping, my mum would take me for a strawberry milk shake. The waitresses wore uniforms with little hats and when my mother`s dressmaking friend dressed my bride doll in the 60`s, I requested my bridesmaid doll ...see more
I can remember swimming here as a child. It was very beautiful and tranquil. It was also unique. I have tried to explain to my daughter what it was like and found your picture on the web site. It is sad also to see photos of it in a disused state. There will never be such a nice place near us like this one. Can anyone tell us the history of this place and who owned it? I learned to swim with my dad in the junior pool - ...see more
At the age of 16 I arrived at Druids Lodge to become an apprentice jockey, signed to the trainer Noel Cannon. I had never sat on a horse, having come from the East End of London, but being only 5st 12lb my aspirations were high. My initial wage was 7 shillings and sixpence ie 37 1/2 pence with all found including clothes. The stable jockey at the time was Jack Purtell an Australian, and if I remember correctly ...see more
My grandmother was born in Moorsholm but moved to Lingdale when she got married. I remember visiting her all through my childhood and had many fond memories of both villages. At Easter time all the children of the village participated in a church parade and eggs were exchanged between family members. (These were decorated hard boiled eggs) Families went to the Easter Fields which were between Lingdale ...see more
I lived in Homestead Road 1951 - 1963. The pub was 'The Merry Fiddlers'.
My name is John Watson, I was born at Dimsdale Crescent, Wishaw in the kitchen on New Years Day in 1950. My mother and father were Jean Gray Watson and John Watson. My skype name is john.watson1150......my email is: cambus11505589@yahoo.com
I have fond memories of Barking back in the early sixtys.,Oh I know its a dump now, dirty and no charm at all, but back then it was a place to be proud of. The fair held at Barking park (sadly not the park it was then), the carnival, going on the rides and trying to pick up the girls at the fair, a pocket of money and high hopes... But seriously do you remember Blakes market? Every Saturday I would wander down and go ...see more
I lived in Hornsey up until 1960, I attended St Mary's School, Priory Rd (Hornsey High street?) I finished with school there in 1950 and was there four or five years? I think the headmaster was Mr Ball(?) There was a music teacher Miss Thrower(?) I would be interested being in touch with anyone who attended there at that time or in the areas mentioned below. I lived on Rathcool Gdns in those years. The Vale, now ...see more
My grandparents, Bill and Jean Woodward, were the publicans of the Papermaker's Arms when I was born in 1953. My uncle John Woodward also ran it for a while. I am the daughter of their middle son Ronald, who sadly died in 2009. As a child I used to play on the piano and the drum kit in the games room when the pub was closed. I used to spend hours riding my red tricycle around the beer garden, stopping to ...see more
I went to work at Litton Mill when I was seventeen. Worked in the Sizing, Charlie Mellor was the supervisor. I met many lovely people and a great lot of characters. The sizing was machines with huge rollers set in a bed of sticky substance, the cotton yarn went through it and was wound into cones. The operatives had to watch for the yarn breaking and knot it up again. As with all millwork in those days the ...see more
I hope these names may jog a few memories. Some of the names of the shops in the parade of shops are:
Lavina's Hairdressers
Irene's Hardware store
Haylets Tobacconist & Sweet shop
Ackermans, the Bakers
Forbouys or Forboys, the other tobacconist not sure of spelling.
Savory & Moore, the Chemist
My auntie and uncle, Ted and Kitty, lived in New Kyo in the sixties. Uncle Ted was the caretaker for (I think it was) the Miners Institute and they lived in a house next door. There was also some connection with a sewing factory. They had a daughter Margaret Taylor (Peggy) as she was known who sadly died in the early seventies. Peggy had two children Margaret and Catherine and they lived in Anfield Plain. Does anyone remember ...see more
I was born in Bridge House, which I understand was a nursing or maternity home at the time. Does anyone remember what it was called? My home was a prefab at Homer Cross, just off the Little Walden Road. The prefabs were grouped round a green, on which the local children played. I have vague memories of it, it seemed huge at the time. The ground behind us sloped up, and at some point there was a rush of water down ...see more
I was born and raised in Elm Road, Norton Canes with my 3 older brothers. I have some fond memories of growing up in a community were everybody new everbody and of spending time at Chasewater and the old Sunday School in Popular Road. I still visit Elm Road as my family still live in the same house... such fond memories. It sadens me the way things have changed, not for the better, but Norton Canes will always be special to me.
Myself and two friends visited Totland Bay in 1969 and stayed at the Suncliff Holiday Camp. It was very basic there and I remember the owner cooked us our meals. I remember watching the moon landing on an old tv that they had in a rather run down "clubhouse". I remember there were some goats grazing as you entered the camp. Down by the sea I remember a large derelict structure that I presume was built ...see more
I was born at 46 Caster Avenue in 1951, my name was then Sue Riley. My mother was Lilly, my grandparents were Jack and Maud Clare who lived at 17 Caster Avenue. I have happy memories of playing on the bloody field and the reck attending ballroom classes, fetes and one year it fell on my birthday, July 5th, with the banner over the large white gates. I also presented the bouquet to the mayoress and in 1953 was voted the ...see more
Opposite the beehive, the white-fronted shop was Saronis Photographers and I can remember a chap that used to stand in the doorway dressed somedays as an army officer, other times as a cowboy. He went to court once for impersonating an officer. If my memory serves me right, the Beehive band drummer lived in Cobbold Street and wore blue tinted glasses.
I still remember the thrill of walking down the drive from Cheshunt Sec' School on the last day, with the image of it burning on the back of my neck. Refusing to look back I was saying to myself, "I will never have to walk this path again as long as I live". I remember Farriday with yellow fingers, chain smoking. Does anyone have a good memory to share?
I remember the fence in between the two playgrounds as one was lower than other; there were steps to go down. One morning I came in the top gate, my friends came in bottom gate and so I ran down to meet them but caught my face on bolts in the edge of the fence. I thought I had just knocked it till they all said, "what have you done?" I had blood pouring down my face, missed my eye by about 1/2 inch....
I remember the winter of 1962/63. I was at Crowthorne C of E Primary School at the time and lived in Pinewood Avenue. I used to go home for dinner and I remember the path and road being thick with ice and compacted snow - no gritters then - and lost count of the number of times I fell on my bottom going up or down the hill. To get round it I took to walking through the woods where the snow came over the top of my wellies but I could see all the bird and animal tracks.
My nan had a caravan on the Blue Anchor Site and my cousins and I were shipped off there every summer.The highlight of the week was always when the fish and chip van used to come and park near the pub. The lowlight of the week was when my old grandad used to troop us down to the communal wash house and scrub our necks in the freezing cold! Many memories of the stony beach, the thick estuary mud and that ...see more
Does anyone remember Alma Road and Alma crescent? It has been built over now, it was at the bottom of the rise to the top of Northolt Road. At the top of Alma Road was the Harrow on the Hill laundry. Opposite the road was The Three Horseshoes Pub which is no more......I do have pictures of the road with my mates standing around, and a picture of a street party for the Queen in 1953. My dad worked in the Gas works over ...see more
I was born in Kinver, dad worked for Webbs Seed Co. We moved to Newton, don't know when dad worked for the "Ing" Estate, Shuttington. I think, my mems are of Xmas - Ings gave every child a gift plus xmas cake etc.. I was in the Wolf Cubs until we moved to Ham Green, Worcs in 1930,I was 8. My dad had a Morgan car, it was a three wheeler and before that he had a Harley. We lived next to the ...see more
I started to work at Middi baths in 75 as a lifeguard. It was an old run down building but still had a lot of character, the pool was 33ft by 10ft and 10ft deep at the deep end. It wasn't just a pool because on days past, the pool would be emptied and a wooden dance floor set up. It also had what we would call slipper baths (normal bath tubs were you could pay a fee and have a good soak). I remember all the ...see more
I was born January 1945 and from the age of three I often went to stay with great-aunt Lizzie in Maybury Street, Tooting (possibly house number 23.) My great-aunt, was Mrs Reader, a widow, who lived downstairs in the house, while a Mr and Mrs Dobner lived upstairs. Their apartments were not self-contained, but privacy was respected despite certain practices that took place such as the one where each morning Mr ...see more
I first discovered Jaywick when I was just ten years old in 1954. I was taken there by my parents in a 1936 Bedford Van to stay with my uncle Bill, aunt Flo and cousin Bill who was 6 months younger than me. This would be my first holiday and the first time I spent time away from my parents. We stayed in a tiny chalet just across the way from the Casino amusement arcade and skating rink. What fun we had, ...see more
I have no memory of it but I was born here in 1948! Looks like a fine building. A shame that it was left to decay.
The coxswain of the lifeboat is the tall, erect Dane, Theodore Neilsen (stood at the stern of the boat). My father, Alf Powditch, was the engineer and is sat on the tractor.Theodore (Ted for short) fished for whelks with my father. One of my father's whelk boats was named "Marion". When Ted gave up fishing he had a small-holding at the far-end of the Northfield estate. I always remember going up ...see more
My name is Pauline Radcliffe (nee Barrow) and I think the lady who lives in Canada is my cousin Margaret. I too, lived on Arnold Street, Collyhurst, a few doors away from my gran where you lived with my uncle John. My dad was his brother, Ernie. I had 7 brothers and sisters and my mam was Ellen Barrow. I would love to hear from you. Please send me a private message and I will reply.
I am Dr Alec McHarg, I attended Penge Secondary Moden School in the mid 50's-60s. My memory of my school, my fellow school friends and teachers was happy, encouraging and challenging. I live in Australia and visit the UK and Europe on a regular basis. I would like to contact some of my old school friends; Malcolm Locke, Richard Thomas, Keith Jordan, John Warwick, et ...see more
I remember the toy shop, there was also a dolls hospital at the back of the shop where my beloved dolls were taken to have their broken limbs fixed and also to have the occasional eye replaced.
I was born in 1940 and attended Tynewydd Junior School then the Park School then Bridgend Tech. Even though we had the constraits dictated by the war, life was happy we had the mountains to explore. We would dam the river for swimming, light a fire to bake our potatoes, and enjoy our simple life. Saturday evening go to the Lymp or the Hall to see a film. When married and had a family we moved about a bit with ...see more
I was seriously courting my first love and had been together for a couple of years despite pressure from her parents that I was not suitable. They did everything to stop the association. We were determined to marry and were unofficially engaged - the parents made it obvious that I was not welcome in the family. They took Joyce away to Niton in 1950 for a holiday so we arranged that I would take my motor cycle over ...see more
I lived in Smoke Lane, Reigate, for the first 13 years of my life and have very happy memories of that time. I attended North Bank Preparatory School in Smoke Lane from 1952 until 1958 and then Reigate Priory County Secondary School from 1958 until 1964. It was a wonderful area where all the children could play safely in the local woods and we could ride our bicycles along the roads without fear of traffic. ...see more
