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My Mum and Gran came to Godstone with me as a baby, we moved from Croydon because of the Second World War. My granddad, Alfred Sreatfield, now dead, had helped to build 13 Salisbury Road. I was christened at St ...Read more

A memory of Godstone in 1944 by Rosemary Jacobs

I have just discovered this website tonight and the strange thing is that I was thinking about Surrey Street market only last week. I moved to Croydon when I was a small child in 1955. My grandmother and I would always go to the market and ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Sue Page

I remember having a donkey ride at the back of Kennards, by the arcade, which was a real treat for me. Also having my ears pierced in the arcade and you could smell the incense from the indian shop. Going to Surrey Street ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1950 by Barbara Saunders

l was born at Westfield Rd. My dad's brother and his wife owned the fish and chip shop on Pitlake Bridge (which is now renamed Jubilee Bridge). There was also a paper shop called Weanholes, it belonged to an old woman, she was about ...Read more

A memory of Croydon in 1946 by mrssunnyview

I lived in Coulsdon from 1955 first in Woodcote Grove Road opposite Smitham school which I attended from 1958-1963. I remember the shops vividly from the United Dairies to Sainbury's with the wall tiles and the cheese cutter ...Read more

A memory of Coulsdon by Jane Bennett

A 1834 will of Yeoman John Greenfield or Grinfield, who died in 1834 at Horne in surrey mentions his grandson John, who in 1834 was under 21. Could this be John Greenfield of Hayes Kent's son ...Read more

A memory of Horne by Gemma Gemma

I lived in Wilton Lodge as a child with my family from 1960 to March in 1962. The year of the fantastically cold and snowy winter. The house was still in one piece although inside it had been turned into a few flats. ...Read more

A memory of Walton-on-Thames by francescagreen1952

1948 - 1966 - this is a shot of the Blue Anchor PH, looking north up South End towards the High Street. The turning on the right is Aberdeen Road.

A memory of Croydon by Blair Southerden

I was born at St James's hospital in 1952 and lived in Derington Road Tooting, early 1960 moved to Barringer Square Tooting Bec. Attended Franciscan junior school then Hillcroft school Tooting Bec. Then worked as an ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1960 by Alan Stanley

I was born in Palace Road in 1959. I lived with my sisters Fay Barbara and parents John and Audrey Langford. My aunt Joan and Uncle Tom Martin owned the house and we rented the top floor flat. Because we ...Read more

A memory of Crystal Palace by steveandjanbox