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We moved to Swindon in 1957 from London (Wimbledon, actually) when my dad, a skilled engineer, got a job at Vickers Armstrongs at South Marston, with a brand new council house thrown in. In those post-war austerity days there was ...Read more

A memory of Swindon by besafisher

The crocuses around Savile park Manor Heath and on the way to Scircoat Green were, and still are the first glorious sign of Spring in Halifax. The roundabouts and parks have always been especially lovely and ...Read more

A memory of Halifax by jane.heighton

All the activities and events mentioned in these memories, I have also been involved in. Going to St. Georges school, teachers being Mr Church and Mr Allen, being at school when the King died. Going to the Odeon at ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by Barry Draper

I remember Fareham very well. I remember my father who was in them days a window cleaner, and everyone seem to know him. He used to start at 5am in the mornings doing the shop fronts, then the houses on until 5pm with an hour ...Read more

A memory of Fareham in 1956 by Walter Spanner

I spent approximately 2 years as a messenger boy with the then GPO, based in two gracious old homes along Wimbledon Parkside. Their names were Gayton, and Martholme. I seem to remember the address ...Read more

A memory of Wimbledon in 1943 by Charles (Chas) Joyce

Hello. My grandparents and family lived at No 5 Whitehall Street opposite from West Park. The houses were originally `well to do` and had been transformed into upper and lower flats. The fronts had bay windows. I remember the ...Read more

A memory of South Shields in 1945 by Muriel Redd

We are in the process of buying an apartment in West Park Mews formerly The Grand View Hotel. We are really excited at the prospect of spending a lot of time in Hope Cove and would be fascinated to know when the Grand View ...Read more

A memory of Hope Cove by Marina Newman

I travelled to Collyer's School in Horsham from Holmwood between 1967 and 1972. I would leave my bike at a house around the corner after having cycled from Broome Hall, and hopefully be in time for the 8.32. If I missed that, ...Read more

A memory of Holmwood Corner in 1971 by Jeremy Morfey

I lived in the huts from the age of four to the age of eleven. The huts were on Wistaton Road, where the huts were was called Park Place. Looking at Park Place from Queens Park to the left was a small field and going further left was Webb ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1954 by Crawford Cuthbertson

Yesterday, 6/2/2014, I like thousands of others in Swindon had to stay in because of the weather, not even my daily totter round the block with my dog, so I sat back and went on a mental walk around Crewe, so what did I see? My ...Read more

A memory of Crewe in 1940 by Ken Wood