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Ravenscraig Castle
Hi, we used to play at Ravenscraig every day as well, doon the sands, the dungeons used to scare me when we looked through the slit windows, but when we got older and braver, and ventured down the in the dark (there was always a gang of us) we found it wasn't too bad. I also learned to swim in the rock pools in front of the castle, the one we called the Poddly, the biggest of the three, every day, summer and winter. Great times. I was born in Overton Road, 1933, just below Annie Cousin's shop.
Simpson's Barn
I was born and brought up here. It's changed so much now but I remember that the 'Black Bull' was never a popular pub for the locals as Old Langho mainly consisted of two estates, Brookside and Larkhill. These were staff houses for Brockhall Hospital, a sprawling self-contained Victorian 'mental' hospital. As a social club existed within the hospital grounds, most chose to drink there, so it always seemed empty. When we were around 15 years old the landlord would let my brother and I in for a blackcurrant and a game of snooker on the three-quarter size snooker table that...
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A memory of Old Langho in Lancashire by Simon Thistlethwaite
Eccles Family History
My great-grandfather, Joseph Eccles, built Bilsborrow Hall. He owned a number of cotton mills in Preston and played cricket for Lancashire.
I have just started to look into our family history and will hopefully be able to post more comments later.
Thank you for your memory
Best wishes
Peter Eccles
A memory of Bilsborrow in Lancashire by Peter Eccles
Pontypool Roots
My mother was born in Pontypool and my parents married at St Cadoc's, Trevethin. An uncle and aunt lived at 81 Osborne Road. Further along (same side and in the direction of Pontnewynydd) was my grandparents' home, 'Gwynfa' (Paradise), now flats. Further still towards Pontnewynydd, on the other side of the road, is Balmond Terrace, named after my great grandfather, John Balmond, who lived at 'Coynant' (next to the old Griffin Press building). Pontypool is a place of many happy memories.
Family Tree - Hiscott Davie
In researching my family tree I have discovered a number of ancestors born in and around Frithelstock. The family name is Davie with either a middle name or secondary surname of Hiscott. I have tracked back to Philip Davie born in 1825. I would be interested in any information relating to the name Hiscott as I have not yet found when this was first used within the family. Thanks
A memory of Frithelstock in Devon by Ruth Turner
Thorney And The Rose And Crown
The Rose and Crown at Thorney was managed, I believe from the early 1930s by my Great-Aunt Ellen and her husband Joe.
My mother, Daisy Steele (nee Camp), and other members of her family spent pre-Second World War summer holidays there, and during the war, presumably during the heavy bombing of London and the later V1 and V2 rocket attacks, my mother and I, along with other members of the family spent time at the Rose.
I remember soldiers being billeted there and how I made off one day, aged about four, with the rifle of one of them, and dragged it...
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A memory of Thorney in Cambridgeshire by David Steele
Chislehurst & Sidcup School For Girls
My parents were so pleased when I won a scholarship to the Sidcup branch of the school and my father bought me the new-fangled biro (was there a propelling pencil the other end?) as a present. Mum could only afford one set of uniform and it had to be washed every other night. I can't now recall many names of my classmates but can see most of their faces in my mind's eye. I can't remember the teacher's name!). She taught shorthand and typing and was very tall and elegant. She used to sign...
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Growing Up In Holbeach St Marks (the Marsh)
Although I was actually born in Holbeach Bank, and spent the first 3 1/2 years of my life in Holbeach St Matthews, I spent my childhood in Holbeach St Marks. My mother and father Ray and Greta Gray, moved to Holbeach St Marks mainly because of access to a school for me once I reached school age.
The house we moved to could not have been more convenient to the school, it was next to it. It was just a small semi-detached cottage, then a tied house owned by HCC Tinsley, where my Dad obtained a job as a farm labourer....
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A memory of Holbeach St Marks in Lincolnshire by Alan Gray
Redhill Pool, Hair Spray And Teddy Boys.
I remember the pool at Redhill and the cardboard boxes for our clothes. Oddly I was only thinking of it last week when I was locking my clothes up at the gym, I was wondering how they tracked our clothes when we were kids. The pool had a balcony upstairs where parents used to watch us perform - we mucked about most of the time. I can remember my mum and her friend, Mrs. Smith, laughing their heads off after I'd called out proudly, "Watch me, Mum" and promptly did a belly flop. I also remember the...
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Clatt - Reid Family
Hi, my 2, 3 & 4xgreat-grandparents come from the area around Clatt. The Reid family farmed Tofthills farm for many years, but this came to an end in 1879, when both John Reid and his wife, Elizabeth Davidson, died, and Elizabeth's sister, Margaret, and her husband, William Bisset took over running the farm and bringing up John & Elizabeth's daughters, Elizabeth and Christina. My great-grandfather, James Anderson came to work on the farm, and eventually married Christina. Their son James Reid Anderson was my grandfather. I hope to visit this area next summer, as many relatives...
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A memory of Clatt in Aberdeenshire by Jan Saunders
Park Street/chapel Street
Hi,I wanted to try to get in touch with Mick Carpenter who sent me a message via this site, but I can't seem to access the message at all - wondered if you were Mick Carpenter, son of Cissy & James Carpenter - if so, we're related - my Nan, Lou Swadling nee Piggott was one of Cissy's sisters. I've recently been in touch with Tony and his daughter, Tracey. My email address is jan.saunders1@virgin.net - please get in touch if this is you. I'd also love to hear from anyone else who remembers either the Piggotts...
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Going For Walks And Swings In The Big Gardens
I was at Pilgrims Wood, Sandy Lane, Guildford, Surrey, in years from 1959-1965, with, my two siblings.I remember having to attend the church at Littleton, and I also remember having to go for walks in the woods. One day when I was older some other children and I were allowed to go on our own and we got lost and could not find the way back I often laugh at this.
I really loved the countryside out there and walking up Sandy Lane in pitch darkness.
My stay was not too bad at this home.
Stambridge Mill
It was me, David Gale, that saved Samantha Clarke from drowning in 1967. I remember your father gave me 10, which to me was an absolute fortune back in those days.
Very Early Days
I was born in Rhosesmor Vicarage in 1948 - the first child to be born there. My father was the vicar and we lived there until February 1955. My handprints are in the concrete outside the kitchen window and I have returned only once in nearly 60 years. I loved living there and exploring the fields and "mountain"! I especially remember the sheep invading our garden and the freezing winter weather. I went into Mold to school by car and then by the local bus which was run by Mattie and her brother. Mrs Jackson helped in...
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My Mam
The lady waiting for the bus is my mother, Rona Jones nee Jones, my gran lived in Alma, Tabernacle Street, which was a Chapel house, my Nan and Dadcu had to take care of the Chapel across the road, and in those days had to feed and provide an overnight stay for visiting preachers. As a boy I had to go a hundred yards down the road, I had to take a bucket and fill it with water from a stand pipe near a garage, I had to fill a big earthware pot, which took about 10 buckets of water. The...
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