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My mother was from Newtown in Cardiff, near the docks. It was a community of very poor Irish immigrants. My great grandmother had a job cleaning the City Hall. She would walk through Cardiff in the early morning and do her ...Read more

A memory of Cardiff in 1910 by Marian Foot

Ebenezer Owen Davies was a carpenter in 1914 who took in my father, Thomas William Banks aged 14 from the New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol - I am endeavouring to find out more about what happened to my ...Read more

A memory of Bryngwyn in 1910 by Maureen Hawthorn

My mother was born at this house in Dunham Massey in sept 1910. her uncle who lived also at this house played golf with the earl. opposite lived quakers

A memory of Dunham Massey Hall in 1910 by Derek Robinson

In January 1917, my grandfather, Percy Smith, a young soldier from Australia, was on leave from the Front in France. He visited a family in Camelford, and this is the letter he wrote home to his sister. I would love to know ...Read more

A memory of Camelford in 1910 by Sally Edsall

My father and grandmother were born in Shildon and later moved to Darlington, and my father then to Hull. As a child I remember visiting some friends of theirs, Lizzie and Charlie Bowser in Kilburn Street, Shildon. Does anyone have any memories of this couple going back to the 1950s?

A memory of Shildon in 1910 by Anne Kettley

Apparently, The Willows was occupied in 1911 by Alexander Baird, a retired Bank Manager, his wife, Elizabeth, son Capt Henry Hume Chisholm Baird DSO and Capt Henry's wife. Alexander Baird was born in Alloa, Scotland, in 1841, the son of ...Read more

A memory of Wickhambreaux in 1910 by David Jamieson

During late 1960's early 1970's I live in the large farm house at the top of the hill. I had a wonderful playground. Amazing community of a wide social mix. Duncan Tucker flat-pack factory at the back of the village. I am ...Read more

A memory of Pymore in 1910

hello, I found this site and have enjoyed reading people's memories of Abercarn. I've found that my family lived there for some period of time around 1914 and was wondering if anyone knew them or lived near them, or even ...Read more

A memory of Abercarn in 1910 by Jean Hewer

My mother Mildred was born in Aberfan in 1910. She had an older brother and sister, Myra (born 1906) and Harry (born 1908), their surname was Watts. Their mother was called Emily Roberts and Emily's mother was the local ...Read more

A memory of Aberfan in 1910 by Carol Price

August 2012. Its a small place Newcastle how about this for a coincidence. I was out on a walk between Wylam and Newburn and as I passed the Tidal Stone (which I mention in my stories) I met this man walking his dog, we chatted and I ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1910 by Jimmy Burrows