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Memories Of Benson
My memories of Benson started in 1946/7 when we moved to Sunnyside, which in those days did not have the recreation field. Nor did the village have street lighting apart from a couple in the High Street, one of which was on the wall ...Read more
A memory of Benson in 1947 by
2up And 2down!
My father was born in Ford Street Hockley Brook Birmingham in 1936. He was the youngest of 6, 2 sisters and 3 brothers. Ford Street consisted of a row of houses on one side and factories on the other side. The houses were 2 up and 2 ...Read more
A memory of Birmingham in 1940 by
Derbys Old West End
My father had a scrap-yard in Nuns Street. It was right next to the bridge over Markeaton Brook. I remember always asking to be picked up so I could look over the bridge - I don't know why! Markeaton Brook was filled with old ...Read more
A memory of Derby in 1949
My Grandfather
My grandfather owned the corner shop in the High Street, it was a sweet shop. He was known as Pop Brooks. Grandad was loved by the villagers. His only son, Harry, my dad, was killed on 20th December 1942. My dad's name was Harry ...Read more
A memory of Lindfield in 1943 by
Sileby My Early Life
I was born in Mountsorrel 1938 and soon moved to Sileby 10, Mountsorrel Lane with my mother Mabel Foukes [nee Burton]. My father Thomas was in the army and my mum worked at Newbold Burton and Lawson Ward. I remember convoys of ...Read more
A memory of Sileby in 1940 by
Growing Up In Post War Harrow Weald
I lived at 20 Silver Close, Harrow Weald from 6 weeks old in 1941 until I left for Australia in 1961. I atended Harrow Weald Infants School from 1946, the old building was opposite the bus garage in the high ...Read more
A memory of Harrow Weald in 1941 by
Stockton Road
I was born in Flixton before moving with my parents to Stockton Road Chorlton-Cum-Hardy. At the time my dad was working at Metrovicks in Trafford Park before getting a job working for the MOD at The Royal Ordinance Factory - ...Read more
A memory of Chorlton-cum-Hardy in 1941
Brown Lees Village
I was born in Brook Street, Brown Lees, within the civil parish of Biddulph. The village is situated about half a mile north of the site of the former Biddulph Valley Ironworks and the Brown Lees and Victoria Collieries, where ...Read more
A memory of Brown Lees in 1940 by
Grandad
l was born in Sandyford. l spent hours of my childhood in Brook Street, Brown Lees. My grandad, Harry Booth, worked down the Victoria Pit. l remember seeing the miners on their way home with faces blackened by coal dust. l remember meadows ...Read more
A memory of Brown Lees in 1945 by
12 Nuxley Road
I was born at Woolwich 1939, and lived at 12 Nuxley Road from 1939 to 1961. Then National Service in B.A.O.R at Munster. After 2 years and 6 months I got married and we spent our time in and around Leicestershire.I now live in ...Read more
A memory of Belvedere in 1940 by
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