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THE LIFE & TIMES OF DONALD CHARLES WILLIAMS Personal recollections from Don Williams from Hailsham who lived in Saltdean from 1937 to 1952 - Many thanks for these wonderful stories & photo's of Saltdean in the ...Read more

A memory of Saltdean in 1940 by Don Williams

My name is Tom Smith. I was born in 17 Gervis Rd, Collyhurst Flats in August 1945. My dad was Jack Smith and my mam was Ada; there were 6 kids, John, Mary, James, (me) Andrew, and Arthur. To me the flats ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1945 by Tom Smith

When I was born in William St in 1942, Harpurhey was very different from today. Horses and carts delivered the milk and coal, the horses following the carters down the st, knowing where to stop for the next drop. Mam ...Read more

A memory of Harpurhey in 1940 by Beryl Mallard Dawson

I see the Eight Bells, right next to the Palmer Hall. I was too young to drink in the pub at the time of this photograph, but this was a very convenient situation in later years. At the time of the photo my family had been living in The ...Read more

A memory of Fairford in 1948 by Geoffrey Herbert