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I lived in Tathwell for nearly 20 years. I went to school there, went to youth club there, was married there, if only enough words to tell my tales. My parents and brother are buried in St.Vedast church yard, my ...Read more

A memory of Tathwell in 1964 by Heather Ryan

MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS LIVED IN PLAY HOUSE COURT IN 1871. THEY CAME ORIGINALLY FROM CORNWALL AND DEVON.MY GREAT GRANDDADS NAME WAS THOMAS AND HIS WIFE WAS EMIELIA BOTH ARE BURIED AT CENFCOED CEMETRY WITH ONE OF ...Read more

A memory of Merthyr Tydfil by Brian James

Hi all, Just need to pick people's brains, I'm looking for anyone who may remember an Isabella Pickering, she was Headmistress at the Frosterley junior mixed school from 1927 until most likely the 40s or 50s, although when she ...Read more

A memory of Frosterley by Matthew Davies

I use to live in Bell Lane at Braycrest. It was a pair of houses built by Jack Hylands I was told. They owned property in the Warrington area and would go out every Friday evening to collect the rents. They had a dog - white chow ...Read more

A memory of Thelwall in 1966 by Ally Whittaker

I well recall helping to pull the 40th Epping Forest Scouts trek cart with its iron shod wheels loaded with camping gear, along here on the way to Gilwell Park.

A memory of Chingford by Ted Dowling

My sister and I used to visit my three uncles each Sunday. They all were unmarried and lived in the family house in The Causeway. Not having children of their own, they doted on us girls and spoilt us ...Read more

A memory of Needham Market by Karen Dack

I lived in Mirador, the road where this pub, the Shaggy Calf, stood. It was a lovely building, it should never have been pulled down. The landlord then, was a tall well built man with a tash (very smart), his wife wore glasses ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1960 by Adriene Galea

I grew up in Langstone, living at 'Longleat' on Catsash Road from 1961-1973. I attended Langstone Primary School from 1964-1969 and then Caerleon Comprehensive from 1969-1973. 'Longleat' was one of the four semi-detached ...Read more

A memory of Langstone in 1961 by Michael Davies

We moved to Hertford Road in 1971, I was 3 years old. I remember playing in our overgrown garden which backed on to the Burges road playing fields soon after we moved in. There used to be a horrendous smell from the ...Read more

A memory of Barking by abridgeboy

My Family of Shepherd's have lived in Tottington for four generations. My Great Grandfather was Joseph Shepherd, born in 1924 in Bury. He married Emily Bennett whose family lived at 16 Club Row, Tottington. Her father was ...Read more

A memory of Tottington by louise_birtwistle