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My Mum and Dad moved into the village in the 1930's into a new house in Rogers Lane and lived there for 66 years.  My father was the village tailor working from a workshop in the back garden.  My mother was very involved ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Poges in 1950 by Vivien Halse

The stretch of road we see is called Bell Lane.  Bell Lane curves back to Bristol Rd. The big house partly seen in the distance is Bell House which has quite a history.To it's left goes Bell Holloway (still fairly unaltered) and to ...Read more

A memory of Northfield in 1930 by Donald Cook

My Name is William Speirs, in the 1940's we moved from Bellshill Lanarkshire to live in Fishcross, Alloa, Clackmananshire, Scotland. This is a short story about when we were kids in Fishcross from about 1946 till I left in ...Read more

A memory of Fishcross in 1950 by William Speirs

lots of discussion on this group --recent copy of the bellshill speaker carried a story regards them -also a photograph of the group willie mitchell was still gigging until a few years ago great band!!!

A memory of Wishaw by Peter Chalmers

When I went to the Coatbridge Palais there was also a band called the Reigning Monarchs, which there around the same time as the Drum Beats, the Crusaders. I am not sure of the dates they all played in the Coatbridge Palais. ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge in 1957 by Art Mcgivern

I was born in Bellshll .No maternity for me ,I was a natural home birth.Went to Mossend Primary,then onto Bellshill Academy .I remember the George .Theatre. and Alhambra cinemas well.Also the YM where we could go and show off ...Read more

A memory of Bellshill by charlesfrith04

My Mother was born here on 9th November 1919. Her Mother died of Puerperal Fever two weeks Later. I was born here also o 4th November 1943. Mum told me there were sandbags around the Hospital Windows as the Shipyards on the ...Read more

A memory of Bellshill by Moira Jones

I used to play bass&sing with Sammy lee band in Bellshill welfare in 1955 then nat service in57 I joined the squads playing Coatbridge town hall every wed &Airdrie on Mondays .I started the drumbeats . the ...Read more

A memory of Coatbridge by gordon.rodger

Early Twenties. I can remember, because most tradesmen used a pony & trap to vendor their wares. The pony needed to have space to relax, eat and so forth. Billericay had a brick field pug dug out and made into bricks. It ...Read more

A memory of Billericay in 1920

I grew up in Lynn Walk in Uddingston,in fact I was born in the living room there!I went to St John the Baptists school.My mum Tilly McGhee was the Lollipop lady for many years and was a well known face about Uddingston.I ...Read more

A memory of Uddingston by fran69026