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This photo brings back a lot of memories for me as a kid aged 5 in 1971, when me and my older brother spent around 3 hours on a Saturday afternoon playing outside the pub(Borough Hotel) and the steps of Woolworths (just a bit further up ...Read more

A memory of Nelson in 1971 by Andrew Duerden

I was born in Burgess Hill in 1955 and lived at 18 Peartree Close. There was a rough track behind the house with rear access to garages, and we spent loads of time playing up and down this track and in the woods beyond. I used ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill in 1955 by Paul Smith

I first found out about when I moved to Great Horton in Bradford about 1952. I met a boy called Philip Tempest who lived in a house near by, we became life long friends. His parent took me on holiday with them to a cottage they owned in ...Read more

A memory of Nesfield in 1950 by Donald Rumbold

I was born in 'The Lot' on Cheslyn Hay in 1950. I have been able to trace my lineage back to the 1700's through the Brough, Horton and Cadman families. The Horton family lived in all or some of the cottages in Dundalk ...Read more

A memory of Cheslyn Hay by Peter Cadman

My great-great grandfather was George 'Dood' McKie and he lived in a house about six doors beyond the Graham Arms Hotel which is shown in the Francis Frith photo number L203002.  He was one of those Longtown characters who are ...Read more

A memory of Longtown in 1880 by Chester Forster

I was born at the Ravensbourne Nursing Home , opposite All Saints Church in 1943. At that time my father was in the army and my mother and I lived with my grandparents in Henry Street, my oldest aunt lived next door. My ...Read more

A memory of Gosforth by bunz

I am a New Zealander born in 1946. From about 1950 to about 1953 my father worked for the NZ Government in London and my parents, my older sister and I lived in Lynwood Ave, Ealing during this time. I have many memories of this time ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by dgjensen

I can vividly remember Blythe Mansions, I used to go there with my late mother to visit an aunt and other relatives who lived there, I can still see it now, there were two sections of the estate as I recall, with two half ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey by john.cashin64

I was born at Hesslewood Nursing Home in 1939 and lived in Kingston Avenue. The schools I went to were the infants school in Swinegate, Hessle County Secondary School on Boothferry Road and Tranby High School on Heads Lane ...Read more

A memory of Hessle by Terry Hood

I first started working for Marconi in September of 1969. My wife started there the same time as myself. For 22 years it was like working in a large family group. Some you got on with, others you didn't. But through it all we ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford in 1991 by John Crouch