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Does anybody remember me? I spent 2 years up there from about 1959 and went to Dean Road School. My relations up there are Barbers and Wilsons. Cousins my age were Norman Barber and Neil Wilson. If anybody remembers me please get ...Read more

A memory of South Shields by Willy Wilson

My Grand father was William Birnie, his father was John Birnie, they ran Glen Mhor distillery in Inverness, my sister and i have such wonderful memories of summer and winters in Inverness, having to walk along the river Ness after our ...Read more

A memory of Nairn in 1960 by Peter Kemp

My ancestors go back to George Whitlow born 1738 died 1814 and his wife Elizabeth (nee Holland or Rolland) born 1739, died 1806. There is a big ground stone at St Marys churchyard with inscriptions of them and their lost ...Read more

A memory of High Legh by Donna Stewart Nee Whitlow

I don't know if this picture relates to my family or not! I am a descendant of the Whitlow family of Thewall, in the mid 1700's onwards. There is a large ground stone in St Marys churchyard in Rostherne, about the first row ...Read more

A memory of Padgate by Donna Stewart Nee Whitlow

My husband Vic moved into the brand new council estate in 1968 with his parents and sister - Champney Close. His house backed onto the common and MOD training land. He’d stand up on the embankment watching the trains pass ...Read more

A memory of Whitehill by D Toovey

I remember the triangle of shops at the top of Whetstone Hey in(1962), when I was about 7 years old. If you came up Whetstone Hey, from Valley Drive, on your left was Wartons Newsagents (what we called The Paper Shop). It was ...Read more

A memory of Great Sutton by John Harrison

My Family came to Purbrook in 1965/1966,as they needed a big house for all their growing children,and I joined them in 67. My memories of this wonderful &Quaint village you can laugh but it holds many memories for me it had about ...Read more

A memory of Purbrook

After the level train crossing was the off-licence which my grandad called the 'Long Pull', I don't know if that was it's right name. Then after that was Rutters shop which sold everything under the sun, then Bells the butchers and ...Read more

A memory of Washington in 1965 by Kath Bewick

I was born in Newfield,about three miles from the Street, and recall the pictures very vividly and the comments by one other person about the Empire Ballroom. We used to go there every Friday night for the dance, dressed in ...Read more

A memory of Chester-Le-Street in 1955 by Thomas Robson

I lived in the High Street (122) from 1946 until 1981. I went to the Infants and Junior schools and graduated to 'Bushey Bit' which basically means I failed the 11 plus. I have so many fond memories of the village ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by shelleyterencedavid