Memories

45 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

The Plantations

Well not just for the 1930's but for twenty years after as well.  Memories come flooding back - not just for this picture but for Wigan itself.  I was born there in 1931 - in my grandparents home 38, Dicconson Street - a section no ...Read more

A memory of Wigan in 1930 by Thelma Hurly

Growing Up

I was born on the 24th of July 1929 above a shop next to a pub called the Rose of Denmark, in Hotwells, Bristol, very convenient for Father to wet his whistle and my head at the same time. Father was born in 1893, Mother in 1895. They ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1930 by Arthur Cottrell

Parents Live3d Here From About 1914 Till 1933

Tracing my family history and led to Great Ayton. My G/mother..Anne Eliza Stabler and my G/father Frederick Henry Stabler lived in Church St...... now Guisbro Road??? Found her unmarked grave ...Read more

A memory of Great Ayton in 1930 by Malcolm Stabler

Asylum Road Arlesey

Alma Allen was born at home in Asylum Road, Arlesey, now called Hospital Road. They later moved in with Herbert's dad, Big Jim, who lived in the Gothic Farm House that was at the bottom of the yet to be built Lynton ...Read more

A memory of Arlesey in 1930 by Clive Lombari

Missing Pieces.

My dad was born at Rose Cottage, had 2 brothers William and Colin, also 2 sisters - don't know much about them. The boys grew up in the Workhouse would love to know more.

A memory of Barbaraville in 1930 by Kathleen Ross

Broughton Astley C Of E Primary School

Born in Mill Lane in Broughton Astley on 3rd May 1926, I started school at B/Astley C of Primary in 1931 as a five year old. We would be 'called to school' by the ringing of the bell housed in the ...Read more

A memory of Broughton Astley in 1930 by Reuben Reynolds

Evacuated To Burwash 1936/37

We were twin sisters, Audrey and Yvonne Long. We were evacuated to Burwash, I only have a photo of us sitting in a field somewhere with more young children of our age, and some younger. I have no memories of the ...Read more

A memory of Ticehurst in 1930 by Yvonne Taylor

Farming From Horses To Electronics

My grandfather G. A. Smith took the tenancy of Springs Farm on Edingley Moor in 1931, when I was six months old. A builder by trade, and a sergeant in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry during the First World War, he ...Read more

A memory of Edingley in 1930 by John Watts

Birth.

I was born in Crystal Place Road Dulwich in July 1930. I did not know the full address until a few months ago. My family moved to Grove Park when I was six months old and my mother died in March 1932. My father died when I was thirteen. I ...Read more

A memory of Dulwich in 1930 by James Tait

This Was A Fantastic Playground

I remember my school days and the games played on this green, the trees forming goal posts, and wickets for cricket. My uncle Ernie's business ('KNIGHTS FOR FISH & CHIPS') was sited for all the ...Read more

A memory of Ormesby St Margaret in 1930 by Roger Knights