Memories

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Life And Times Of Bank Hall

My days at Bank Hall. I found it great place and a great group of lads there, all the things we did, good and bad we all where still there for each other and Tom, it was Ashcroft (ashy) not Aston. I was Pete ...Read more

A memory of Chapel-en-le-Frith in 1870 by Philip Jones

The Wells Family

My great grandparents lived on Sibsey Road, Toynton St. Peters according to 1871 census. Their names were Reynolds and Charlotte Wells. Reynolds was born about 1813 at Sibsey and Charlotte (maiden name unknown) was born ...Read more

A memory of Toynton St Peter in 1870 by Keith Ward

The Howard Family Of Barnes And Hammersmith

My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of my ...Read more

A memory of Barnes in 1870 by John Howard Norfolk

The Brickfields Those Tall Terraced Red Houses Still There

The Brickfields, a place to catch sticklebacks,newts, tadpoles and slow worms. A friend of mine used to live in one of the terraced houses,I believe they must have once been workers' houses ...Read more

A memory of Wickford in 1870 by Lnda Golding

Saving The Shipwrecked Sailors

Robert and Donald Mapleston and were excellent swimmers.  (Their sister, my Great Grandmother, Anne Mapleston Jackson, passed away in 1944.)  They lit bonfires to warn the ships, but when a ship wrecked they used a ...Read more

A memory of Land's End in 1870 by Susan Ramagli

Quarriers Were The Happiest Days Of My Life

My name is Elizabeth Bonner, but then it was Elizabeth Esnol. I lived in Cottage 3 with Agnes, the Mcdonalds and Anne, Margaret, and Josephine Murray, and Aunty Irene Munzy, Aunty Anne (House ...Read more

A memory of Quarriers Village in 1870 by Elizabeth Esnol

My Lovely Halifax.

I remember going to Palins dance hall, I remember going to the cinema, but I do not remember the name of the cinema, it was near Bank Top, they used to play Telstar, as I said, my memories or skeche,

A memory of Halifax in 1870

My Days At East Quinton School

I went to East Quinton School in September 1978 and was one of the first pupils to enter the school after it had been refurbished. Mr Smith was the headmaster at the time, I was then at the school three weekends out of ...Read more

A memory of Seaford in 1870 by Owen Spence

Methodist Chapel Thorpe Bank Little Steeping.

Hi, does anyone know any history or have any photographs of the Chapel on Thorpe Bank, Little Steeping.  It was built in 1874 and was converted into a residential property in the 1980's.  We purchased it ...Read more

A memory of Spilsby in 1870

Looking For Information

I am looking for information about my great, great, great grandfather Stevenson Muirhead. I know he was born in Ireland in 1822 but died in Glenluce 1874. I know my great, great grandfather, also Stevenson Muirhead, was born ...Read more

A memory of Glenluce in 1870 by Carrieann Waddell