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I came down from Scotland when I was 16 & was a nanny in Broad Hinton for a year for Mr & Mrs Huddy (can't remember the name of the house), & then I decided that I wanted to work with horses, so I got a ...Read more

A memory of Clyffe Pypard in 1969 by Alison Cloy

I went to this school and left at the age of 15yrs in 1967. My maiden name was Binns and I lived in Shaw Crescent, next to St Hildas Church. I had some good times in the school, but I lost touch with my school pals. I married in the ...Read more

A memory of Grangetown in 1967 by Iris Hugill

My parents also had a boat down at AB called 'Jan' which was moored outside the cottage. The cottage was lived in when my parents bought the boat, but then the husband (Mr Noden I think) died ...Read more

A memory of Acton Bridge in 1961 by Christina Moores

I have lots of memories of Wath, I was born on Campsall Fields Road. I remember catching the 118 newhill bus for 2p into Wath for buns from Binns and Mum went to Charlesworths for her meat, and Hillards was the supermarket. I ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne in 1965 by Diane Turner

This is Norbury Junction, not far from but, definitely not Gnosall. The boys in the woodwork class at school (Gnosall) built a canoe as a project which was afterwards stored in the old Mill on the opposite side of the ...Read more

A memory of Norbury Junction in 1963 by Penny Trueman

I was married in Veryan Church on 4th August 1962 to Michael Henry Symons Blamey and we lived in Rose Cottage in Portloe after our marriage. Our son Andrew Mark was  born in 1963 and towards the end of 1963 I moved back to ...Read more

A memory of Portloe in 1962 by Pam Andrews

Well, 1950s & 1960s. One or two shops changed use after that date but not much changed! Just before this section, moving from Bedfont Lane they installed the Barclays Bank alongside the Songi's (sic?) betting ...Read more

A memory of Bedfont in 1960 by Olivia R S