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my memory is also asking for information. Does anyone remember {this will be for the older generation} a mother and baby home not far from the station its common name was Berkley House but it also had a catholic name ,it was just off ...Read more

A memory of Crosby

Where do I begin? I have titled this memory thus and placed it in about 1960, because that's the most accurate I can make it. Ida (my mum) pushing me in a pram up the 'Cliff' to the wood yard, that used to be up by the ...Read more

A memory of Draycott in 1960

This was 1927 and such a blow to the community as a lot of the houses where people lived belonged to the firm and these were to be sold off. Over 240 freehold houses and shops in Newburn were offered for sale at ...Read more

A memory of Clara Vale in 1920 by Jimmy Burrows

As a child during WW2 I spent a lot of time in Cotherstone, staying with Grandpa Berkley and Aunty Blake. They were joint proprietors of the village shop together with Tom Kipling. He and his family lived overlooking the green and ...Read more

A memory of Cotherstone by margaretarmstrong2

I was born 1945, lived with my mum and dad in one room at back of my granparent's house, 67 Monington Cres, which had a huge back garden. It backed on to the Parkway and I had many great times there. We would go to ...Read more

A memory of Cranford in 1955 by Keithy Turner

We were like one huge crazy family, not only from Welling, but also from the surrounding towns of Blackfen, Bexleyheath, Crayford, Dartford, Eltham, Plumstead and Woolwich - even as far as from the other ...Read more

A memory of Welling by Bernard Schofield

Fri Jan 22nd 2021, at 8:54 pm Francis Blackwell commented: I joined the Sharpness Training school in 1965, in November, the worst time of year to start my training as the winter was drawing on, I did three month's training over the ...Read more

A memory of Sharpness by Francis Blackwell

The Transport Department at Southmead Hospital when I joined them consisted of an officer, foreman, and four porter drivers, with two buses, three vans, and two cars. We were responsible for supplying ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1960 by Arthur Cottrell

This is only an approximate year of 1954. There was the old hospital at Newburn by the Stanners and it was occupied by these Dutchmen who had came to dredge the Tyne. We would spend many an evening sitting chatting to them as they sat on ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1954 by Jimmy Burrows

I was interested to read Elizabeth Taylor's memories of Newchurch. My brother Gregor, sister Alison, and I were born in Greendale Ave, Newchurch and all attended the primary school. I too, remember Mrs Roberts, ...Read more

A memory of Newchurch in 1953 by Lesley Parker