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My 3 x great-grandfather William Lightfoot was born in 1809 in Roxton, Bedfordshire. He was a grocer. His wife was Mary Jane Lightfoot (nee Clarke). They had 5 children, 3 of whom worked in the shop. The ...Read more

A memory of St Ives in 1860 by Gillian Skeen

We left England when I was ten years old and migrated to Australia. I have lots of memories of my childhood there. The Mayorhold had a pub on nearly every corner and yet we hardly ever saw any drunks. We were close to ...Read more

A memory of Northampton by curaduk

I was a bus conductor then a bus driver on the United Counties from about 1963 to 1969 and operated out of Derngate. I saw all the little villages and small towns outside and met all the people. Great memories of that ...Read more

A memory of Little Billing by James Stapleton

I was a bus conductor and then a driver on the United Counties out of Derngate in the 1960s. It was a great job and the Northampton people were a happy bunch. Does any one remember the Swan pub where we would drink or the ...Read more

A memory of Northampton in 1963 by James Stapleton

For family history purposes we're trying to find any Neligan's or Sullivan's from Ballymullen and Tralee. My daughters ancestor is Honora Neligan born 1854, daughter of Maurice Neligan and Margaret Sullivan. She married an English ...Read more

A memory of Tralee by R K

I only lived in Spaldwick for about 6 months from December 1968 to May 1969. Just married, with a baby, we rented a farm cottage to the west (?) of the village green, the lane leading to the church was next to it. One night ...Read more

A memory of Spaldwick in 1969 by Kenneth Rochester

Hello, I have just found this site, and has brought back many memories. I was at the school from 1961 to 1965, I remember that I was in Clare House, eventually being its house captain in 1965. Reading the entries ...Read more

A memory of Whittlebury in 1964 by Robin Thomas

On April 18 1967 I was on a train travelling from Northampton to London. It was a sunny April afternoon, with a few small white clouds drifting across the sky. The train was about a quarter full and we rattled along peacefully ...Read more

A memory of Milton Malsor in 1967 by David Hills

I believe the town got its name from the merging of the rivers Mole, Ember & Thames (forming the shape of an eye - hence 'Moles Eye'. I was born at the Bearsted hospital in Hampton in 1949 and from Kingston in 1951 came ...Read more

A memory of West Molesey in 1860 by Brian Thomas

My great aunt, Nora Buck, lived in the northern end cottage of Newport, aptly named Carnation Cottage as it overlooked greenhouses that were exclusively used for growing beautiful carnations until the outbreak of world war II. ...Read more

A memory of Audley End in 1942 by Brian Britten