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It always seems a pity when someone's life ends and there is a decreasing memory of their place in the town as the years go by. Hence, if I may, I would like to share with current readers in the town the memory of one of its figures ...Read more

A memory of Thorne by Brian Bristow

I was one of three children of a soldier stationed at Bramley Army camp. I remember being taken to my first day at school in Bramley village school in 1930 and I refused to go through the school gate. Therefter I went on a ...Read more

A memory of Rotherwick in 1930 by John Beisly

I am seeking Jean Diane Burgoyne born on 5th September 1962 in Catterick, North Yorkshire - adopted in Knaresborough.

A memory of Knaresborough in 1962

my dad bless him is long gone now and no photographs of his home or relatives in Camberwell .his father Ernest Howard Kemp was a barman at the prince of wales pub on union road Clapham , My grandmother s maiden ...Read more

A memory of Camberwell by Bill Kemp

I haven't actually ever been to Bearpark but I did visit my godmother's family who lived I think, in Waterhouses which I believe, is not too far from Bearpark. I remember visiting Durham Cathedral and going down a mine where I ...Read more

A memory of Bearpark in 1948 by Anne Archer (Nee Bearpark

I was born at Low Westwood, a small mining village in the North East of England in 1955 – well, when I say I was born there, that’s not entirely true. Unlike today, children were born at ...Read more

A memory of Hamsterley in 1960 by Kathy Aveyard

I was born in March 1947. I believe it was snowing heavily! My mother and father ran their butchers business in the village and my Uncle Don had a commercial painting and decorating business. My Aunty ...Read more

A memory of North Somercotes in 1955 by Cheryl Clarkson

I remember Market Street, with its shops,cenotaph and the County Hotel on the left hand side of this junction (out of sight!). I lived on Preston Street from 1951 to approx 1966 and went to Carnforth North Road ...Read more

A memory of Carnforth in 1960 by Angela Gledhill

Otterington Hall is close to South Otterington, North Yorkshire and dates from the early 19th century. I was born in the gatehouse of the Hall, The Lodge, in 1947. The owners were the Furness family (involved in shipping), Sir ...Read more

A memory of Otterington Hall

At 66 years of age I still keep in touch with most of my friends that belonged to the coal mine community. Living on Wombwell Main Pit Row we were a large family of nine. Our mother did her best to keep us clean and ...Read more

A memory of Gawber by Sallie Oughton /Taylor.