Nostalgic memories of Heath Hayes's local history

Share your own memories of Heath Hayes and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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For the last six years I have been looking at the families living in Heath Hayes and Norton Canes, and how these villages were so closely linked. Tracing my own family it was interesting to find that in the 18th century so many families moved from the farms in Shropshire to take up a life of mining. These traditions and close ties gave us all until the 1960's a strong sense of community. Like many my ...see more
I was born in Bankstreet in1938; my father before me was also born in the same house in 1915, my grandparents spent all their married life in that house. Lots of my grandmother's family lived in the village, namely the Pughs and the Shirleys.