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Hello
My father was Harold Mann he was a home guard in great Oakley, would you have met him.
Thanks
David Mann
i remember when the fair used to come to summerfield park oh how we used to love the noise and the lights and all the people it was really great. my freind jen and myself used to love the waltzers and i recall we were given some free goes the one year boy did we feel sick after going round and round for about six times ,great fun.it was a lovely park as i remember a green space in amongst all those houses ...see more
I have lived in Bedford for most of my life and I have a vague memory of a cafe called "Barbara's bun shop" in the town centre. This would have been around 1964/1965... can anyone shed any light on this for example, where in Bedford it was
I remember going there with my friend in the summer holidays as it was owned by a friend of hers
Would love to know if anyone else remembers this
Thanks
i went to work at s-n stationery in must been 1974-5 further down from Yorktown was the industrial estate worked in Riviln factory -Arthur and Freds factory we did clothes for early marks and spencer
then worked for factory called electro Acostic industries we made speakers . we backed on to dirt track which now is Black-water valley road. in those days we used to paddle our feet in cool water walking across ...see more
My Grandfather William Thomas Roberts, was the Resident Constable in Shadwell from 1928 till about 1931/37 (He Retired from Leeds City Police Force in 1937 not sure if he was Resident Constable until he retired). He lived with his wife Annie and their Children (Frederick George being my Father) in the Police House. Main Street. Shadwell just opposite the School. Apparently the ...see more
i only knew the site when i started there to work in 1991 the grounds some had bandstands and pillars stood on stairways. i worked in large building with sweeping stairways. no lifts were seen.
well Farnborough how I knew it and now to this date.
tumbledown dick has changed over the years it has now been changed to fast food area.
many shops have gone rent prices gone up. bowling arena coming soon and new cinema.
post office in queensmead now within Asda Iceland closed. princemead is expanding
London road in Bagshot has changed little there is extension on cricketers now premier inn . the building across the road half built?
further down on right side is huge nursing home title Sunrise .
Bagshot private park royalty still there. the old police station now archaeology centre never seen anyone there? twelve London rd is car showroom before you get to the traffic lights there is new building care centre ...see more
i was 5 wen we came back from germany and were put into the nissan huts used during the war by royal artillery the guns were still there and me and my sister jenny used to play on them and turn the wheel and make them turn we left there and moved to north street next to the white hourse pub which is now on the other side of the road
i remeber one night walking from keith road over to the harrow pub to get some fags for me mum cos me dad was compere at most of the pubs around barking and as i walked past eatsbury house i saw wot i thought was a guy hanging from the scaffold but l8er found out it was a young man who had hung himslef cos of a break up with his long time girlfriend
MY MUM used to work there for the Releigh Smiths when we were growing up..
She was then Valerie Zalesny...
When it was frozen over in the winter it was so much fun skating on it, had to make sure that no cracks would come in the ice, life was fun and not much TV.....
My grandmother and her brothers and sisters attended this school as did my mother and moi. I have many memories of the school. Endless games of football in the yard, rain or shine.
Two frightening headmistress Lord and Riley. Schooling was by the old fashion way, learning by rote, looking back no bad thing. When the snow was thick enough sledging in the rear yard.
I used to go home for dinner and sat on the ...see more
St. Andrews Church figured quite prominently in my early teens as it was my parish Church. Although not a religous person, I had to go the Church at least once a month as I belonged to 6th Uxbridge Scouts who were a Church Group, and if you belonged to them you had to go to church at least once a month. We hid a way at the back of the church and hoped that the sermon would not go onto long, but it always seem to go ...see more
I too have very fond memories of Heatherlea. I remember well the dinner gong and the daily walk to the swings where I seemed to spend hours. Every day seemed to be sunny, which of course it probably wasn't. The treat of the week was the riding lesson with Dorothy in charge. My dad and I would spend happy times going for our daily walk, which usually ended up going to 'Peckriding'. I remember too the ...see more
I remember how exciting it was to go with my mother to the first supermarket we had ever been to.
Most of our groceries were bought from the Coop at the end of Lunt Avenue where they served you and from the butchers and other local shops. it was thought of a special treat to go to "Mark Down" I thnk that the date of 1965 is probably about right. Definitely before 1969.
I was born in 1942 & lived in placehouse lane, attending down land school then passing the dreaded 11plus & spending the next 6 years at purley county grammar school for girls starting in 3 upper r which was an extra class founded for the post war boom babies. I really loved those days, looking back I wish I had worked harder, it was a great school with great teachers including the incredible headmistress Miss ...see more
Hi my names Mary Mclellan nee Gresam.
I went to st pats schooI... yrs 1955-65. I lived in Railway street.. then when the houses were condemned we were moved to Partington.. After 3 months we got an exchange back to miles platting to New Allan st, does anyone remember the pickleworks?
Does anyone remember the Barlows? Mick and Frances and their children, Michael, Terry and Angela and ...see more
does any one remember farm at the top of the hill
we had farm with cattle. my granddad and nan used to grow their vegatables and also keep bees. my nan used to take the honey to market .they were there for many years. the old farm has now gone although you can still see some outline of the place. the stables behind were then changed to house coaches to private company. the factory just further down I believe still up and ...see more
I came to Brecon in 1957, I think I had been here in another life as the place was so familiar, it was like coming home.
My Army days in Brecon were great, Peg;s Café by the bus station, the café at Camden corner, the café at the top of the hill, the place was brilliant.
The people so friendly, Mr & Mrs Price, he worked at the PO and Mrs worked for the Army, then Mrs Hawkins from Talgarth, Beryl in the ...see more
I lived in Rheola St. from 1941 till 1950. Opposite Maggie Ropey. Never knew her real name, but I think her husband worked in the pit.Other shops I remember, Jackie Morgan, Fruit and Veg, Mr Kean,private Grocer, Peglers,Grocers, and Barnes and Bullens,Newsagents, by the Clock.Two of my aunties sang in Handels choir at the time. They were Sarah ann Holmes from Glasbrook Terrace, and Harriot Evans from Church Street.Happy days.Ceiber is still home even after sixty odd years away.
This photo shows my uncle Arthur ( Shackson ) with Kiwi the New Inn donkey having his taste of beer. The other person is Alfie Lamey the barman at the New Inn for many years and the son of the Coxwain of Clovelly Lifeboat.
I remember as a child
being woken up at night and walking with my parents from 148 Hill Lane to the air raid shelter on the common, and picking up bits of shaperal (is that how it is spelt?)on the way home,and off to school next day, if there was a daytime alert we all marched to the shelter complete with black board and lessons carried on. My school was the western(i think) and most of the time i was bored ...see more
My aunt was Mrs. Kenyon, the Headmistress of Langley Moor Infant School and I have fond memories of spending time at the school with her while I was on holiday with her in Langley Moor. She always had the Reception class and I recall on the first time I was there, she was called away to answer a telephone call and I was left with the class - oh, for those days again when children sat still and ...see more
MEMORIES OF ST.CATHERINE’S
I was a boarder from Jan.1947 to July 1951. My memories too are happy ones. The principal, Ralph Cooper taught us Geography, Science and Latin and he stank of stale tobacco and his fingers and moustache were stained. His wife, Joyce, taught us cooking on the huge Aga stove. They had a young son, Melville. Other teachers include Miss Sara – piano, Miss Turner - Margaret ...see more
I lived there just opposite St Clements Church. Ordsall park at the bottom of the road. Went to Ordsall board school then secondary modern school. Remember the ice cream cart pulled by horse. Bonfire in Archie st. Going to the pics Boro. Skating up and down Cavendish st. Whit walks. Tin baths, not many people had bathrooms. Toilet in the back yard. Stoning your window sill and step. Sadly all houses pulled down except the church, 60s . My name was Roberts then
I remember calling for my friend Josie who lived in Princes street.We would walk down coton road towards the town and go in a chip shop there.We would sit in the small room at the back and order a plate of chips smothered in mushy peas.This would cost us ninepence.I loved Nuneaton in the sixties.We'd have a walk round town,maybe pop in Smiths and look at the shift dresses with their hipster belts,or cross the road to wh ...see more
When at gran clements used to visit from walkern to stevenage 50 years ago-primcroteau@aol.com
Two of my Grandmothers brothers are listed on this memorial. They were killed within 25 days of one another in July 1916 Frederick William Lill killed in France and Arthur Lill, killed in Belgium
Gosh, I am so old, I remember the time that the trams (696 and 698) were changed for electric trolley buses of the same numbers. Does anyone but me remember the horse trough beside the clock tower?. before the war we lived in a tallj(five stories) house near the tower that has be demolished for the new set of roads. Right by the old Cinema. The owner had two one by the clock tower and one up ...see more
When I saw John Cowan’s posting, my eyebrows shot upward, since it so happens that 199 Havant Road was also my first home. I was born on 7 January 1935 and we lived at The Cottage (most houses had names in those days) until my father was posted elsewhere early in wartime-1941. Because I have lived in Canada for the past 55 years, married to a Canadian, my visits to Drayton have not been as ...see more
Does anyone remember rosebank caravan park on the london rd going into Clacton ? (little Clacton I believe) the robin hood pub was close by and right next to the caravan park was a little farm that sold the best tomatoes I have ever tasted. I know rosebank is no longer there, houses were built on the site, there was another caravan park just before rosebank called I think grays or greys???. Our caravan ...see more
I have wonderful memories of Sunday afternoon visits to the Mere in the 50s with my parents. They ran a pub in Shrewsbury and Sunday afternoons were family time. We came in spring when the daffodils were out along the side of the lake. I often brought my best friend Georgina and we walked along the lakeside path to the children's playground, then back to the car for an icecream from the kiosk.
My ...see more
As very young boy from Ascot Street I recall going shopping with mam to Walter Willson' s and then over the road to Snowdons for a bag of broken biscuits. Ice creams from Equis were lush but who didn't enjoy Burdess's little meat pies....cut the top off and suck the gravy out...mmm. Saw my first film at the Rialto .... Zulu... with my dad, and had my first snog in the back row as a ...see more
I remember this totem pole. There was also an obelisk to, "Butcher" Cumberland. As I recall it was placed in front of a bank of rhodedendrons which was part of Windsor Great Park.
I was part of this dance display in Danson Park. It must have been around 1958/59. We were dancing a routine about little dutch girls and I was the one in the middle. We were from the Miss Holdforth school of dancing based at Falconwood social club.
That was over the road and round the corner from Maryville Convent where I went from 1958 - 1964.
We'd usually have about three lessons a week. We'd go straight from ...see more
I came to live in the Post Office cottages Bedhampton opposite Coldmans and the Belmont Tavernin 1943, with my grandprents Mr and Mrs Collins, living next door to my Auntie Mrs Dalton. My gran work for Mrs Mason at Masons farm where my grandad worked on the farm. My Dad after coming out of the navy worked for Carrolls. I sunday schooled at the gospel hall, and later became a choir boy at Bedhmpton church. Went to ...see more
The liitle boy on the right is me aged 3 going to churchill school (now a house). My mum (Ruth Wilkey) is pushing my "new" brother Mike in the push chair. Mum is 84 now and lives in Keynsham and Mike lives in New Zealand. I am still at work (just) in Plymouth and live in Cornwall. I hated churchill school and have memories of gruesome school lunches. I did however like Anne Goodsell who is the daughter of a friend ...see more
Very similar to Marjories memories. The things we looked forward too were the Church and Chapel trips to the seaside,and the week before the school broke up for Summer when the shows as we called them came in. We would play blocky most nights,we would collect water for the show people and get free tickets for rides,and some of us were lucky enough to collect the money on the rodeo and dodgems ...see more
I have just stumbled across this web site.
My name is John Bryon and I remember Mr Mills the PE teacher. He liked to take the climbing ropes in the gym, and, if you didn't climb very well or fast enough he would slap you on the bottom with the rope! I was good at track and field as I was very tall for my age, but not good at team sports. I could tell he never liked me. Every time I ...see more
Whilst looking through your site I noticed this photograph was dated c1955. My father ,Mother and I moved to LLanyrafon in 1958 ,followed by my Grandparents in 1959. We were part of the first and original LLanyrafon occupants.We moved into Dunraven Road where I lived and grew up for the following twenty three years - my parents and grandparents remained much longer. When we moved to LLanyrafon in1958 the shops ...see more
My childhood memories of first Caego and then Gwersyllt are very precious to me, it was here my mother's maternal family were bred and lived for many years. Sadly, I had to move to the south coast
where my paternal family lived when I was a teenager, but no where has been 'home' to me. I have returned to Wrexham many times, and even lived there for a while. It is still my 'home town' as far as I am concerned. ...see more
Hi Belinda Barton
Having read about you on page 25 of the book " I remember when" from 2009, I see you lived at six acre cottages.
I lived there in 1956 and again in 1958/59, my aunt Dolly and her husband Alec lived next to Mr and Mrs Bailey, they had a son called George, who was in the Navy, after this he became a Postman at Longfield, I too was a postman and worked with George from 1966 ...see more
Hi our family used to live at 90 Victoria rd, I remember playing with a girl called Karen harter who lived at the end of Victoria rd, this was late 50s early sixtys, my 2 sisters and me went to northbury school before moving to Salisbury ave. anyone know what ever happened to Karen? would love to make contact again. kevin edwards
I came to live in Tottington full time in 1959 to attend Laurel Street school. We used to live in Beryl Avenues close to St Johns football and cricket field where we played endless games of football.
We used to go to Island Lodge where one year we built a raft to go to the island out of railway sleepers. Another time when there was a drought we walked to it. Walks up to Castle Farm and exploring the countryside ...see more
My parents managed The White Hart pub when I was about 9 years old (I'm now 60) and I went to the village school. I have fond memories of the village and remember getting the train to Banbury with my Mum to go shopping.
He was only a few weeks old when he came to us, my mother had got to know about him and thought he was just the thing I needed to cheer me up. I was fourteen years of age and had not long moved home; my parents had decided to live in Devon and it was to the seaside town of Dartmouth we were to make a new life. My father had bought a village shop across the river Dart at a place called Kingswear. It was ...see more
The house with the notice board is the old police station.
I used to live in Is y Llyn and I attended Cefneithin School until I was 9 years old.
In the school yard under the shelter there used to be a wooden board which we used to run at and we used to pull ourselves to the top of the board and then slide back down it. I also remember there used to be a stuffed owl in a glass case in one of the classrooms, I never understood why it was in a glass case. I enjoyed my time at the school very much. Yvonne (nee Evans)
QUEEN ELIZABETH GRAMMAR AND DARLINGTON IN THE 40’s and 50’s
I was born and lived for 18 years in Pensbury Street. Then Hargreave terrace. And grateful for the 1944 Education Act. Still. Recently I visited the Sixth Form College. It was Queen Elizabeth Grammar School. Nostalgic. And welcoming. Thank you.
Most changes have been for the better. Woody Allen is right; ...see more
I lived near to the top of Collis Street opposite King William Street from 1944 to 1967. My mothers cousins lived opposite on the corner of King William Street, which was a big double house built by my 2 great Uncles Jeavons and Tom Chattin owner of the drapery shop Chattin and Hortons Brierley Hill lived opposite them on the other corner. At the top of the street on the Brettell Lane main road was Mrs. ...see more
I used to go past here every morning on the trolly bus to my school in Wallington. I caught the bus at the stop just before this photograph opposite Wynash gardens but would sometimes walk to the bus stop in the distance of this photo to meet my girlfriend who went to St Philomenas - happy and carefree days
My mother, Florrie Rollings, was born on April 23rd 1891 in one of
a small row of cottages, now demolished at the A5 end of Victoria Road. I had many aunts and uncles both in Fenny and in Bletchley. My mother's brother, my Uncle Tom, was the signalman in the box in the goods yard. He won the MM in WW1 and I remember him being short of a couple of fingers, possibly due to that event. He lived ...see more
I lived in Hayes and went to Baston School for Girls and trained as a nurse at Bromley Hospital. Later when I was married and had a daughter I visited Hayes and took her to Hayes Common every day.
When I was five I took ballet classes at a studio below a bakery in the High Street on the left hand side. I think it might be where the dairy is located now but when I was last in UK no-one remembered it. Can anyone help me?
I went to Etton in the early '70's. I thought it was a wonderful place with lots of friends. I left the School and I'm trying to find out if there's any teachers and pupils who were there when I was, in the '70's. A few names I remember are -Teachers- Mr & Mrs.Brown, Mr.Pyatt, Mr.Worral,Pupils- Ian Leng(Laing), Ann Thackeray, Pat O'Brien (Female), Patrick Walls, Patrick Mapes, David Hare& Stephen ...see more
I was living in the house to the right in this photo (outbuildings just seen) when it must have been taken. Some good memories, some painful, but memories come flooding back...!
Hi my name is Elizabeth Young, or was then, as I am now married. I, along with my three older sisters, Muriel, Margaret and Anne went into the Edith Brough home on Whaggs Lane in 1953 and stayed there until we left secondary school. We were previously in the Edward Brough Home (sister home) in South Shields from 1947 to 1953.
I have happy memories of my time there as one of at least twenty children. ...see more
I left school in 1962 and joined Clipped Hedge Turkey Farm on the Heath. I had already been working on the farm before leaving school. John Goddard was the owner and had another farm in Bishops Stortford for breeding purposes. I lived in Bishops Stortford and shared my time between the two farms. I knew many people on the Heath who worked on the farm in those ...see more
At this time I was a resident at a K.C.C. children's home at Hadlow near Tonbridge Kent.
During the summer holidays a friend - Paul Thornton - and I though it would be a good idea to visit London, with very little resources we decided that cycling would be the answer , on asking the Principle for permission and having no idea how long the journey would take we were kindly given his permission , no doubt ...see more
Ken Purcell (the mighty atom) called that because of his height worked as a train driver, the knocker upper woke him for early morning starts by tapping on the window with a long pole, no alarm clock for him, came home covered in coal dust, which was washed off in the yard each night
I used to go with him each week to collect his wages at the cleaning sheds, to this very day I can still remember the wonderful smell of the steam engines ...see more
MY NIECE USED TO LIVE NEAR THE CHURCH AND MY MOTHER STAYED THERE ON MANY OCCATIONS. MY MUM WOULD TAKE HER GREAT GRAND DAUGHTER FOR A WALK AROUND THE CHURCH AND SIT ON THE BENCH AT THE REAR OVERLOOKING THE RIVER. NOW MY MUM'S ASHES ARE BURIED JUST IN FRONT OF THE BENCH.
I am undertaking a One Name Study of the surname VANT - Westwell is one of the first places in Kent that Vants are found [I have extensive records dating back to the mid 1600s] - sadly I don't think there are any Vants in Westwell now [all migrated to larger towns or emigrated] - I would love to hear from anyone who has a Vant connection or has any Vant memories [from anywhere] and am willing to share my records.
Jean Toll
eviledna20@gmail.com
At the top of this short road was a village shop, we would get lollies in there. Across the road to "the Hollow" [ now completely overgrown] and then on to Limes Close to see friends.
Boris Karloffs house at the bottom of this view.
Stories of ghost sightings had a huge appeal to us kids then but in the 50+ years I have been along that area I'm still waiting.
This view has changed little apart from the parked ...see more
where I live now since 1968 there used to be farm there was cattle over the hatches . signal box just near the railway at the hatches. 4 sweet shops. Ansell newsagent -Mons-shop -spar shop- spare parts shop used to be sweetshop.next to small car park we use to have night club with large sofas. new years eve Dr Bartlett with his bagpipes out on the green. Ensoll lighting shop was there for some time ...see more
I used to love coming to Halesworth such quaint village ..we got off from the train and wait inside little out cove of weighing scales for shelter from the rain. wait for nan to come and collect us. nan and granddad [ Ingate ] living on a farm up the top of the hill. we used to go help in the holiday time.
old farm cottage smells of all pickled onions and chutneys and jams within larder. I wonder if any one knew them? does anyone remember greyhound public house who actually ran it
Hi
I was born in Westkirby the Wirral but have been living in Denmark since Iwas 18. The other day I came across an old box at a car boot sale in Denmark with the letters Waterloo Chapel Liverpool across it, and I knew I just had to buy it. Its already hanging on my wall and I,m made up with my treasure but I would love to know the history of it.
Does anyone remember a chapel ...see more
there stood on frimley green road was a sweet shop. two lovely ladies used to serve behind counter.use to love going there after school .
the shop however stood there for sometime above the shop the name just barely see The Mons sending library?
over the past cracks are now appearing down the walls not sure if its empty. sometimes there has been advertising events. now sadly today on Monday 11th august 2014 .the old shop which stood some time now being demolished.
these were the council houses where I lived from 1941 -1961 I was born here xxx
I remember being employed by Cook's for the Tower Camp back in the mid 70's. I had been on holiday there the year before.
I was employed as a waiter in the main dining room. The staff in there was a rag tag bunch from all over the country. Danny had joined us from the cruise ships and liked a flutter on the horses. Don was a Scottish lad and was a trained tailor. He drove a Fiat 500 and I enjoyed many rides ...see more
We moved to Pevensey Bay when I was 4. In the Summer, the three of us would go down to the beach, early in the morning, while our parents were still asleep, and dig in the sand, and play. This was our childhood. We didn't know then how lucky we were, or how carefree our life was, but now, in later years, I have come to realise that few people knew such freedom as us. Certainly, my boys have had as much as I ...see more
My Mum was born in Lawler Street one of 12 children. My Dad was from Beechwood Road and they lived there after they married until 1948 when they moved to the new housing estate Cumpsty Road. My grandparents Joseph and Margaret Parker had moved from Lawler Street to Moss Lane then Daley Road.
As a child I can remember cycling from Oxford Road, Waterloo to Blundellsands. I then went via what was I think Dibbs Lane leading to Little Crosby where I can remember watching the fields being ploughed using Shire horses. From Little Crosby Village I would cycle along Moss Lane & eventually past the pub called The Pheasant but known to my parents as "Happy's" which I believe was the ...see more
Hi, you have brought so many memories of when I lived in Corwen in 1958 and went to the school on the hill. I remember Mr Roberts teaching and because I came to live in Wales from England and go to school there I was not allowed to learn Welsh so I had to sit in the class room and it would be in Welsh and I would have to sit there and do my English work from books by myself. I had an older brother and he did the same as me ...see more
I was watching the Ride London-Surrey Classic Road Cycle Road Race today and the pelaton rode up Box Hill bringing back a particular memory, so I decided to look up The Upper Farm Swimming Pool on-line and immediately saw this photograph.
In 1961 myself and two friends from Homefield Preparatory School in Sutton were waiting to hear how we had done in our Common ...see more
My Great, Great Grandfather was born in Greenfield, Holywell.
On the 22nd January 1833, can anyone help me find the records
or tell me were the parish records can be found so I can see them for myself.
He was baptised on the 5th February 1834 at Chester Road, Wesleyan Methodist Church, Holywell.
Many thanks, Alex Matthews.
matthewsalex@virginmedia.com
lots of discussion on this group --recent copy of the bellshill speaker carried a story regards them -also a photograph of the group willie mitchell was still gigging until a few years ago great band!!!
I believe my grandfather's name is on a WW1 Memorial in Leadgate and I wonder why? His name was John James Eccles and he is also remembered on a Memorial of St Patrick's Dipton. Can anyone help with this or with photographs of the memorial please?
We use to stay at my Aunts in King Edward Road Birchington. My Dad lived in Dunstan Ave Westgate as a boy. Most of the family were in the local brass band and so it was our duty to go and listen on a Sunday afternoon. We had a visit to the Quex park and of coarse to the local cream parlour which served delicious ice creams.
CAN ANYONE HELP ME IM TRYING TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT A FAMILY CALLED EVANS IVOR AND KATE THEY DAUGHTER CALLED PAM AND SON MERTON THEY LIVED IN THE DINGLE THEN HEATHER COTTAGE IN WAENAVON IVOR WAS KNOWN AS CHINER ALSO A FAMILY CALLED WATKINS SARAH THEY HAD TWO SHOPS A SWEET SHOP AND A HAIR DRESSERS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE HOUSE IN THE DINGLE HAD A LARGE ROCK FALL DOWN ON IT AND KILL SOME ONE , LATER IT BURNT DOWN / I WOULD BE VERY GREAT FULL IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME THANKS
My mum and dad used to own the pub, my mum sadly passed away in January 1981 and my dad moved out around April 1981. I have many fond memories of customers who used to use the pub and was really surprised that the pub was demolished as it was a listed building.
