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I remember Wareside so well. I lived at Morley Cottage just outside the village. I went there in 1937 with my parents - my father Jim McGowan and Mother Elizabeth.They both worked at Fanhams Hall for Lady Brocket. My mother then worked for Mrs. Baird at Reeves Green in the 1940's and then went as a dinner lady at Wareside C of E school - where I went until 1947 then onto Ware Grammar School. I have many memories ...see more
What wonderful memories I have of my childhood holidays in Margate. Reading others memories bring them all racing back. The children born just after the war were so lucky. Although we really had nothing as regards money or material things I think we had everything. Freedom to roam and caring parents. We could not afford holidays and although we had a nice house in Dagenham Essex it was pretty built up. ...see more
Back those days (1960-1970), pen-friendship was the big deal as Face book/Bebo is today.
I used to have a penfriend by the name of Karen Francis. I am from Mauritius - a tiny dot in the Indian Ocean - and relating to Rainham, Kent simply seemed so far, so impossible. I knew a little about England through my geography class in primary school, more interested because of the history and literature class in ...see more
Yr Gof Cynwyl.
(I’m no verra guid at the Welsh I doubt)
It would be around 1960 that I used to get jobs done at the Cynwyl blacksmith shop. Mr Jones was a good man although crabby at haymaking time. I went there to get something done in the middle of the day one time and he was furiously putting new plates on a mower knife, which the bloke could have done very well himself if he would have ...see more
Reading all the memories of the above, brings back a lot of my own. I lived near Richards Corner on the 122 route, and roamed from the Pantiles to Bexleyheath High Street. Went to school at Bedonwell 1949 to 1954 and then 1954 to 1959 Northumberland Heath (were you there then?) A paper round on and around Rydal Drive, and picking up girls with my mate Andy Bond at the pictures, The Regal, Odeon and ...see more
I don't have a memory but some of our family lived there around 1950 pre and onwards. The Tomlinsons, Peggy and Burt, maybe Peggy's sisters and brother John and their mother who I believe was a Collins. Hoare is another surname. If anyone knows of any of these names or their descendants please let me know. We live in Australia and would like contact with these lost people. Ethlyn Catherine Hoare/Cracknell/Acott came to Australia probably about 1950. Thanking you,
Helen Acott
I used to live in Pelham Road. On Sunday morning my sister Norma and our friend Sandra used to go to the Swan at Yardley, for the disco, it finised at 12, then we would go to the Yew Tree in Stechford.
Born and bred in Kerswell along with my 3 sisters and brother we were (are) the Nelson family of Carswells. Our mum Joan moved to Kerswell at the age of 3 months and was brought up in the bungalow of Resthaven on the Newton road behind Witpot Mill. She told us of the stories of the bombs hitting Newton and the troops in Torquay and Denbury camps from which she met her husband Gordon. They met in ...see more
Following on to the mention of Jessie Booth and husband who lived at Waverley in Lagoon Road - I had the pleasure of knowing husband George Booth (the General) as also called, whilst serving my apprenticeship with the Electricity Board at the Bognor depot, 1963 to 1968.
George was a really nice guy, so easy going, we used to cycle miles around the area going from one job to another. He was so well ...see more
I have too many memories to many to go into - apprentice Elec; at Patent Shaft steelworks, left Wednesbury aged 20 for 2 years RAF National Service, lived in south Yorkshire since 1954 - think about standing with fire watchers top of air-raid shelter Dangerfield Lane low side of No 92.
Aged 12 in 1942 when parachute mines fell next to old-park works Kings Hill, I ended up bottom of steps, 4 firewatchers on ...see more
I remember talk about my grandma May who worked at Harewood House about 1918-19, she became pregnant with my father who was born in 1920. She was banished from the House, forbidden ever to reveal the father's name. i often wonder who my grandfather was!
I remember long, warm summer holidays spent at my Nanna and Grandad's farm, 'Toll Bar Farm', when I was a child. I remember helping to call the cows in for milking, the large beasts swaying, their udders heavy with milk. Clip clop they clattered down the main road out the front with traffic waiting patiently, whilst the faithful sheepdog, Meg, nipped their heels and hurried them along. I ...see more
I cannot remember the exact years, about 1950, when my Mother and Father used to take me and my cousin for a walk from our house at Lensbrook Cottage through six fields (which is a public footpath), and arrive at Severn Bridge Hotel. We used to go into the clubroom and Mrs Gertie Harris, the Landlady would play the piano. This was a monthly event on a Sunday when the Coach parties used to ...see more
My nan and grandad ran a fruit and veg shop in the village for as long as I can remember (I'm 38 now) when the old A17 was the main road through to King's Lynn.
I remember people coming from as far as Hunstanton every week to buy their fresh fruit and veg from their stall. If they ran out of anything they just walked into the field next to the shop and cut some fresh cabbage, ...see more
It's not an actual memory, but my grandad, Tom Gurney, used to fetch me from the nursery, put me on his shoulders and take back to the house up at Heol Isaf. I have many fond memories from home, I was a bit of a rat bag when younger, but my parents of Neil and Audrey, my uncles and Aunts did a great job. I actually miss home and it was a go-slow place nestled up in the valleys. One day i want the Welsh to beat the All Blacks in rugby, maybe this weekend 19-June-2010.
I am looking for anyone who has any memories of this group of singers and or photographs, they performed locally and were very popular, familiar names were David Gibbs, Ted Whale, Eric Hilton, George Mason, Dennis Jones. They sang in local pubs and I believe appeared once on television - ATV News! Any help with this would be very much appreciated for an 80th birthday surprise. They used to wear maroon blazers - does this ring any bells with anyone? A good harmony!
The first shop on the right hand side on the photo was 'Shepshed Super Store' during the 1970s. I owned the shop from 1978-80, selling discount toys, household items and fancy goods.
It's late Friday night and you're hungry. I mean really late. 2am. What do you do ? You go down Princes Avenue to Arnett's bakery and queue up at the back entrance sniffing the goodies being baked for Saturday, and wait to be served. When the large round loaves come out of the oven, someone cuts them in half. Into each half they stuff a staggering amount of cheese, or ham, maybe bacon. ...see more
I was fortunate to be at Loddiswell Primary school in the last few years of the reign of Ms Christian Michell and Ms Margaret Common, in the late 60s. In these days the summers were always very hot, and winters very cold with plenty of snow to have fun in. These ladies were formidable, and I still shudder a little thinking of them. There were other teachers I vaguely remember, but these two left ...see more
In the early 60s I went to a works in Thornton Heath where they made willow baskets. There were huge vats of water for soaking large bundles of stripped willow to make them supple prior to being woven into things like shopping trolley baskets, or hand baskets. I don't think there was any mechanisation at all. I'd be interested to know where this was and who ran it. Possibly a relative of mine? I have a vague idea it was north of the centre of TH.
A little more information on the Blackmore family, they moved from Ide to become the licences of the Sturt Arms, I would say around 1880, Albert was born 1886 and his sister Alice in 1874. Miss Lillian Wreford sold Albert Blackmore 2.011 acres, which was part of Shobrooke Farm, it would have been the close of land bordering the A377 from the stream to the farm lane. The Shobrooke (Sheep) Brook borders I ...see more
I've been wondering why I could not find my grandfather (William Balshaw) on the 1901 census when he was 15 years old, I've now discovered he joined the Navy - he was on the Caledonia at the time of the Census. I have a photo of him and would be grateful if anyone who has Balshaw ancestors would click on this link and see if they recognise him, perhaps from old family albums. I'm still trying to find out where he disappeared to circa 1929. http://s879.photobucket.com/home/junebart
My goodness this brings back memories! I grew up in Irby and we lived in Oaklea Road from the late 40’s to the late 60’s – I’m now a true blue Aussie having lived in Queensland since the mid 70’s but about to revisit Irby in September this year – guess I’ll notice a few changes! I remember – Constantines the grocers with personal service and food wrapped for you in brown paper bags - I think their son was ...see more
My Nan and Grandad owned the grocers shop on the corner of Argyle Avenue and Whitton Road which was called Betts Stores. (Betts was our family name.) Mr Hill was the delivery man who used to go out on his bike to make the deliveries. My Grandad used to cook his own hams and people used to come from all over London to buy it. It was very good. I can't remember the dates when they lived there but I was ...see more
I loved our park and was there every spare minute. Apart from all the exploring, we had swings, slide, ranty, and paddling pool, tennis courts and a massive duck pond where I took my own children. When I was 9 years old I practically sliced my big toe off on a bottle and lost so much blood, it was stitched back on though at Clayton hospital. I'm so sad that our great market was demolished and I so love the large historical buildings.
I was born in Manygates hospital and lived at 13 Clarkson Street, Lawefield Lane with just a wall seperating my house from my school so I would jump over the wall at the last minute. The house is no longer there. I would roller skate all the way to the park and later when I got a bike I went all over on that. My grandparents lived at Lupset and when my brother was born when I was 9 we moved to Lupset and I went to ...see more
I have memories of living near Broughton Lane, I cannot remember the name of the street but we lived at number 4 and my Gran lived at 24. There was a factory called the Unicream over the road on Broughton Lane, it produced plums among other things, I remember stealing one or two as they rolled down a conveyor belt, or was it a dream? On the left on Broughton Lane there were air raid shelters.
From 1935 to 1941 I was a pupil at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Crediton, travelling every day by train from Morchard Road Station, leaving home at ten minutes past eight to board the eight thirty train to Crediton, to walk up to the school at the top of the town, I must have walked between three and four miles every day. Children cycled down from Morchard Bishop to catch the train ...see more
I remember many happy time in the area. Did you live in the house on the corner of Abercorn Crescent? Your name sounds familiar and I used to play in that garden sometimes. I lived at 111 RGA (the house just before the railway bridge)until late 1967, and used to hang around with some lads who lived between our two houses, Paul Todd, Ian Kimmis, and David Smith, playing in the old orchards at the disused ...see more
Bear Bum Bay as it was unusually known by my family for generations was a regular haunt by my family as long as I can remember. I have a photo of my grandfather with his parents at the beach taken in the 1920s in all their finest, with the pebble beach packed.
I personally remember still going there in the late 1970s by which time it was more or less deserted. I even remember swimming there ...see more
The more I think back on this incident, the more bizzare and terryfying it seems. In 2001, around Oct/Nov, myself and a friend drove to the car park at Church Norton church at about 11:00pm. We were at a bit of a loose end, as 19/20 somethings can be, so decided to visit this quiet, south-west corner of Pagham Harbour with the aim of checking out the story of the grey lady. We'd ...see more
I spent three happy years at Denford - the nuns loved us to pieces, and I felt that they always acted in our best interests (though maybe nowadays one might frown at some of the 'best practices' of those days ... but fashions change ....). Sister Mary Ben driving a tractor as we picked potatoes in the autumn, picking snowdrops for Covent Garden Markets in February, roller skating, ...see more
I have no memory to share. My interest in Dunnington Castle is that Dunnington is my maiden name. My mother had once told me that three Dunnington men came to the United States and had settled in different sections of the country. My Grandfather Dunnington settled in Wisconsin. It would be interesting to find that they came from Noth Humberside, wouldn't it? I would like to see a picture of the castle if anyone has one.
I also remember Wrotham Road Centre and used to go dancing there, also the Embassy at Welling, my heart throb attended Townley Road for Girls (Sally Tollhurst), all this was around 1959 to 1962. Does anyone remember the Inferno hut in the early rock & roll days, near Welling railway station? My grandfather owned the (Heads) Fruit & Veg shop on the same side as Barclays Bank. Was the Court ...see more
My great great great grandfather William Jackson was born at Spark Bridge, about 1829. My great great grandfather (William's son) Thomas Henry Jackson was born at Crossmore, Swarthmore, about 1858. I would love any information anyone might have about the Jackson family in this location, and indeed any more information about the locations themselves. For example, is Crossmore what is now called (accordning to my googlemaps search) 'Cross-a-moor'?
Hi Pete, we still have, in our family, a much loved painting of Dunstanburgh Castle which we bought from you for 7 pounds one night in the Birdcage ! You won't remember me but I married David from the Nags Head! Found this site when looking for paintings by you. Missed one at auction recently. The Dunstanburgh one has always been treasured. Happy days !!! Sue
I was born in 1953 and lived in Nelson until 1978 when I moved to Scotland with my husband. I've lived in Hampshire for 26 years now. I used to live in High St and from the early 60s in Ashgrove Tce, by the bus station. The centre of Nelson has changed completely and looks better than it has done for a good few years. I remember the wonderful community feeling in Nelson when I was young and a lot of the ...see more
I was stationed at Chilwell barracks just outside Nottingham in 1953. I was posted there from Deepcut after serving a year in an Ordnance Field Park. Incredibly my father was stationed in the same barracks which were nick named the spiders from 1942 until 1946. I joined the battalion band as a bugler and we were kept very busy with events. The major event for us was the Coronation in June of that year. We ...see more
In 1839, a family that seemed to include parents and 3 sons, named Fergusson arrived in South Australia. Within a few years they had taken up land near Adelaide and were farming very successfully. One of the 3 sons had 13 children who made it to adulthood, and at least one of the brothers had a similar number of children. The farm was called Monreith. I would love to know anything about this farm and if it still exists. Are there any Fergussons still about?
We had such a tremendous snow fall I believe it was difficult to open the back door due to snow drifts. However my girls Sam and Lucy put on the boots and coats and gloves and we trudged literally through the snow down past Pinfathings to Nailsworth, where real people and stores were mingling and we able to delight in some treats and then tredge back up the hill to Ivy ...see more
My name is Halina West. I lived with my parents Gordon and Zosia (my mother was Polish) and my brother Antony in St Andrew's Close from about September 1961 to about March 1963. I went to the local primary school for about 6 months when I was 5 until we moved away. I used to walk there, so it must have been quite close to our house. I have very vague memories of Leiston. I do remember the house which had only ...see more
I used to go with my 'gang' (Tuska, Boots, Bude, Pat ect) to Baddow Meads cafe and play Buddy Holly etc on the juke box. My godmother was caretaker of the Congregational chuch next to the bridge by the river (now pulled down), and shops I remember were Sams (or Samuels?), Sadlers, nearly opposite the Odeon cinema, where I went to a jazz club every week.
I remember going into Cappels shop in the late 1970s and buying kali and liquourice. I also remember going down to Coach bridge, swimming with my friends, and a man called malcolm used to come over on his penny farthing, good times were had by all.
I was born in Fleetwood in 1947 but seemed to oscillate between there and Malaya for a number of years up to the age of 12 just before dad died. My first memories are of starting at Stella Maris convent and then being whisked off abroad for some time. When I returned to Fleetwood I attended St Mary's School in London Street before once again heading back to Malaya my second home. My dad died at ...see more
Hi, my name at my days at Warnham Court was Elizabeth Jones. I was captain of Lewes. I have very fond memories of my there (1963-65). I was given the esteemd position of preparing Mr Savage's toast of an evening for him. I was first in Mr Mackley's calss, then in Miss Bradford's. The guys and girls that I remember being there at the same time as myself are Kathleen Black, Maureen Downey, Derek White, John Riley, Duncan White, Elizabeth Taylor.
I visited my mother in the Midlands (Shrewsbury)recently. A trip to Market Drayton on Wednesdays is mandatory (my stipulation) each time I travel from my home in Essex where I have resided for many years now. Although I recognise very few of the contemporary inhabitants of Market Drayton,
there are places which are special and revisiting them has a sort of theraputical effect on me.
First ...see more
My great-grandfather sketched this landscaped scene in pencil & pastils, his name was Thomas Corbett McDonald. I was thrilled to find this address, it answers a lot of questions. I'm from Sydney Australia and as I just discovered an etching of his initials in sandstone (circa 1885) at Chinamans Beach (Sydney Harbour) the 'jig-saw' is nearly complete for us. Thank you. Best regards, R.W.Elliot.
I worked as a nurse at the hospital from 1955 to 1956 and went back for the first time in June of this year. It was really nostalgic to be there again, even though the hospital has long gone the Botanic Gardens are still as I remember some of them from being the hospital gardens. The car park is where the hospital used to be and I could still visualise the buildings, the lodge is now belonging to ...see more
A Sunday day out from New Brighton with my family, playing French cricket on the field above the mere, I watched the rowing boats. In 1958 I went a ride there on my bike one day. I wanted a row on the boat. The gentleman in charge said it was a shilling (5p), I could not afford that. He told me to come back on a Saturday morning and I could row all I wanted to for sixpence (2 1/2p), so I did. The kind man ...see more
Hi, I am trying to track down where in EAST LANGTON that my ancester Thomas Coleman Sharman lived - or any relatives for that matter. I am the family historian in Adelaide, South Australia.
On the other side of the road from this photo (Barncroft) was a shop known as Bob Day's. A tiny shop with a thatch roof and still standing but unused for many years. As a young school boy I would buy penny sweets with pocket money from Bobs on a Saturday morning with other friends.
I moved to the old side of Kemble last year, and the thing I love about the place, is that nothing is really a memory(ie: being in the past). The village seems to have remained unchanged, bar a couple of newer buildings, and the modern cars, for years - it's just like living in the 1950s! I love the place so much it's inspired me to create a Kemble Community Website where you'll find plenty of photos showing exactly what I mean about the place.
Kris
I visited Thorne a few years ago to attend a 90th birthday party with the Scutt family and lots of other people. The hospitality of all of those people that I met was second to none. The party was held in the Southfield Road Club and we had a really good time. I met so many new relatives that I was previously unaware of that it was quite mind-blowing. I met two cousins within 5 minutes of arriving at St ...see more
My father was a Mortlock and was born in Chelmsford. His father was William born 1843. I believe my Father lived at Bishops Hall Mill. One of his sisters married into the Batsford family. If anyone has any information I would be happy to hear from them. I was christened in the Cathedral and spent weekends with cousins that lived in the area during the 40s and 50s.
My family and I stayed in the old vicarage in Westfield in the 70's with Robert Wright and his family, we had such lovely times and we loved the old house - does anybody remember the family or going into the house? If so, I'd love to hear from you!
I visited Thorne a few years ago to attend a 90th birthday party with the Scutt family and lots of other people. The hospitality of all of those people that I met was second to none. The party was held in the Southfield Road Club and we had a really good time. I met so many new relatives that I was previously unaware of that it was quite mind-blowing. I met two cousins within 5 minutes of arriving at St Nicholas ...see more
Hello Ann, I worked with Brian at StanChart, it would be fun if he remembered me, Chris Peckham. I worked as a messenger and then went to the 4th floor communications dept. I have such wonderful memories of my years at Bishopsgate and then the Clements Lane office...Cheers
My g grandfather William Hester was born and brought up at Askett. Like his father and grandfather, he was a wheelwright. Fortunately for him there was insufficient work for all the family members to be employed as wheelwrights in the village so he set up practice in Princes Risborough. In this way he escaped the typhus epidemic of 1852-3 that killed the entire family remaining in the village. Those ...see more
I think it was about 1970 /71 that I worked in a children's home in Gravesend, I am sure this was called St Mary's, it was a big old building run by nuns near Eco Square. Has anyone got any info on this home or photos? Iused to look after a boy, he was about 18 months old, his name was Rodney, he was African I think. I lived in the place. A girl named Julie used to work there too, the old building was well ...see more
Hi, I am also related to the Cridlands. My Mother was Pat Cannon. She was the daughter of Bert & Edie. They also had another daughter Gwen, who used to live in Bilbrook with her husband Ted and daughter Linda who taught me how to ride a bike. The house you see in this picture is Southview thought to be built around the 17th-18th Century. I came to live in this house with my sister in 1963 and stayed for 2 ...see more
I was born in 1940 in Gillingham Kent , my Dad used to work for Short's the aircraft builders. We moved to Redhill when I was a baby. One of my earliest memories was seeing the Olympic Torch runner coming down Redstone Hill in 1948. Can anyone tell me his name? I also remember seeing tanks thundering along the A25, the noise that the tracks made on the road was amazing, this must have been soon after the end ...see more
I am trying to find out about my family who came from L/Foot, The person it all starts with is called John Henry Musgrove wife Amy and daughters May & Dora, John moved from Nottingham, John who was my grandfather worked on the railway as a guard in the 1900s, They lived in Vale street where he joined the sherwood foresters in WW1. I think they where married in Sowerby St Peter. I would be ...see more
Does anyone reacll the 'Tin School'? It was a primary school situated in Belmont, I went there in the early 1960's as we lived in Belmont. I recall the school was made of possibly corrugated iron and was on a crossroads or junction. Our family lived at various places around County Durham until 1966 when we moved South due to my dads job. I am now aged 54yrs and live live in Essex UK. Be interested to hear from anyone from the early 1960's who went to the 'Tin School'.
I was 12 and lived in Prestwood for about 6 months, Oct 41 to March 42. Lived at Delsyde, Hockley Road with my parents in the house of the Adams family including Isabel aged about 10 and Leslie about2, Mr Adams had a business in Wycombe in the tyre trade. The landlord at The Chequers was a widow, cannot remember her name but she had a son at RGS Wycombe and I cycled to school with him a few times. At that ...see more
Hi. I'm writing to see if anyone can help me. My father and his siblings and their parents ran and worked in the Globe cinema in Gilfach Goch. My father was Paul Griffiths and his siblings were Elunyd, David an Joan. I have been told several wonderful stories about The Globe but unfortunately I don't have any photos. I would be immensely grateful if anybody did have any and could share them or let me konw. Many , many thanks Joanna
I lived in Hamilton Road from 1940 until approx 1958. (my name then was Mortlock) I went to Ealing Road School and then Brentford Secondary Modern. I remember the air raid shelter at the top of Hamilton Road and hearing the sirens and seeing bomb sites etc. The High Street was full of old fashioned shops, a bakers and a shop where we exchanged accumulators for the radio. Goddards the furniture shop and many others. I ...see more
Dear readers, Llwynpia was where I was born at the Hospital, 8th August 1947. My Mom was taken there in labour with me and I should have been born at my grand-parents house which was in Gilfach, Bargoid. At 6 weeks old my parents moved me to Birmingham where I have lived ever since. One day I hope to go and see the place where I was born Thankyou for the memories x
I've never been to Glyncorrwg but my mother, Ivy Lillian Lyonson nee Palmer was born at Nythfa, Cymmer Road (the house didn't appear to have a number only a name) in 1915. Before their marriage, her parents lived next door but one to each other at 4 and 8 Baxter Terrace. My grandmother was Catherine Sarah Palmer nee Sims and she lived with her parents at number 4 and my grandfather, Percival Charles ...see more
Hi, I was born in my nan and grandad's house in Mill Road, Aveley, it was a big house about half way down Mill Road on the right, heading towards the football grounds from the village. I was christened at the village church. I lived in the house until I was about 9 when my mum and dad moved to Blackshots. I can't remember what year it was but my grandad had the house demolished and 7 new houses built there, the ...see more
I loved living in Stretfrod, although I lived at the other end of Stretford, on the Urmston boundary. I can remember those days very well. My mum had an account at Cromptons grocery shop, where she would get most of her shopping and pay at the end of the week. I would pop into the shop now and again and buy something like a bag of broken biscuits, then say, put it on the book please, my mum would go mad ...see more
I lived in Kemsley until 1970 when I left to get married.
All the kids from the village played rounders and cricket together. We always built a huge bonfire for Guy Fawkes Night but it always got burned down, we always blamed one person but many years later the boy who had done it confessed to me!
My mum Sheila Hermitage worked behind the bar at the club house, there was always a pint ready for my dad when he came off the late shift from the mill.
Happy days.
We moved to Delaport Farm , on the edge of the golf course, in or around 1958 til 1965 to move to a larger farm in Somerset.
At that time my mother would fill her car up with 4 gallons of petrol for £1.00.
Simons was the butcher, Auld was the baker & Titmuus had a grain depot in the village, Mr. Amos had the shoe shop. The Maltings was a diners club run by Betty & Mac.
Such good memories.
I was born in Hitchin Hospital in 1948 & we lived in Abbotshay Cottage , before moving to The Home Farm Delaport in Wheathampstead , when I was 11. The post office was run by an elderly lady whose name I feel was Miss Lythe. The milk was delivered daily by Mrs Tucker . The Brocket Arms was very popular , Sunday School was held in one of the bars. The vicar at the time was Rev. Davies, he always ...see more
I was evacuated from London to Oxford with Burlington School on 1st September 1939. At first we had our lessons in the old Milham Ford School premises but after a few weeks transferred to the new school in Marston where we shared the classrooms and facilities but were kept as a separate school from the Milham Ford pupils. Both schools were grammar schools for girls only. My sister and I lived in Woodstock Road in a ...see more
I worked at the pub on Parson Street. Banbury is a great town, to remember crazy memories, like when you did not have any money then there would be no electric or TV. I remember St Mary's church bell practice was on Wednesday evening. When the Birds factory came to town the air smelled of coffee and people were complaining their sheets were getting stained on the washing line. I started off at Grimsbury School ...see more
Looking at the pics on here I don't see Warders Bakers, does anyone remember them?
I lived in Hilltop Avenue and remember some of the previous contributors and recall most of the names mentioned. Some of the things I remember include- A visit by the late Queen Mother when schoolchildren lined the route throughout the town as she went open the QE Hospital A visit to St John's church by the American film star,opera singer lawyer and political activist Paul Robeson.I was one of four wolf cubs ...see more
Every year my family would travel to Cwmllynfell for our summer holidays. We went to visit family there (Morgan Morgan of Harries road) I remember the freedom of playing out, making bows and arrows and exploring. We always had to visit all our close relatives apart from Dadcu. There was uncle Dai and Aunty Betty. Uncle Will and Aunty Eir who kept a shop, Aunty Gwenny, who knew how to do bobbin lace, Uncle Harry and ...see more
Some of my memories as a small boy shopping in Redhill with my Mum . I remember Latties the sweetshop with big jars of sweets on shelves up to the ceiling! just along the road was the Arcade and the fishmongers where Mum bought 'fishy pieces' for our cat. Around the corner was Kennards the furniture shop and the model shop, Quintons I think it was called. We used to walk through the tunnel ...see more
I was a pupil at Holystreet from 1956 till it closed as a school a few years later. I have vivid memories of Miss Watson and Miss Thompson, also Miss Wyatt and Mrs Ruegg. It was a beautiful place for a school, I remember the chilly dips in the river and many nature walks in the grounds, the lovely chapel and the wisteria arch at the back where we had an afternoon rest. I also remember getting my knuckles rapped, ...see more
