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What an interesting photograph of a grey painted tram heading for the 'Queens Hotel' terminus which was just over half of a mile away. It would take just over five minutes and three tramstops to reach ...Read more

A memory of Old Colwyn in 1920 by John Owen

A cousin found an old Birthday Book in which the names of some people from Thorpe Bay feature. We wonder if these were family members: Eileen Wells, 11 Plas Newydd, Thorpe Bay, Essex, Birthday February 28. Mrs. Day, 10 ...Read more

A memory of Thorpe Bay in 1920 by ivytrott

My mother Gladys Taylor (nee Barclay) and father James Taylor married and lived at Tarraby Farm, Carlisle in 1927. My mother's parents were Alexander and Isabella Barclay, who lived and worked on the the farm. My ...Read more

A memory of Carlisle in 1920 by Angela Green

I am writing this on behalf of my Dad, Harold Holmes nicknamed Tiny who is still alive at the age of 91, the oldest male born in Saltfleet. He was born in Saltfleet in 1919 son of the local baker Alfred & Elizabeth Holmes. Educated at ...Read more

A memory of Saltfleet in 1920 by Sheena Mee

I am writing to add my memories to those posted by my sister Sheila McCormack.  My name is Norma (McCormack ) Gibson.  Our grandparents ran this hotel in the 1920s. Their names were Margaret and Cecil Stronnel. They had a ...Read more

A memory of Winster in 1920 by Norma Gibson

I spent eight years of my early childhood in Portree, my father James Argo was the Manager of the now Clydesdale Bank on the corner of the Square, my friend was Donnie Stewart whos father owned the largest store and ...Read more

A memory of Portree in 1920 by Margaret Chick

I was a boarder at the convent, with my older brother , from September 1927 until Decomber 1929. Contrary to the report given by Alan Noon, (not of my generation) the nuns treated us well and, with reflection over the years, with ...Read more

A memory of Bridport in 1920 by normandowne

H.M.S. Sylph went hard aground on Aberavon Beach after breaking her towing hawsers during a storm while being towed across Swansea Bay to be scrapped in Newport. This was in April 1927. Attempts to ...Read more

A memory of Pontrhydyfen in 1920 by Gwyn Morgan