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Hi all. As a child of around 7 years or so I recall vising my grandad and grandma who lived at a small cottage near the railway crossing. I will look up the name of the road and add later to this story. My grandad's ...Read more

A memory of Llandrindod Wells in 1930 by Joe Brown

I was born at 1 Kings Cottages in April 1931. I have two brothers, and as young boys we were close friends of the late Gerald Mitchel. Gerald's mum, nee Doris King, lived with her husband (Syd, who served with the RAF) in ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Tony Harper

Betty and I were brought up in Davidson Street, Sneinton just before the Second World War. It was a small back-to-back terraced house with an outside toilet. One of my first recollections was being bathed in the small kitchen ...Read more

A memory of Sneinton in 1930 by Fred Pearson

I think that we must have moved to Cheadle around 1938, because I was born in Newcastle under Lyme, but my younger sister was born in Cheadle in 1939. At that time we lived on Leek Road. We had various ...Read more

A memory of Cheadle in 1930 by Terry Brooks

I too rememeber Rev Milner and his wife also going carol singing down Knatts valley before the war. Does anyone remember Mr Rudd who looked after the greens at Woodlands golf course, a little short chap he was? Also any memories ...Read more

A memory of Knatts Valley in 1930 by Ronald Meddick

I am the great-granddaughter of Henry Wilder. I think in this photo the boats are in front of the boathouse which belonged to my family. Henry died about 1910 so it passed on to the childrem, Henry, Charlotte and Elizabeth. Elizabeth was my grandmother.

A memory of Maidenhead in 1930 by Marion Whitlock

My grandfather farmed Cullys Farm in the early decades of the last century and I believe so did his father and grandfather. My grandfather had 7 children and took in my great-uncle's children when their father Willam Fishlock from ...Read more

A memory of Clench Common in 1930 by Tony Fishlock

Although born in Scotland, my earliest memories are of Berwick upon Tweed. This was because my father was posted to the Barracks as Pipe Major in the KOSB Depot there. Our married quarters, although in Ravensdowne, ...Read more

A memory of Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1930 by Allister Smith

bill.haylor@btinternet.com  Resident in and around Smallfield for 81 yrs A large number of our toys were made from wood, dependant on what tools were available in fathers shed, if it was unlocked! The only ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Bill Haylor

Stretching over about a mile on the A68 road to Edinburgh from Darlington, lies the small mining town of Tow Law. Approaching it from Elm Park Road Ends, on a clear day, as you pass the various openings in ...Read more

A memory of Tow Law in 1930 by James Irvine