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Primary school teacher was Miss Barbara Chisolm. She married a local farmer, Jack Cumming, and they farmed Abbeylands at least until the early fifties. The house and farm buildings were demolished and several houses ...Read more

A memory of Pluscarden in 1930 by Trudy Hardie

I was born at number 11, and was told I did not open my eyes, so Mrs Tyreman baptized me. She had changed from Methodist to Catholic when she married her husband who was a tailor. When the priest came the next morning and blessed me ...Read more

A memory of Loftus in 1930 by Joseph Lavelle

My dad Bernard Kirham, much loved, greatly missed, was the first baby to be born here in the new housing estate in 1936. His mum Martha and dad James, brothers Joe, Jack, surviving brother Alfie, sisters Doreen, Nora, Elsie and surviving sister ...Read more

A memory of Caergwrle in 1930 by Gail Steven

I was born in Hornchurch in 1934, but my mother, father and myself were the first residents of 121 Warren Drive, Elm Park.  My brother was born in the house at 121, in 1945.  This is the last view I had of the street, as we left in a taxi, ...Read more

A memory of Romford in 1930 by First Name Last Name

During the thirties in Elsham, keeping healthy was very important. Yhe health service didnt exsist, all we had was orange juice and cod liver oil. Our cottage was very damp, one of my sisters died from pneumonia when she was just ...Read more

A memory of Elsham in 1930 by whiteher3

My grandparents bought the second house in this picture (number 343) in the 1930s, so they were living in this house when the picture was taken (1938).  Their names were Daniel and Annie Owens.  When this photo was taken my ...Read more

A memory of Llansamlet in 1930 by Jennifer Davies

The little shop in the far right of the photo was selling a tinplate model of the Airship R101 for which I had saved up for ages.Just when I was able to buy it the airship crashed in France. I did not buy it; for in my childs ...Read more

A memory of Greengates in 1930 by Arthur Perrow

This memory is not mine, but that of my mother in law, Beatrice, nee Head. She grew up in the Girls Training Home in Boxley Road Maidstone until she was 14 when she had to go 'into service'. One of her first jobs was as a ...Read more

A memory of Ightham in 1930 by Josie Gurnsey

I was aged six when my family moved to Sproughton 1932 when some new houses and bungalows had been built in a cul-de-sac called Broomfield Common off Church Lane. All of my young years were spent in the village until I joined the ...Read more

A memory of Sproughton in 1930 by Sidney Forsdike

As my fourteenth birthday hove into view and we entered the summer of 1939 it became clear that we could soon be at war with Germany. Bushey Heath was just fifteen miles north-west of central London. My ...Read more

A memory of Barnstaple in 1930 by Paul Wigmore