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I lived in Belvedere. My sister and I would walk to Bexleyheath, crossing fields to go to the Regal Cinema. This cinema had a fine organ that came up from nowhere and was played by Reginald Fort during the films interval. ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath in 1930 by Stanley Gray

I was born on 8 October 1939 in a house called Trewalder, at Treyarnon Bay. The house belonged to Nan and Sam Odhams and they persuaded my mother to leave London - everyone was rushing anywhere and every place once war was declared on 3 ...Read more

A memory of St Merryn in 1930 by Merrin Holroyd

I was born in Ystrad Mynach in 1931. I remember: the soccer field, watching Dai the goalie, the abattoir, Blackriver, cinema, arcade, Bottom Ystrad, the junior school, pre-war days. We were adventurous, often playing up on the rocks ...Read more

A memory of Ystrad Mynach in 1930 by Dennis Hallett

I was born in July 1939 at the Portmore Nursing Home which no longer exists. Is there anyone out there who remembers the establishment or can tell me more about it? For the record my parents lived in Lymington, then moved to Christchurch ...Read more

A memory of Portmore in 1930 by Richard Gallimore

My great grandad's brother was the blacksmith in the 1930s in Weaverthorpe.  This was my father's grandfather's brother. My father went to school at Weaverthorpe but lived in Helperthorpe. His father, Allison Clark was ...Read more

A memory of Weaverthorpe in 1930 by Stephen Clark

I attended the grammar school 1936-9. Whilst waiting for buses home I used to talk to the local blacksmith. I said to him ,"My granddad uised to be a smith" When I told him my surname was `King` he asked "Was he Tom King ?" I did not ...Read more

A memory of Earls Colne in 1930 by Peter King

I am a retired police officer who has been studying the family history of both my family and that of my wife, Jenifer Cooper. I am trying to trace relatives of the family and hope that someone may just know something of the ...Read more

A memory of Blaengarw in 1930 by Colin Clarke

I lived in Guildford as a child, and every spring my father used to take me to St Martha's to pick bluebells in the woods at the foot of the hill. It was a sheet of blue, and however many we picked it looked the same. In the ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1930 by Pamela Morris Kennedy

I was born at Tir Elenore Farm, Betws in 1937. I went to Betws Primary School and then to Amman Valley Grammer School.

A memory of Betws-y-Coed in 1930 by Gwyneth Williams Nee Thomas

I was born in Dalkeith in 1936 and shortly after moved to 17 Gibralter Terrace, Dalkieth, Midlothian, Scotland. I was the fourth to be born and already had an older sister by 5 years and two older brothers. By the time I ...Read more

A memory of Dalkeith in 1930 by Mary Cumming