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I was born at Peartree Cottage which was half way down the high street. For a young boy growing up the war was one big adventure. The fire station was opposite our house and they made me some really great wooden toys. As kids ...Read more

A memory of Minster in 1930 by Michael Heyes

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 believe that before the convent was called St. Michaels it was St. Phillips located on Church Street opposite Fullers Bakery. The lady would come over on our break and sell sticky buns out of a square basket for a penny a bun. ...Read more

A memory of Blackboys in 1930 by Ann Blaker

My parents, Thomas and Lily Evans, made their first home in a tiny house called the Lamb and Flag in Llangynwyd, just above Cwmfelin. It was, and still is, the most beautiful place. My father worked down the ...Read more

A memory of Cwmfelin in 1930 by Dulcie Willis

I was born in 1936 at Concrete Cottages - Brampton. I would appreciate any photos of these old miners' cottages. My sister Margaret died there at the tender age of 10 years. My father was a miner at Darfield Main, ...Read more

A memory of Wombwell in 1930

My father was born in 1930 and lived in Hazel Road, opposite the Supermarine factory. He left in the 1930s as his father, who was in the Navy, was moved to Coventry to become a recruiting officer. At the beginning of this year, I had the ...Read more

A memory of Woolston in 1930 by Hannah Race

My mum Eileen Ardern, nee Clark, was born at 59 Notley Road, Braintree in 1925. She married my dad Roy in 1944 and shortly afterwards moved north to Altrincham in Cheshire. She would dearly love to hear from Peggy Potter (age 84), ...Read more

A memory of Braintree in 1930 by David Clarke

I wonder if anyone is old enough to remember Westgate on Sea before the war! Our family would go there every year for 2 weeks and stay at a guest house not far from where the railway crosses the road that ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea in 1930

When I was a small child, I remember the remains of an old ducking stool by the large pond which was at the Queen Street side of the park.

A memory of Morley in 1930 by Lorna Davis

I was born in Hope Hospital 1937, lived at 4 Woden Street Salford 5. I went to St Bartholomews School On Tatton Street. At that time I was Ivy Stephens. Now I live in the USA in Las vegas, Nevada. I have lived in the states ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1930 by Ivy Gross