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I remember the Coronation in 1937; my mother and father took us to party in the hall on the corner of Station Street and Tower Street, all the tables was full of all kinds of food. We were given a pencil pen, it was white with a ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1930 by Bob Marriott

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 ...Read more

A memory of Guildford in 1930 by Pamela Morris Kennedy

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) ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Tony Harper

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

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 ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Bill Haylor

Now 80 years of age I used to live with my Mum and Dad and brother Michael in Lincroft Crescent just above the Sandford estate. The houses were new and rather small though we were so happy ...Read more

A memory of Bramley in 1930 by Lynden Flint

I was born in 1935 at 25 Cambridge Road, maiden name Lee. There were six of us, parents, 2 older sisters, Beryl and Gwen, and grandmother. I remember many of the shops from the late 30's to the early 50's when we moved to ...Read more

A memory of North Harrow in 1930 by Margaret Waddingham

My memories of Coytrahen go back to the 1930s and 1940s. I was born in 1931 at The Old Mill, home of my Grandparents and spent many summers visiting there. The Old Mill was rather off the beaten track ,getting there ...Read more

A memory of Coytrahen Ho in 1930 by Patricia Heighton

The family moved from Reay in Caithness to Sorbie in 1932 - I was 2 years old and had a sister who was 12 years old and a brother, 10 years old, so there was a huge difference in ages and I was brought up ...Read more

A memory of Sorbie in 1930 by Fionn Young

My uncle Lawrence married Peggy Smurthwaite in about 1935 and took over the Hinchley Wood Hotel. It was already well-known to him and his brother, Ellis, because he was a partner in the building firm E & L Berg ...Read more

A memory of Hinchley Wood in 1930 by Ellis Berg