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I was born in 1947 (a home birth) in Grove End cottage which was, and still is, located pretty much across the London Road and railway line from the Cricketers pub. Although I've never been inside the pub, I have on ...Read more

A memory of Bagshot in 1953 by Liz Schultz (Nee Berry)

I was born in Bournbrook, Birmingham in 1950, daughter of Kenneth Clarke born 1924 and Joan Clarke (nee Price) born 1927. My father was born at 21 North Road, Bournbrook, son of Edith Clarke and Jack Clarke. ...Read more

A memory of Selly Oak in 1950 by Sue Coates

My Grandmother kept a newsagents shop on the High Street in Bolton after her husband Frank died in the Bolton typhoid epidemic, leaving her to bring up their three children. She was Ada Beatrice Vamplew and her ...Read more

A memory of Bolton Upon Dearne in 1956 by Judith Stevens

Noticed a mention of Baileys shop, my mam worked there for Arthur Baily and I believe his bakery was at one time near the old boys club, we lived in Eversham Road from I think 1948 until I married in 1968. We lived at no 13 for most ...Read more

A memory of Grangetown in 1957 by Michael Kenworthy

Walter and Myra Reed were cousins of my Grandfather Munnings. I used to spend my summer holidays with the Reeds and have a lovely photo of them celebrating their golden wedding. Their children gave them a bathroom to celebrate the ...Read more

A memory of Mountnessing in 1950

We lived briefly in Ferndale Crescent (nr 35). This was defined as Uxbridge then but the boundaries were never quite clear and have become even more blurred with the march of time. It must have been around '57 when we moved in and the ...Read more

A memory of Cowley in 1957 by Philip Cousins

Anybody out there remember my uncle, Ernie Watkin, who lived in Rock Cottage at the head of Rock Road for many years. He had a butchers shop in Rock Road also, which he ran up until the 1960s. He also had a brother living ...Read more

A memory of Rhosymedre in 1952 by Brian Bennett

I married John Hollis from Eyam and we were married for 38 years. Sadly, he died in November 1995. John was born in Eyam, the youngest son of Arthur and Elizabeth (Vanes).They lived in the council houses on Grindleford Road. Eyam is ...Read more

A memory of Eyam in 1956 by Elsie Hollis

In 1955 I was 11 years old, I lived in New York with my parents and my brother. My mother was from Scotland, she and my father had met when he was in medical school there. 1954 was my mother's first trip back to see her family since she had ...Read more

A memory of Tintagel in 1955 by Alison Biondo

I, Helen Blake and my sister Carolyn moved with our parents Eileen and Arthur Blake to South Hill Cottages, next door to what was then the Post Office in Downderry run by Mrs Harris. Mrs Harris retired and the post office moved ...Read more

A memory of Downderry in 1954