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As you proceed north along the A34 towards the Cheshire border you will approach Talke traffic lights and on the left and right side of the road there are two areas of grassed land. This grassed area was once the village of ...Read more

A memory of Talke in 1959

When I was 5 yrs old I can vividly remeber getting lost in Beacon Park in a real pea souper with friends from the farm in the Sandford Street corner of the park and also remember digging old stone jars up from the brook that runs through the park!

A memory of Lichfield in 1956 by Frank Clarke

My Uncle Gus and Aunt May lived in South Street and I spent a number of holidays with them at Easter and during  the Summer for 2 or 3 years in the early 50's. I loved climbing up to the Bury with my Aunt's nephews, Tony and Reg, ...Read more

A memory of Uley in 1953 by Ken Cook

The cyclist in this picture is my father John G Heward. He would have been 35 at the time and we lived in Brook Street.

A memory of Driffield in 1955 by Kath Heward

My name is Barbara Tester and I live in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. My beloved (late) husband, Brian Tester, was born on 26th July, 1930 at No. 1 Station Cottages, 1 Station Road, Ardingly. His ...Read more

A memory of Ardingly in 1958 by Barbara Tester

My grandfather Ernest Ladd, born Eastry 1878, is buried in the churchyard. Although as a child when visiting my grandmother we would tend the grave and put flowers on it, I only have a vague recollection of its location. My mother ...Read more

A memory of Eastry in 1950 by Carole Jewett

I lived with my family in Connaught Gardens from being born in 1949 to late 1960 when we moved to Shiremoor. At the end of our street was an overgrown, rubble strewn wasteland which we called 'The Croft'. A natural childrens ...Read more

A memory of Forest Hall in 1950 by Malcolm Wild

Born in York Street, moved to Rimmington Road. I had friends at Barnley Road Primary, St Johns Junior and Barnley Road Methodist and the Brownies there. Remember Joyce Brooks, Sharon Guest, John Mason, Linda Lapinsky, Pat ...Read more

A memory of Wombwell in 1953 by Lynne Ward

It's just great to look at the old pictures of Blakeney's High Street, it seems almost like yesterday when I used to walk from my gran's house in the row of cottages where the railway bridge used to be. We used to go on ...Read more

A memory of Blakeney in 1955 by First Name Last Name

Hi to all who may read this and maybe remember my family. My father was born in Stretton in 1920 and lived next door to a Granny Coombs in the centre of the village with his mother Niome, father Jack, ...Read more

A memory of Stretton under Fosse in 1955 by Shelia Deakin