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I returned to Sunnybrow after 30 yrs away - looked up some old friends of which I haven't seen for all those years. I had forgotten that being a small place that the people are still caring and friendly. My friend Davey Harris who has ...Read more

A memory of Sunnybrow in 1975 by Alec Jackson

I was born in Lower Sunbury, I'm the youngest of the White family, 1 of 7 kids. I can remember my mum and her friend walking with me down the village, I was in my pushchair, we would walk past the Vienna ...Read more

A memory of Sunbury in 1970 by Michael White

Forgot to mention good old fred batty , how could I !. Fred was our chief of the householding, he was almost invisible, fred lived in de singlies block , he kept the block in a state of imaculate condiion. The copperpiping in the baths ...Read more

A memory of Greatworth in 1971 by Phillip Geraghty

i was brought up in 164 crossfield ave,once owned by john henry cooke, i remember walking along swanlow lane as a child going to everalls chippy and buying a bag of chips, then walking across the way to the forms sitting and eating them.

A memory of Moulton in 1970 by Tracey Stubbs

My dad was from the area and my brother was brought up in the village by my gran. I remember playing in the shallows of the river by the bridge on a hot sunny summers day. I have lost touch with my brother and would love to find him.

A memory of Swimbridge in 1970 by Ruth Dean

I remember as a kid living in Hartlepool and always visiting there. My mum is from Hartlepool, daughter of Edith Harrison who passed away in 1986. I always remember St Hilda's as a child and my grandma's place in St Hildas walk, we used ...Read more

A memory of Hartlepool in 1975 by Diane Waller

i can clearly remember driving through the village of littleworth with my mum and dad, past the cricketers pub and then being hit by the stench from what i recall was some sort of sheepskin factory or ...Read more

A memory of Wheatley in 1975

As young lads we (the gang) used to climb up onto the roof of the old betting office over the road from Davys, look over the top and with our pea shooters we would shoot at everyone who came out of Davys with dried peas.  We always got a good laugh, but not from our targets.

A memory of Eckington in 1972 by Roger Bell

I`ve really enjoyed reading about Ynysboeth on this site, I was born in Cross Street in 1957 and lived there until I got married in 1979. Reading all them names from Avondale Street brought back some great memories, some I remember, ...Read more

A memory of Ynysboeth in 1970

I remember well having to walk from Greenway estate to collect parafin from the machine outside of the garage on the right. Every day we walked to school in the village and we would call into the shop and spend our pennies on sweets, ice pops on the way home if it was hot.

A memory of Bishops Lydeard in 1970 by Gary Giles