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I've been here - to this very spot, with the precious women of my life - my Mom when I was a child, and with my children when they were women.  How can it be that it looks exactly the same in 1890, 1971 and 2001?  I can feel the cool ...Read more

A memory of Windsor in 2001 by Kelly Mitchell

After two ''BIG C'' scares and an operation I finally managed to get back to the HALFWAY HOUSE (Sept 09)....seemed just like yesterday Steve and Kim were so friendly...How the area had changed oxton school had gone also Birkenhead ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead in 2009 by Mike Dennis

I visited Warborough had lunch in local pub looked round the church cemetery.There were quite a few 'Beislys' interred there during the 1800's. Also one name on the WW1 memorial. Are there any Beislys still living in the ...Read more

A memory of Warborough in 2000 by John Beisly

My nana Winnie Williams has lived in Cefn Hengoed for a very long time and is now nearly 103 years old. Her late husband was Cled Williams who was a councillor in the surrounding area who died before I was born. They had 5 children: Cled, ...Read more

A memory of Cefn Hengoed in 2009 by Jennie Williams

Correct me if I am wrong but I think that this view shows the splendid canal side pub which I remember as "The Malt Shovel". One fine evening in May 2004 the dancers from two Harrow based ...Read more

A memory of Denham in 2004 by John Howard Norfolk

The joy and pleasure of renewing our wedding vows in front of our family and the congregation of St Leonard's will never be forgotten.

A memory of Leverington in 2008 by Gerry Woodhouse

A quite recent memory but I visited in 2003 thanks to the kindness of my relative Josephine Dixon [dec.]. We are both related to the Byatt and Collis families from Alton. It was great to see where our family lived and worked, ...Read more

A memory of Alton in 2003 by David Cassells

My father was supposed to go to work that day, April 14th 1970, the day of the Partington Manchester Ship Canal disaster. He travelled most days because his car was broken down. He managed to fix his car that day but he could have been part of ...Read more

A memory of Irlam in 2009 by Tracy Flynn

I visited the church in 2008 with my mom, and husband, as this is the church where her dad Albert George Blythe married her mom, Matilda Elkin. It was a beautiful church, so peaceful and quiet. We walked around and saw some family ...Read more

A memory of Acton in 2008 by Trish Coe

My husband and I are Australians and went to Britain on a driving holiday in 2007. We stayed in some marvellous B&Bs but one that will always be memorable for us was at Anna Steel's farm 'Laigh Langmuir'. What a welcome we had - ...Read more

A memory of Kilmaurs in 2007 by Kay Armstrong