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Walking Home In The Dark
Before we were married my then fiance used to live on the Birmingham road and this scene was on my route home often around midnight. Then it was in the process of change from the road works that resulted in the ring ...Read more
A memory of Kidderminster in 1965 by
Sailing On The Canal
Canal traffic changed over the years. I recall seeing horse drawn barges - now restricted to the narrow canals elsewhere - hence the towpath on the south bank. Then came powered barges, often towing an unpowered one behind. One ...Read more
A memory of Thorne in 1947 by
How I Gave Up Smoking In One Day!
I was born in 1934 at Weybridge in Surrey, close to where the River Wey joins the Thames, thus offering the dual attraction of open countryside and water - a totally irresistible combination to young boys set free ...Read more
A memory of Weybridge in 1940 by
Childhood Memories Of Eccles And Surrounds
I was born in 1924 in Salford. My parents moved to 254 Barton Lane, Eccles, corner of Barton Lane and Fairless Road when I was 4 years old. Dad was an electrical engineer and fitter with Eccles Corporation. In ...Read more
A memory of Eccles by
Burr Family
My great-grandmother, Mrs Clara Burr, had the Supply Store in Halling Road for many years from the early 1900s. She had been widowed in 1903 when her two sons, my grandfather Rowland and his brother Norman, were babies. When Rowland ...Read more
A memory of Halling in 1900 by
Bridge Water Canal.
Yes, my grandad used to be a foreman.of one of the barges on the canal, his name was Thomas Hayes, he lived on Wiven Place.
A memory of Runcorn by
Memories Of The Horse Drawn Barges
I have many memories of the horse-drawn barges on the Basingstoke Canal at the Kings Head boat house and lock. The barges probably started from Aldershot, and on through Surrey. I used to wait for the horse ...Read more
A memory of Frimley Green by
Beautiful Memories
Dear people of Youlgreave, In the summer of 1970 we visited Youlgreave. We were there on a holiday and we had a magnificent time up there. We stayed at the house of grandma and dad from my friend Chris Sol, who was born in ...Read more
A memory of Youlgreave in 1970 by
To Sea
The Seagoing Years. I must have left the Army sometime in August or September of 1949, and went back to C.J.King & son, tug owners, to carry on with my job as deck boy. This was not to my ...Read more
A memory of Bristol in 1950 by
Hms Worcester
I was at HMS Worcester in 1949/50 training for the catering dept in the Merchant Navy. I also remember pulling oars on the barge and jolly boat picking up stores etc..and across that short run to the boat the tide was very strong ...Read more
A memory of Greenhithe in 1950 by
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