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Hello everyone, I've read memories about Cliftonville and the Parrakeet and suddenly my heart start jumping, going back of about 50 years, and still remembering - that's not bad! My name is Giovanni but everybody used to call me John ...Read more

A memory of Cliftonville in 1965 by Gianni Vivarelli

I was born at 328 Cherrywood Road, Bordesly Green, B'ham 9 in 1948. It was my grand parent's house, Albert and Lotte Davis, my mom and dad was Harry Fisher my mom was Phyllis, my sister Joan and myself David. ...Read more

A memory of Bordesley Green in 1948 by Dave Fisher

Sadly The Waggon and Horses has been demolished. Controversy surrounds the old water pump which was outside and which mysteriously disappeared. The Waggon was my local for many years. I brought up in Berwick Avenue ...Read more

A memory of Hayes by Simon White

For over 36 years from 1844 to after 1881, Sarah Susannah Jell born in Ringwould about 1804 lived in Finglesham as the wife or widow of Thomas Norris, agricultural labourer. He was the son of ...Read more

A memory of Finglesham in 1860

We moved from the garrison to the village just after the floods, I was 12. We moved into Malakwa, next door to the post office run by Mr and Mrs Smith and their daughter Silvia (I had a crush on her but that is another ...Read more

A memory of Purfleet in 1951

Just after my father brought Borwick Hall in 1946 I went with my mother to a shop and she brought a tin of paint. I was all of eight years old at the time and when we got back "home" I looked around and wondered just where she would start!

A memory of Borwick in 1946 by First Name Last Name

Lemington in the 1940s was a village that came under Newburn council, it was surrounded by fields. There were no houses to the west of Union Hall Road and Denton Avenue and none above Kirkston Avenue. There were three bars and two ...Read more

A memory of Lemington in 1940 by George Ritson

Hi Paul Yes, I went to New Zealand, not Aussie. I remember being a good mate of you and also Steve Howard. Married Barbara Foxon from Upton and we have two Kiwi sons. I remember the fair and the circus at the new library site. ...Read more

A memory of Little Sutton by Malcolm Cheshire

My grandparents, Annie and Charles Edwards, used to live in Merrafield Road where I would visit them during the middle 50's to early 60's. I mostly remember how their back garden sloped sharply downhill and this gave rise to a ...Read more

A memory of Plympton in 1956 by Paul Moss

While I was on a family holiday in Northumberland, I went to Berwick one Saturday in March 2004 and enjoyed a rare sunny and mild day doing two things I enjoy: a walk on the pier to sniff the sea air and ...Read more

A memory of Berwick-upon-Tweed in 2004 by John Howard Norfolk