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I spent my childhood in Wortley, born and bred around th church of St John's the Evangelist at 35a Dixon Lane. I went to school at Upper Wortley and spent many happy hours around Wortley and "The Rec". We moved ...Read more

A memory of Lower Town in 1944 by Keith Hatfield

My name is Pauline Powell, my maiden name was Bromley. Where I lived on the corner of Moseley Road in Bilston there was a farm on the corner of the road called Dickie Bevan's farm, can anybody remember it? Us kids ...Read more

A memory of Bilston in 1947 by Pauline Powell

I am hoping to find any kind of information regarding a relative called Minnie Dore (nee Goodwin] who sadly died in Banstead asylum in aprox. 1918 leaving behind my grandfather and their three small sons, George, Maurice and ...Read more

A memory of Banstead in 1910

Does anyone have knowledge of Richard J Reeves born 1877 and sisters Mary Elizabeth born 1878 and Matilda born1880 at Swansea? Their father was Albert George Reeves and their mother was Elizabeth ...Read more

A memory of Swansea in 1860 by Jacqui Summers

This is the hospital where I was born in July 1947. My parents were living in Penycae at the time but in 1951 moved to England for my Dad's job. Apart from a brief visit to a relative in Wrexham in 1960, I have never returned to Wales and it is now my ambition to see Trevalyn Manor and Penycae.

A memory of Rossett in 1947 by Annie King

I could not think of a better place to spend my early years than overlooking the old reservoir. My grandmother's timber cottage was one of eight built long ago, probably to house estate workers. Each cottage appeared ...Read more

A memory of Elstree by John Gates

Hello I am trying to gather information about a family named Harding who lived in CHURCHTON DRIVE Morden in the 1950s. My father was Michael HARDING, he married Doreen in 1960 and left the area, to live in Wales with his wife. ...Read more

A memory of Morden in 1958 by Dee Whittle

A relative of mine, Francis (Jack) Dillon attended Frimley School in the period 1907-1911. He went on to become a radio producer for the BBC and has an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography recording his attendance at ...Read more

A memory of Frimley in 1900 by Pat Gannon Leary

Before leaving to live abroad I lived only two miles from Boscobel and so I often took my bicycle for a spin around the lanes. When I was a teenager a friend had a car and sometimes we found ourselves driving past Boscobel ...Read more

A memory of Boscobel House by Michele Alberto

My mother, Kathleen Cook in 1910, still has a photograph of Lexden Road gatehouse where a relative held position as porter.

A memory of Colchester in 1900 by Jennifer Read