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I was born Heather Pickering in 1952 and lived from there on in Collyhurst Flats. I also remember playing on Barnies tip and getting into trouble from my mother for doing so. I went to St James primary school and left there and ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1960 by Heather Abouzeid

When we moved to Snapewood, neither of us could drive, our father started to take us out in a yellow and black Hillman Imp. For people who don't know, an Imp has the engine at the back. It was the first car to have an overhead ...Read more

A memory of Wollaton in 1870 by Jean Smith

I was a pupil at Christ's Hospital School in Horsham which is nearby to Southwater. We had a school outing to GREATHOUSE FARM in Southwater to see the cows milked and the process it went through before we saw it on ...Read more

A memory of Southwater in 1940 by Brian Haynes

I too remember the fire and going to see the ruins the day after. I had previously gone there fairly regularly for speech therapy while I was at Holy Trinity Primary School. I vaguely remember the rather ornate internal wooden ...Read more

A memory of Beddington in 1963 by Ian Richardson

This shot brings back a hell of a lot of memories. We used to play on the canal bank here and fish for sticklebacks in the shallow bit under the bridge. I even had had my first real snog in the graveyard (nice!) over the bridge on the ...Read more

A memory of Risca in 1976 by Justin Measures

When my mother first bought the 'Pink' cottage, at the edge of the fen, it was very dilapidated, the barn in the back was almost gone, we had no electricity, no running water, the ceilings were too low, the stairs were falling down. ...Read more

A memory of Reach in 1959 by Jeannette Howard

I can remember going for a drive on a sunny Sunday afternoon with my mum and dad to Platt Fields Park, sometimes Dad would hire a boat on the lake and take us rowing, I would have a bag with bread in to to feed the ducks. I ...Read more

A memory of Fallowfield in 1968 by Moira Bardsley

I lived in No. 8 Council Cottages (now Firbank), several children in the cottages, Potters No 4, Arnolds No 1, Apps No 2, Burtenshaw No 3, this was before the war. I was born 1929. Mr Harris of Redeham Hall Farm let us have the run ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Dennis Stenning

In the early spring, arriving early for school at Sherrards Wood, I took a look at the most incredible sight you could imagine, Cherry Blossoms filled my sight all along Pentley Park. It made my heart jump with joy to see the richness and beauty.

A memory of Welwyn Garden City in 1955 by Nigel Seccombe

My name is Dennis Shatford, once known as Dennis Roberts, as lads we used to sit on the Elwy bridge so we could watch the minor accidents that would happen because the drivers couldn't see the Halt sign by the old deanery. I ...Read more

A memory of St Asaph in 1959 by Dennis Roberts