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As a native of St Blazey, I would like to write about the businesses there at the time. The first shop on the church side " The International Stores", a fine shop managed by Mr Vincent, who also owned the newsagents in ...Read more

A memory of St Blazey in 1951 by Melville Grigg

Photograph No. 1. I was born in July l940 – Virginia Le Roux. The house on the left of the picture was where I lived until I was nearly 13 with my parents. The long narrow upstairs window was my bedroom. My mother’s ...Read more

A memory of Shere in 1940 by Virginia Pawlyn

my parents owned the piost office from about 1958-1965 - their names were albert (bill) edward wild and dorothy emma wild and the inscription on the board read "AE and DE Wild" before they owned it , it belonged to Vera ...Read more

A memory of Prestbury in 1960 by Vivien Hyde

A wealth of memories flood in: Saturday morning pictures followed by sausages from Clarkes, the Butchers made by "Uncle" Len Roblett with whom I and my brother were evacuated from London together with his wife "Aunt" Rosie ...Read more

A memory of Marlow in 1942 by Gordon Neighbour

My great great great grandfather, Charles Barlow was baptised in St Michael at Thorn 13.6.1813, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (nee Stark). His uncle was James Stark, Norwich School of Painters, and his grandfather was Michael ...Read more

A memory of Norwich in 1860 by Lisa Lipman

Thanks to Ann Bennett for bringing back memories of Vernon Park - the park and museum were always magic places for me too. I remember the slippery stone when it was still fairly rough! We lived at Bredbury Bar ...Read more

A memory of Stockport in 1956 by Don Phillips

I moved to Churchfield, Harlow, from London in 1955 and I went to the Spinney School and then onto Markhall in 1963. I had fond memories of Churchfield up until 1969 when my brother Kevin Welsh drowned in an accident in the ...Read more

A memory of Harlow in 1963 by Susan Willett

I remember Moot House. I had moved to Harlow New Town in 1952 as a ten year old girl with my family and in my teens I cleared the tables and washed up in a café in the House on Saturdays. As I was too young to be employed ...Read more

A memory of Harlow by rossmeadpa

I remember Moot House. I had moved to Harlow New Town in 1952 as a ten year old girl with my family and in my teens I cleared the tables and washed up in a café in the House on Saturdays. As I was too young to be employed ...Read more

A memory of Harlow by rossmeadpa

I lived on Kent Avenue (27) from 1953 to 1958, and I remember Teddy Barlow well, a lot of Kent Avenue was still under construction at that time , a fabulous playground for us kids, and a watchmen with a wooden leg (allegedly). We ...Read more

A memory of Rawmarsh by mick.daines