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I was born in 1954 and I lived in Batley Carr with my mum, Brenda (nee Charlesworth) and my dad, Tommy and younger brother, Kevin. At first we lived in Holgate's Yard, off Milton Street (The Irish Fold) and then maybe a ...Read more

A memory of Batley Carr by Ian Sewell

My earliest memory of Totternhoe was when we moved to the village from Dunstable after my grandfather died. We came to live at 35 Church Road next door to my father's cousin Winifred Heley who was the postmistress at ...Read more

A memory of Totternhoe in 1951 by Adrian Siret

As a child between 1964 -1969, a friend of mine recalls visiting a corner shop, possibly an off licence located at the end of a street, somewhere in the Great Barr ...Read more

A memory of Great Barr by studio500

As Gillian Ferguson as I was then I went to Maylands from 1965. I remember Mrs Parsons the music teacher, Miss Johannsen the Headmistress, Mr Carr/science and Mrs Walmsley. It was a great school to be at especially having to ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch by Gillian Mc Creath

The row of houses mentioned earlier were re numbered in the early 1950s. Our row started at 206- 214. The row of houses we lived in were actually owned by my grandmother Minnie Garbett. She bought them sometime in the ...Read more

A memory of Chadsmoor by Wendy Barr

Friday market coming home from welbeck road school through the market down castle lane to carr vale with a 1d hovis loaf in my hand

A memory of Bolsover in 1958 by Brian Spray

Hello all you Yorkshire people, wherever you may now be... Here is a poem I wrote about good old York. Enjoy. Shopping in the Shambles on a snowy Christmas Eve Playing hide and seek in Acomb Wood Watching Andy Pandy by the fire in our ...Read more

A memory of York in 1955 by Anne England

'ROLL OUT THE BARREL'.  I REMEMBER BEING TAUGHT THAT SONG WHILE THE BLITZ WAS GOING ON BY MY GRAN.  WE LIVED IN ZEBRA STREET, HIGHER BROUGHTON.  WE WERE IN THE AIR RAID SHELTER IN OUR YARD WHEN ONE NIGHT WHEN THE SHELTER SHOOK AND ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1940 by Albert Dibley

I was just checking out Northolt history and came across this site...looking through it ,I have seen a few names I remember, so thought I would check it out ! My name is Jacky, surname was Burns, lived in ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by jackybenjamin