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Who remembers this junction in the 50`s and a large house on the left corner of Boyne hill called Amco House a lodging house for apprentices indentured at Anti Attrition engineering Co on Cannon lane Woodlands park. I was there with ...Read more

A memory of Maidenhead by fernandoferreira76

I've just read John Holmes' account of the early days in West Gorton. I went to St Marks from 1955 to 1960. I remember Mr Platt in the same way as most. I remember being smacked across the head for passing my 11 plus. I must admit it ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1955 by Stephen Painter

I like to say I was born in the Raven though it wasn't strictly true as I was born in a nursing home at Stourport. But my mum was the housekeeper there and my dad was handyman, and we lived in a flat in ...Read more

A memory of Droitwich Spa in 1950 by Sue Appleby

I lived in Wath for only 8 years from aged 1 to 9 (1954 to 1963) when we moved to Mexborough. We lived at No1 Melton View which was just off Well/Cat Lane opposite the old lock up building. We lived at number 1, next ...Read more

A memory of Wath Upon Dearne by Chris Wood

Does anyone else remember Mrs Callow's wool shop? Situated in the High Street near the top of Station Road, it was ideally situated for primary school children to buy sweets after school. In my case this was only on a ...Read more

A memory of Ightham in 1970 by Daryl Austin

Netherthong Industrial & Equitable Co-operative Society Some of the first co-operatives were set up in the Holmfirth area well before the Rochdale Pioneers. In 1827 spinners, twisters, weavers, ...Read more

A memory of Netherthong by Michael Meitiner

We moved to Smallfield in the late 1960s. I remember my little brother Gary Biddles putting his best suit on and knocking at the door of Smallfield Place asking if he could have a look around as he found it very interesting. The ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1960 by Sandra Webling

Hi,  my 2, 3 & 4xgreat-grandparents come from the area around Clatt.  The Reid family farmed Tofthills farm for many years, but this came to an end in 1879, when both John Reid and his wife, Elizabeth Davidson, died, and ...Read more

A memory of Clatt by Jan Saunders

Shirley Platts & Val Carradus nee Molloy, sisters. It was 1956 when Shirley was 7 and I was 3 and a half when we moved to Ferryhill from Metal Bridge but we regularly visited our Aunt, Uncle and Granda ...Read more

A memory of Metal Bridge by Val Carradus

I went to the village infants school, I can remember the outlay of it as if it was yesterday, sadly its now a car park. I remember my 3rd year teacher, Miss Martin, she taught me how to plait hair, she had a plump face, ...Read more

A memory of Dagenham in 1968 by Wendy Mehlin