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The smell that came from the foundry... I used to go see my dad and the cold damp stench used to burn your eyes and fill your lungs. The building was cold and damp and yet the heat from the ladles of molten iron would burn your ...Read more

A memory of Auchtermuchty by Kathleen Litts Dean

For many years I enjoyed playing in Caerau park. Yet my best memories are of our train rides to Cymmer. When steam trains were the normal means of transport, with our pocket money on a Saturday, sometimes we would buy a return ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1963 by David Walters

I hope I have the right Garndiffaith? My brother, Walter (Wally) was 13, my sister June was 10, and I was 4. We were evacuated from Birmingham in 1940/41 after our home was destoyed in the blitz. Wally stayed with a Mrs Cooper who ...Read more

A memory of Garndiffaith in 1940 by Peter Vaughan

How well I remember having to march down to the rectory for our school dinners, the chatter was mind-boggling, my grandma used to say!I can hear you boys coming as soon as you get by RA's shop", that was Instones the ...Read more

A memory of Broseley in 1947 by John Wilkes

Does anyone remember The Tramp. It's quite likely that he wasn't a tramp at all but that's what we called him, although we never spoke to him nor did he ever speak to us. He became an almost daily fixture adding to the intrigue of ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Denman Lalonde

I was born in Consett at 11 Newmarket Street in June 1933, though my parents were living in Norfolk and later on in Middlesex. I was sent back to live with aunts when the Blitz really got going. I went to the CofE Primary ...Read more

A memory of Consett in 1940 by Malcolm Hutton

Those foggy days in Dartford and the oil tanks on the street corners that produced a lot of smoke that was designed to send smoke into the atmosphere so that enemy planes could not get a visionary view of the area ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by Clive Jeffrey

My mother, Eileen Keith, was born in Farncombe in 1908 and her brother Ben in 1912. She often spoke with pleasure of her childhood there, and of her teachers (Miss Alexander and Miss Kate Gresham) and the vicar, Canon Bowring. She ...Read more

A memory of Farncombe in 1910 by Katharine Martin

My husband Reginald and I were married at St Andrews Minster Ashingdon at 2 pm on saturday 16 September 1972. The service was conducted by The Rector Rev. Norman Cotgrove. I had 7 bridesmaids in blue,green,lilic,& lemon. Our ...Read more

A memory of Ashingdon in 1972 by Christine Willis

I can remember setting off to London to see my sister from Boldon Colliery station and this started my interest in railways. I was hooked and was a regular at the station in the years of 1959 to 1963, trainspotting and ...Read more

A memory of Boldon Colliery in 1961 by Eric Davies