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My Grandfather Ben John owned a grocery store called Monmouth Dairy opposite the Handpost - on the right hand side of this picture. I was born in 1944 and have lived most of my life in Africa - but as a very young boy I have vivid ...Read more

A memory of Newport in 1950 by Gordon John

I was born in Lincoln May 26, 1957 to American parents. My father was in the United States Air Force and we lived at 65 South Park. I was born just a few doors down at the Eastholme Maternity Home. My family returned to ...Read more

A memory of Lincoln in 1957 by Denise Manchester

My brother and I spent very important years in Theydon Bois. We were only there for 5 years but they were probably the most formative. It was a very simple village. There was the school, far too small for the many children ...Read more

A memory of Theydon Bois in 1953 by Lesley Parry

My granddad, Charlie Davies, owned the post office and it was where my dad, Arfon Davies, was born. When my grandad died it was taken over by my Auntie Nellie, my dad's sister. My brothers, Gwyn, Iwan and Geraint came to ...Read more

A memory of Cwm Penmachno in 1950 by Gareth Davies

I was born in 1946 and lived in Caldbeck Avenue. When I was 6 on the way to Cheam Common School one morning I was running trying to keep up with a motorcycle and ran into this lamp post and split my head open. The ...Read more

A memory of Worcester Park in 1952 by Derek Gibson

My mum, Georgina Saville, was born in Gt Clifton on Dec 23rd 1923, she lived in William Street. She is now 90 years old with severe alzheimers. I can remember going there every Easter and staying with my grandmother Riuth Owens. I still have a aunty Margaret who still lives in Gt Clifton.

A memory of Great Clifton in 1920 by June Shuter

I was born in Quarella Road Hospital in Bridgend, but grew up on Cwmdu Street, Maesteg. Often went to the top of the street to get sweets and pop for myself, and a fresh gooseloaf for my mother. I remember it as a very ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg in 1975

ODE TO WALLSEND I was born at Wallsend Village green in the heart of Wallsend Town, I spent my childhood in an era great to be around, We all grew up together and played in our back lanes, My cousins and my neighbours in the ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend in 1976 by James Bridgewood

I was born in 1947 in boundary park hospital, as it was then. My mum and dad lived in Holt Lane in Failsworth. I can remember the Argyll Mill as a working cotton mill which was just down the lane. My mum was a housewife and my ...Read more

A memory of Oldham by suechalmers

My mother, Mary Rands, was christened in this church in 1929. Her Grandparents, Herbert and Mary Ann Rands, lived in a cottage at the back of the church called 'Myrtle' They passed away before the second world ...Read more

A memory of Chelmondiston by Sharon Burford