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From Trafford Road one would see the first shop was on the left of Cawdor Street; the workshop of Louis Donlan, tailor. Next on the left was Bolsover’s Grocery shop; popular with some customers because 'sterilized ...Read more

A memory of Patricroft by Joseph Murphy

I was born in Thorpe Coombe Hospital in 1941 and grew up in Erskine Road Walthamstow which led on to Walthamstow Market. My brother Barry and I would be given a threepenny bit piece by our granddad who lived with our ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow in 1940 by Maureen Shanks

I have been hunting around trying to find details of The Animals band's concert at Eltham in the mid 1960s. My family moved to Lee Green in the mid 60s, I moved to Kidbrooke School for my final two school years, ...Read more

A memory of Eltham

My family's ancestors come from countryside around Harewood and one of the oldest I have identified was John Norfolk who lived in Eccup in the late 1600's. I have seen several of ...Read more

A memory of Eccup by John Howard Norfolk

I was born on Alexander Road in 1944 and moved to 79 Aston Terrace in 1945 and these were one of the best times in my life. We were known as the middle row and I can remember most people in the row; Tylers, Barnses, Davises, Scotts, ...Read more

A memory of Aston in 1950 by Anthony Scott

My father, John Miller, of Sheffield learned to glide here with his friend Peter Bowen in the late 1950's. He says the closest glider is an Olympia and the next one a trainer. The man ...Read more

A memory of Great Hucklow by Jonathan Miller

All of our family lived around the Broadway area in the 50`s. My dad had 2 brothers and 2 sisters. Sister's married names were Eaton & Calcot. My uncle, Jim Calcot, was the manager of the Red Hall cinema. We used to kid people we ...Read more

A memory of Fulham in 1958 by David Malster

In the early 1960's Bob Simpson and I opened the Harrogate Jazz Club at the Beechwood Court Hotel on Cold Bath Road. We booked the best bands from London and Birmingham; Ken Collier, London City ...Read more

A memory of Harrogate by Barry Walker

I recall one of my younger days where I and a young girlfriend of mine decided to go on a biking holiday. I bought two Dawes Racing bikes which were equipped with panniers. Off we went from Royston, near Barnsley where we'd have to ...Read more

A memory of Grimsby in 1969 by Roland Mitchell

My adopted uncle Artthur and Auntie Eadie used to be the caretakers here .My sisters and myself used to spend our summer holidays here. It had a beautiful old raspberry tree and and a babbling brook - I still can never get enough ...Read more

A memory of Steyning by Deirdre Mirphy