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My father Eddie Morris was last of of 7 children who lived in the Gristmill. Even aged 70, he was still hugged & referred to as Baby Brother. (Ron, Tom, Jack, Jim, Trudy, Grace, Eddie). Story is that ...Read more

A memory of Whitebrook by Ruth Wolveridge

I was born during the Second World War in 1942, the 8th child to my parents at Goose Bridge, Matching Green. My parents were Scottish and people thought they were foreign. My dad worked for Mr Gemmill's farm ...Read more

A memory of Matching Green by Mary Burton

Seedley, Salford 6 God, how this page is bringing back memories! I'm a demob baby! Mind you, a lot of men coming back from the war celebrated the that's why the baby boom happened! Although born in Old Trafford, ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Tim Williamson

My name is Brian Spray and I first saw Bretby Hall when I was 4 years old. I contracted Infantile Paralisis (Polio) in 1944 and was referred to see the lady doctor who practiced at Bretby, Dr Greason and Mr Lund. I spent 6 ...Read more

A memory of Bretby in 1948 by Brian Spray

My parents worked for Mr & Mrs Agar, Beechwood, Lavington Park, Petworth, Sussex. Mrs. Agar's name was Barbara. They had a town house near Berkeley Square, London W.1. I remember living there more than in Sussex. ...Read more

A memory of Lavington Park in 1949 by Eithe Vinton

I spent most of my childhood in and out of the hospital and have such wonderful happy memories. I was usually on Charlie Mac ward (Charles McAllister). I remember Sister Bromley (spoke to her only a few of years ago), Dr Burston and ...Read more

A memory of Heswall by Jane Ballinger

Hello. This is not so much a memory as a request. After the war my dad and mum moved to Cwm Penmachno from Liverpool with my younger sister and myself. I was four and a half years old. My dad had a job driving a motor car for a ...Read more

A memory of Penmachno in 1951 by Stanley Fletcher

I am trying to trace a woman by the name of Lily Fox, born in 1938 in Ireland. We know a Lily Fox married a Derek Rose on the 7th March 1959 in St Barnabas Church in Mitcham. He was a carpenter aged 26 and she was a cashier aged 20 ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1959 by Geraldine O Connor

I was born in Kings Farm Avenue, just off Manor Road in Richmond in 1964. When I was a baby we swapped council houses with my Uncle and moved into 28 Sandycombe Road - this was to be my home until 1987. My grandparents lived at number ...Read more

A memory of Kew in 1969 by Garry Smith

It was always a sense of adventure searching for new place to visit on our holidays - and certainly we found an idyllic spot just a mile or so outside the town of Cemaes Bay. Mother had been staying with my younger sister ...Read more

A memory of Cemaes Bay in 1976 by Margaret Mosley