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I remember Chelmsford, my dad used to work on the Eastern National Buses for twenty eight years as a 'clippy' til 1973 when he died. We used to live in Waltham where he cycled down to the village to catch the bus, which was two miles ...Read more

A memory of Chelmsford by Pat Kings

Kilbirnie Central School and music teacher Mr Brawn. Mr Brawn was a most gifted pianist; if you recall he always wore a grey shiny suit. Mr Brawn would often give a piano recital at the start of class, this was as he put it, to warm ...Read more

A memory of Kilbirnie in 1959 by John Allan

My mum was born in Gilfach Goch (Red Nook) in 1930. Her mother was born Catherine Ann Leyshon and her father Reginald Bernard Assinder, which changed over the years to Assender. My grandmother passed away in ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1930 by Catherine Capener

My 2nd daughter Deborah was born in Frimley Hospital June 24, 1964 on a night when 6 babies were born (when normally only 1 would be born). The nurses were run off their feet. One came and asked me where my husband was because she ...Read more

A memory of Frimley in 1964 by Anne Tindall

While browsing the internet I came across your site and would like to give you some family information which may be of interest. About 10 years ago, I discovered that my mother was born in the School House in 1894. Her parents ...Read more

A memory of Coldridge in 1890 by Richard Nash

My mother Jean was born in Greenock in 1916. She married an Englishman and I was born in England in 1941 but spent my holidays with my grandparents, aunts and cousins in Greenock. My grandparents lived in an old tenement in ...Read more

A memory of Greenock in 1940 by Judy Macdonald

Hi, I was born and brought up in Dipton, I lived in Annfield Street with my dad, Tom Bell, and my nanna, Maria Bell. I went to St Patricks RC School and have good memories of my time there with a few of the teachers being nuns. My ...Read more

A memory of Dipton in 1956 by Alice Bell

I was born in Normacot in 1953. I am the eldest of 4 children born to an Irish mother and a railway worker father. My great great grandfather came with his son from Bream near Lydney in Gloucestershire. They lived in Upper Spring Road ...Read more

A memory of Normacot in 1953 by Mary Rowley

Eastry used to be a very significant part of east Kent. The Norman church was built on the foundations of a previous church, which must have been built over a thousand years ago. It is said, there was a palace here for the ...Read more

A memory of Eastry by Michael Mitchell

The 'new' primary school in Cook's Lea (a respected headteacher in Sandwich) was built in the early sixties and is well-located next to the Gunpark to the left. The old C of E Primary School was a solid building and this new school ...Read more

A memory of Eastry in 1962 by Michael Mitchell