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For near on 20 years I have been trying to trace my family history. I seem to hit so many brick walls that my family are starting to become an enigma to me. My father's grandfather was Edward Thomas ...Read more

A memory of Greenock in 1920 by Toni Harvey

I remember when we lived on Devon Street facing the old All Saints school, they built the new school at the end of the street. Our student teacher Mr Barry mad ea film called the vanishing machine where the children made the ...Read more

A memory of Farnworth by Christine Barrett

I remember Bedfont very well I was born in Peacock Ave no 45 just three door from the school the old pit behind us a big play ground the old stoney wall the old toy shop I think his name was Mr Jenning the china shop next door ...Read more

A memory of Bedfont in 1953 by Brian Terry

The house we lived in, two up and two down, toilet way up the garden, no hot water, must have been a nightmare for my mum but my memories are of playing in the square with all the other kids, Maypole days, ...Read more

A memory of Cadishead in 1930 by Olwen Gillet

I can repeat much of what has been said by others. I was born in Stepney in 1946 and after a period of homelessness and moving from friend to friend my parents were given a prefab in Foxglove Crescent (no. 25) It was a fairly ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1950 by Ken Nicholls

I remember well the amazing west road this was a group of houses owned by watney brewery. The road was enclosed by a brick wall at one end and iron gates at the other. No cars allowed. The families mostly only rented two rooms, so ...Read more

A memory of Mortlake in 1950 by Kathleen Slark

My Grandmother lived in Yew Tree Cottage, The Ryse Hatfield Heath with Bob Challis. I was a little girl growing up in London, and would visit at Weekends and school holidays. Uncle Bob was a stockman on the farm but later due to ill ...Read more

A memory of Hatfield Heath in 1965 by Jane Puddephatt

Reading all these memories brings back mine. I lived in Waterlooville from 1945 (I was born in Jubilee Road Nursing Home) to 1966. We lived in Winifred Road, and I went to the Infants in Stakes Hill Road, then the Tin Hut, and ...Read more

A memory of Waterlooville in 1950 by Eileen Sainsbury

I think this date is about right. I started St, Luke's when I was six. It was on the corner of Mode Wheel Road and Eccles New Road. It was a great little school. My first teacher was Mrs Goldstraw, There was Mr Jones in the ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1951 by Hazel Bolger

I was living in northwick park with my grandmother, making model aeroplanes, running to the shop to buy 20 Du Mariers cigarettes for her. At the Gaumont she would insist I sit in the gallery seats, away from the common boys, I ...Read more

A memory of Kenton by poodobin1963