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My name is WILFRIED and I live in Germany. In 1968 I was on school exchange in Hemel Hempstead for four weeks. I was there with a group of 40 boys and girls all at the age of 16 or 17 supported by two teachers. We were all living ...Read more

A memory of Hemel Hempstead in 1968

I was born in number 8 Pirnie Street, it was the house between the Torrances and the Shaws, a couple of houses down from auld Neil Moreland, he was the lollipop man at Jenny Nairn's shop. I also went skinny dipping at the pipe and ...Read more

A memory of Methilhill in 1965 by Jim Cunge Cunningham

I arrived in Cornish Hall end at the age of four when my family was bombed out in London. My brother, mother and a lot of cousins grew up in Sharpes Cottage and attended school in CHE. My mother later taught there. We did ...Read more

A memory of Great Bardfield by Peter Nightingale

When I was a young girl I was shown newspaper cuttings of my father John F Fife modelling an asbestos fire suit he had designed and made in his factory work shop at Percy Main. My older brother aged ...Read more

A memory of North Shields in 1930 by Elizabeth Johnson

Hi, My family the Burgins lived in Thornley when I was younger and a lot of them still live there now. We lived in Hartlepool Street in an old public house. We used to go down to Fleming's shop for the penny lollies. Our house backed onto ...Read more

A memory of Thornley in 1967 by Suzanne Thubron

I was a World War II evacuee, and after a short "phony war" trip to Northampton, when the Blitz began I was sent to Llantrisant. I have nothing but warm memories of the town. I was thee years old and billeted with an ...Read more

A memory of Llantrisant in 1940 by Roy Barnacle

My name was Betty Knowles, my family and I also lived in Hayes Lane at number 48, and my grandfarther lived next door, his name was Wilfred Poole. I remember the ash bank over the road where we use to put jacket potatoes in the ...Read more

A memory of Lye in 1959 by Betty Brownlow

Joe Richards went on to be Headmaster of Pontygof Boys School. I went there from 1958 to1962 and remember these teachers: Mr Davies, Mr Jones who always used to sell stamp approvels from the draw in his desk where he also ...Read more

A memory of Ebbw Vale in 1958 by Clive Morgan

Post house coffee bar (Dilaplos), I lived in there, lunch most dinner times, and back in when the shop closed. I worked in Stylo's, corner of Northgate and Crown Street. Myself and a lad called Frank Uttley(hairdresser) used to get ...Read more

A memory of Darlington in 1965 by Michael Pearson

My memory of Styal Open Air School is one of happiness and gratitude to all of those dedicated and professional nurses who showed me and others love and compassion in the absence of our ...Read more

A memory of Styal by Barry Plant