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My dad ran the St George's youth club for a few years. He also had the butcher's shop on Old Road in Flowery Field and my grandpa owned the butchers on Croft Street. The youth club was up some rickety stairs in the loft space in ...Read more

A memory of Hyde

I remember playing football outside our house on Primrose Hill with a police man when we heard a loud rumbling noise. We noticed dust clouds rising behind the last two houses on the street, we ran to my house and went to the back yard door ...Read more

A memory of Blackburn in 1954 by Norman Edwards

The 60ft, 11knot, TSMV "New Princess Maud" was built for our Family Company, the Southend Motor Navigation Co Ltd, by Cook's Yard on the Hythe at ...Read more

A memory of Southend-on-Sea by julian

I was born in 1940 and my grandparents lived at 10 Queen Alexandra Hospital which was in a row of terraced cottages, just above the main part of the hospital. My grandfather worked there, I think on the nursing side. The ...Read more

A memory of Cosham

I remember as a child moving into my parents 1st bought house it was 71 Lynn street west gorton heading onto redgate lane (which is still there today) and stoodley car auctions was built on this area and also there is a scrap yard ...Read more

A memory of Gorton by georgina4dave

I was born in Kilnhurst but came to live in Swinton when I was a couple of months old. My parents were Connie and Eric Jackson. We first lived at 9 The Croft. Our neighbours were Fred and Grace, Graham Marks and Mr and Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Swinton by brbrblamb

My family go back many generations as farmers in Wetheral up until the 1930s. My Great Grandfather Richard Irving was at The Croft Farm and The Green Farm. My Grandfather Thomas Watson Irving first lived at Pleasant View where ...Read more

A memory of Wetheral by robertirving

Iam Weston born and bred from the age of 8 to15 I worked-with the Drew family on the beach with the donkeys and carriages from 1963-1970 I must have had my photo taken hundreds of times yet can't find any anyway of that ...Read more

A memory of Weston-super-Mare by c.hewlett7

Hello My name is Joanne. I am the Granddaughter of Amy and James, (Jimmy), Sole. My lovely Mother Terry will be 80 years-young next year and I am starting the process of putting together some memories for her. Terry has two ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch by jo.faith.tozer

We moved from gravesend 1948 moved in with an aunt in broadview avenue us 3 kids and mum and dad living in one bedroom a bit short of space 3 aunts and a cousin in the other 2 rooms . no television in them days just a radio ...Read more

A memory of Rainham by woolg.chris