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I was so pleased to see this photo in a Francis Frith book. The two ladies in the foreground are my Grandma and my Mother. Grandma was Mrs. Archie Turner (1892-1974) who lived in Whitford Road, Birkenhead. My Mother, Mrs. ...Read more

A memory of Parkgate by Margaret Halpin

Living on Barnfield Road, I was 10 years old in 1955 and would often be asked to ride my bike round to the Post Office to post a letter or buy something at the shop.The P.O. was run for many years by Mr Arthur Mather.

A memory of Woolston by David Minshall

I lived in Sherfield Rd from 1950-1960. I lived a few doors down from the Bridgers, the local haulage contractor, his daughter Beryl use to ride her horse at the head of the carnival procession each year, during the ...Read more

A memory of Grays in 1953

Help, My Grandfather and Grandmother, Arthur and Margaret Hancock worked in Lumley Castle, as a coach driver and seamstress. We think this was sometime between 1895 and 1910. We need help to confirm this, as we are at a ...Read more

A memory of Lumley Castle by alanchristinejaz

I lived in Remer St from 1941 to 1966. I remember;- Bonars farm , Mosses farm, Barnetts farm all on Remer St. Groby Rd residents, Percy Barnett, Arthur and Lizzie Badrock. Powells farm. North St Chapel Beeches garage Elliots fish and ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by morton_d_a

I have many memories of visiting Stokenchurch, it was where my gran and Gramp lived. George and Lottie west of jubilee road. So Saturdays were spent visiting family, uncle riddles (Len West), uncle Stan And auntie Wendy West then it ...Read more

A memory of Stokenchurch

My mum and uncle, Eva and Arthur Hadfield, and grandad Robert Hadfield, lived on the left when the riding school was a poultry farm. It would be 100 yrs ago, maybe longer. They used to tell me about a shop on the right owned by ...Read more

A memory of High Lane by Helen Carroll

The two principal grocery shops in Westbury village, as it was still usually called, in the late 1950s and early 1960s were the Co-operative grocery by the corner of Church Road -- the Co-operative butcher on ...Read more

A memory of Westbury on Trym in 1957 by Timothy Purnell

I was born in 1934 in Southill Rd, Bensham and went to Lady Vernon School, my name in them days was Sheila Lucas. I had a wonderful life in those days. My life revolved round Bensham, the baths in Mulgrave Terrace were ...Read more

A memory of Sheriff Hill by Sheila Mcintyre

I lived in Figheldean from about 1949 - 1953, my parents and I lived in the Red Bungalow near the Wheatsheaf pub. My best friend was Wendy Stanfield, sadly no longer with us. Her father owned Stanfield's garage situated in the ...Read more

A memory of Figheldean by Rosemary Coleman