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Hi Susan, I have just read your message. I have happy memories of visits to Uncle Bert and Auntie Toppy when they lived in what I believe was called Railway Cottages, which were situated between two sets of railway ...Read more

A memory of Gilberdyke in 1940 by John Holt

Mobberley Boys School was a bit of a misnomer as it was way outside Mobberley (at Knolls Green) and was a junior boys approved school. I was sent there for pinching a box of chocolates! Nowadays I would have probably got a ...Read more

A memory of Mobberley in 1955 by Frank Kelly

I went to St Peter's School, shown by the side of the canal, half way up the picture on the left, and contained in the triangle. It was demolished prior to the canal being filled to create Churchill Road. This was an important site during ...Read more

A memory of Wisbech by Claire Allen

My grandfather, John Williams, lived in a victorian terraced house in Seymour Road with his parents and four brothers. The house was knocked down and replaced with the large block of flats you can see in the distance to the centre of ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1940 by Julian Hight

My name is Alan Trageser and I was an American Airman living in Westleton from 1981 to 1985. My son was born at Ipswich hospital. My greatest memories are of the wonderful people I met there like the older couple that ...Read more

A memory of Westleton in 1981 by Alan Trageser

I have moved around the country since leaving Wythenshawe in 1977 but I recently returned to Roundthorn through my work and visited Duerrs Factory. Whilst there I was convinced that this was previously Almonds Bakery where I ...Read more

A memory of Roundthorn in 1973 by Liz Legerton

My father, who worked for Philips Electrical (Mullard Amplifier Division) was the Sound Engineer at both the Wembley Stadium and Pool during the entire Olympic Games of 1948. He had to work very long hours not only during the ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1948 by Clive Warneford

I attended Suttons Secondary School whilst living in Elm Park from 1946 to 1948, after that we moved to Scotland. I enjoyed Suttons and can remember several of the teachers. Mr Lovatt was the Principal, ...Read more

A memory of Hornchurch by Denman Lalonde

Robert (Bob) and Margaret (Maggie) Urquhart, and family, occupied a croft named Drywells, at Bodinfinnoch, Parish of Botriphnie, County of Banffshire. One of the Urquhart boys later described Drywells as: 'The most miserable ...Read more

A memory of Drummuir in 1920 by R Urquhart

I only knew Atcham as the place where my grandfather's family lived in 1901. My grandfather lived there with the rest of his family in the Atcham Schoolhouse because his dad was the local School Master at that time. I recently ...Read more

A memory of Atcham in 1900 by Helen Sliwinski