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Four Kilbirnie men were walking home after a shift in the steelworks, this would be after ten at night; it was a Friday and in those days people were paid in cash. Archie Allan, better known as Big Airchie, Wullie Mcgookin, ...Read more

A memory of Kilbirnie in 1960 by John Allan

My mum grew up in Heath Street (5/275) and after marriage moved to South Sheffield. I used to go and stay with my nan and granddad in Winson Green and have very fond memories of staying with them. I remember walking down the ...Read more

A memory of Winson Green in 1952 by June Johnson

I was born in Wallace Street, Dumbarton, August 13th 1959 in my grandparent's (Andrew and Mabel Aitken) house named "Bourtree". My other grandparents (Jim and Margaret Brash) lived directly across the road in their house ...Read more

A memory of Dumbarton in 1959 by Gordon Aitken

I spent a month in 1978 (including Christmas) at Tan y Bryn home. I was a police cadet with the Staffordshire police and this was part of my course - It brings back good memories. We used to walk with the clients who were able to ...Read more

A memory of Rhos in 1978 by Debbie Evans

Hi, I've been trying to chat to people about the Wood St walk, my dad ran in it for quite a few years until he and my uncle were disqualified for catching a bus! It was a big occasion back then and I have no idea why or what time of ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow in 1957 by Christine Clarke

I was born in Branston in 1948. I grew up there until I was 16 when we moved to Lincoln. There was a waterwheel down one of the country lanes which was very unusual, in as much as that it was horizontal rather than ...Read more

A memory of Branston in 1940 by Alexandra Arnold

I went to school in Newton on Trent when I was 7. The head teacher was Mrs Moore. There was a Big room and a Little Room. The Little Room had a Wendy House...and I remember reading a book about and boy who kept ...Read more

A memory of Newton on Trent in 1955 by Gillian Emerton

Though I was not born in Scotland, I have been back many times and always end up in the town my family was a big part of. My parents, grandparents and g-grandparents have always been a part of the woollen mills and my mother ran the ...Read more

A memory of Walkerburn in 1940 by Carolyn Tait

I lived in Mayplace Road East - firstly at no. 332 (from the age of 4) and then (after returning from living in Essex for a couple of years), at no. 310. Both these houses were more or less opposite to the Manor House and ...Read more

A memory of Barnehurst

I must have around 7 years old when my mother used to take me along Bramley Town Street, where in those times it was back to back houses and shops. I was taken regularly to the ...Read more

A memory of Bramley in 1958 by Sam Hamblett