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Memories of Brandon High also reminded me of the time I developed a crush on an attractive girl who also attended the school. I decided that a sure-fire method of gaining her attention was to present her with a box of ...Read more

A memory of Motherwell in 1959 by John Cunningham

Motherwell in the 1950’s seemed fairly dull to me, which is where the Rex Café next to the Rex cinema comes into the picture, if you’ll pardon the pun. It was 1958 when I first feasted my eyes on the café’s flashy jukebox. It ...Read more

A memory of Motherwell in 1958 by John Cunningham

Saturday morning was the highlight of the week for me I put on my ABC badge and made my way from Hope Street to the La Scala picture house near Motherwell Cross in Brandon Street were I duly paid my ...Read more

A memory of Motherwell in 1956 by Alexander Mc Bride

My first memories of Motherwell was living down the Daisy Park at 18 Braidhurst Street and watching the new housing scene being built opposite my house ,the old mill used provide a perfect brae for our bogies which consisted an ...Read more

A memory of Motherwell by Alexander Mc Bride

Brandon High School, Motherwell, Scotland. Reminiscences by Graham Kinnear May 2023. Living in Australia since 1980. I was so fascinated by fun and games and adventures, that ...Read more

A memory of Motherwell by thebeild

I was born in 1931, Middlesbrough. My parents were Thomas and Lily Hunt. My sister Sylvia, was born in 1937. From an early age, before and after Sylvia was born, mum would take us ...Read more

A memory of Esh Winning in 1930 by Eric Hunt

I was standing next to Joe, beside the plaza, looking down as the roofs came off Blaydon. The man had a tear in his eye, I'll never forget that day.

A memory of Blaydon in 1962

The gentleman in the foreground of the Quadrant in the dark suit is my father Albert (Bert) Brandon a local business man. He opened a fruit and flower shop at 12 Albion Street which was previously his mother's shop and sold ...Read more

A memory of Dunstable by Claire Allen

My brother Bryan and I were evacuated to St. Day in 1940 and I spent three happy years there before reluctantly returning to London in 1943. We lived with Mr. and Mrs. Batty who ran a hardware shop on the corner of Fore Street. Mr ...Read more

A memory of St Day in 1940 by Gerard Mos

We arrived in Brixham in the spring of 1954, our first 'home' was a one bedroom   basement 'flat' in Torquay. I found plumbing work on a block of flats at Plainmore, and became close friends with Brian and Whin Dovey from the Newton Abbott ...Read more

A memory of Brixham in 1954 by Tony Harper