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When I was growing up in Shifnal there was no carnival, only the Dove Club weekend, the fair visited the last weekend in June as it still does to this day. My memories of that time are always having something new to wear and Grandad ...Read more

A memory of Shifnal in 1960 by Christine Hayward

I grew up in Stanhope Heath...went to junior school and Lord Knyvet's, hen Ashford Grammar. I remember the farrier, the gravel pits, the"Iraqi place". My brother and mother are buried in the cemetery. My friend ...Read more

A memory of Ashford in 1958 by Graham Moyse

In 1947 there was one of the worst snow falls I can remember, when packed snow in High Street, lasted into March; then those on the dole had to get picks and shovels from the Council and break it up, horse and carts then took it to the ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1948 by Bob Marriott

My father was born in Frimley and lived at No 8 The Grove till he married and moved to Dartford, then Wastwater and finally emigrated to South Africa after the Second World War. I visited my late grandparents, Mr H H Finch and Mrs ...Read more

A memory of Frimley in 1970 by First Name Last Name

On September 15, 1949, I started attending Mount School at the ripe old age of 4 1/2. The School was located in the Market Place. I travelled with a small group of students from Eppleby to Darlington and then on to Bishop ...Read more

A memory of Bishop Auckland by Alison Glass

My Grandma, Grandad and Auntie Annie lived on Market Street all their lives. They moved into the houses when they were brand new - they had a building at the bottom of the little garden which ...Read more

A memory of Mottram in Longdendale in 1965 by Cheryl Charles

On the left of the picture is the tall post on which the air raid siren is mounted, still there ten years after it was in service, I heard it several times before running to the "dugout" and before being ...Read more

A memory of Forty Hill by Derek P Arker

I have many strong memories of Lots Road in the late 1940s early 50s. The power station loomed over the streets. Bomb sites and the row of shops in King's Road, Brightmans Bakery and Rollo the greengrocer. I went to ...Read more

A memory of Chelsea by Lesley Bairstow

It is clear from the post from John Howard Norfolk that he and I have some shared memories.I lived at No15 Heversham Rd,Saturday morning minors at the Regal,riding the 401 or 486 to go shopping with my mother in the ...Read more

A memory of Bexleyheath by geoffkemp

Pontefract a place I call home, my early years were spent Carleton Home's, it would be 58 years before I saw my real Mum Minne Martin from Castleford. from off the West wood Est. in Cutsyke. I was ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract by michaelscorgie7