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My mother, at the tender age of 17, was taken to Bromley-by-Bow Hospital in the midst of the London blitz to have her first child. She never saw her baby girl, was told she had died and everyone was to be evacuated to Scotland ...Read more

A memory of Bromley by Linda Wilkins

My Great Great Grandfather was James Bradley of Clifton-on-Teme (1853-1931). He died rather dramatically at Tedney Bank in 1931, following the Clifton-on-Teme Hunt. According to family lore, he saw the fox, cried out "There's the ...Read more

A memory of Little Merthyr in 1930 by Bryan Mc Cahey

Now this takes me way back to my cycling days, myself and two friends who were Tony Robinson (Rusty) and Roy Peachey (Ladder) spent one night at Crickhowell Youth Hostel. It was 8th April 1971 to be exact, ...Read more

A memory of Crickhowell in 1971 by Steve Reynolds

Re: St Mary's wednesday morning church service at Dewhurst Secondary as it was known in those days, I remember Stan Mathews falling asleep on his knees as in prayer. My mother now lives in the alms house next to the church, so every ...Read more

A memory of Cheshunt in 1963 by Trevor Monk

My Grandads family were from Horton, as far as I know they had a farm here. My Grandad (Kenneth Grove) moved to the Northeast of England when he married my Nan. My Grandad died in 1984, when I was 4 years old, and we ...Read more

A memory of Horton

I lived in Kilburn from 1936 to 1969. The Gaumont State cinema was part of my life as a teenager. It was one of a number of cinemas in the area at that time and every Saturday evening I would go to the 'pictures' at ...Read more

A memory of Kilburn in 1952 by Fred Parker

V. E. day was a great day, as I clearly remember it. I remember cycling up High Street with a flag on my handlebars, and a propeller whizzing round in the wind, which we made out of wood, it was a popular with the kids at that time. Bonfires ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1945 by Bob Marriott

What a delight to find this site. It reminded me of so much. My grandparents did a moonlight flit from Bethnel Green, walking to Tooting with four boys, one girl and a pram carrying Gran's pride and joy, a mangle. Three weeks ...Read more

A memory of Tooting by Frances Shaw Sartori

I am writing this because I have been back to Clara visiting after I was contacted by Brian and Helen who now live in me Granda's house, they had read my memories of Newburn which mentioned Clara and sent me a message. Me Grandad Cecil ...Read more

A memory of Clara Vale in 1947 by Jimmy Burrows

In 1942 aged 5 due to my father being a shipwright in the Portsmouth Dockyard he was transferred to a satellite dockyard at Dunstaffnage where we stayed as a family until the war finished and we then moved back to ...Read more

A memory of Oban in 1942 by Brian Woodward