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My mum was born there but came to Wales when war broke out as she was in care at the time. She stayed with a couple who had lost their own child and who eventually 'adopted' her so she never returned, but ...Read more

A memory of Uckfield in 1960 by Barbra Breeze

I was born Heswall 1947. Mother's maiden name was Cooper. The family ran the first shop on the right as you came into Irby from Thingwall during the 2nd World War. Eunice McClure was my mother's bridesmaid and became my godmother. We as ...Read more

A memory of Irby by Frederick Ashley

I used to be a frequent visitor to Chorley Hall as a young boy accompanying my mother and grandmother. The Hall and farm were tenanted by Joe Davis and he married Annie Bower who was my grandmother's sister-in-law and hence my ...Read more

A memory of Alderley Edge in 1953 by Nigel Wylde

From 1971 to the present day I have lived in different parts of the village, and never want to move. I attended the old school (community centre), and living just a few yards away had to be late most mornings! I ...Read more

A memory of Kingskerswell by Joanne Doyle

I lived in Kemsley until 1970 when I left to get married. All the kids from the village played rounders and cricket together. We always built a huge bonfire for Guy Fawkes Night but it always got burned down, we always blamed one ...Read more

A memory of Kemsley in 1963 by Sylvia Webster

From 1935 to 1941 I was a pupil at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Crediton, travelling every day by train from Morchard Road Station, leaving home at ten minutes past eight to board the eight thirty train ...Read more

A memory of Down St Mary in 1930 by John Shapland

I was fortunate to be at Loddiswell Primary school in the last few years of the reign of Ms Christian Michell and Ms Margaret Common, in the late 60s. In these days the summers were always very hot, and winters very cold ...Read more

A memory of Loddiswell by Mr Sosgez

I don't have a memory but some of our family lived there around 1950 pre and onwards. The Tomlinsons, Peggy and Burt, maybe Peggy's sisters and brother John and their mother who I believe was a Collins. Hoare is another surname. If ...Read more

A memory of Perivale by Helen Acott

I was born 1941 in Raneleigh Road Nursing Home in Mount Charles. I was brought up in Rope Walk Lane opposite the old Primary School. There was a cement works part way down the lane. My mother (aged 19) worked in the 'Food Office' in St ...Read more

A memory of Charlestown by Philip Rogers

Hello, I now live in Co. Waterford. I gave my name as I was known in 1949. I lived with my Gran - Annie Evans - & Grandad Will at 26 Bryn Terrace, almost at the top. Grandad was a miner (he went underground at 11 years of age) ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1950