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I lived at High Barmston Farm down the Waterside and had a fantastic childhood there before moving to Alnwick when I was 11. In the 1950s there were loads of houses down the Waterside and Coxgreen. Sadly not much ...Read more

A memory of Washington in 1951 by Jean Potts Atkinson

Hi, I was born in my nan and grandad's house in Mill Road, Aveley, it was a big house about half way down Mill Road on the right, heading towards the football grounds from the village. I was christened at the village church. I ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1958 by Bernard Brown

I moved to the old side of Kemble last year, and the thing I love about the place, is that nothing is really a memory(ie: being in the past). The village seems to have remained unchanged, bar a couple of newer ...Read more

A memory of Kemble in 2009 by Kemble Kris

Bear Bum Bay as it was unusually known by my family for generations was a regular haunt by my family as long as I can remember. I have a photo of my grandfather with his parents at the beach taken in the 1920s in ...Read more

A memory of Lavernock by Phil Toogood

The street shown in your photograph is Small Street. The shop with the blinds on the extreme right was rented by my father about 1942/3 (The fact that the shop blinds are drawn suggests the photo' may have ...Read more

A memory of Bristol in 1950 by John Holdcroft

I am writing about my memories of Glentrool. I lived at number 3 Glentrool near the teacher's house in a bonnie wee house. Mrs Mckay was our next door neighbour. I enjoyed it when the wood cutters were working with the shire ...Read more

A memory of Glentrool Village in 1959 by James Macpherson

I believe that this photo has been snapped from what used to be the original bus station in Corby New Town. I have childhood memories of getting off the 32 bus and running into the market from the station. I always had urgent ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1965 by Kenneth Little

I'm trying to trace my Family Tree and have found this website whilst browsing the internet for memories, photos etc about Newburn in the 1950s. My Nanna, Edith Veitch apparently ran a sweet shop (Sewells). My Mam was Ann Veitch ...Read more

A memory of Newburn by Sharon Reece

Actually this is not my memory, rather my brother's, now deceased. My brother was a Sick Bay Attendant stationed at HMS Rosneath. At the time many troops were coming back home with all sorts of injuries, he collected from ...Read more

A memory of Gourock in 1946 by Mike Fogg

I remember a Terry Carney living in Chapel Terrace, a curly headed boy with always a pleasant smile. I had a photo of him taken at Derwendeg school (a group photo) which I gave to a lady who was collecting memorabilia on Cefn Hengoed. My ...Read more

A memory of Hengoed in 1946 by Cyril Phillips