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I was born and raised in Irthlingborough. I was born in 1948 above the shop to the left of The Bull, opposite the old bakery. Back then Finedon Road was quite narrow at that point. My grandmother owned ...Read more

A memory of Irthlingborough by Carol Ayers

My grandma & granddad (Ted & Janet Lambert) used to run a confectioners in the corner building at the top of Bond Street, a steep cobbled road then. They used to bake bread and cakes at their main shop ...Read more

A memory of Birstall in 1967 by Paul Robinson

I lived in a cottage in Long Lane, beyond Church End as a child during the war. I have vivid memories of my life here. The snowy winter of 1943 when the snow reached up to the cottage windows. We had no neighbours except Dick and ...Read more

A memory of Gamlingay in 1940 by Maureen Arrowsmith

The impressive entrance on Lavender Hill actually led into the Council Offices, where I started work when I left school in 1966. At that time they had changed very little since their Victorian origins; there was a grand ...Read more

A memory of Battersea in 1966

So many happy memories of Maesteg - where do I start? I was born in 1947 and lived at No 3, Plasnewydd Street until I was about 19. My best friend when I was young was Paul Spracklen (with whom I re-kindled ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg by Nick Davies

I lived in Great Wakering (Twyford Avenue) from 1960-65 although my mother had been born and raised there as had her mother and grandparents. I attended the junior school and then the secondary school. The ...Read more

A memory of Great Wakering in 1960 by Judi Upson (Nee Stamp)

1954 and beyond really. I was born in 1949, and lived at No1 Tan Yr Ywen, with my mother. My late father John, died in in 1953(or 4) and as my dear mother has Altzeimers, memories of him are non-existant apart from a ...Read more

A memory of Llanbedr in 1954 by Robert Thomas

I was born in 1946, at 210 Corsham Road, Whitley. I started school aged five, at Shaw School an old victorian school of which I have fond memories. My teacher, was a lovely lady called Mrs Hill, her husband taught the ...Read more

A memory of Whitley in 1951 by Rosamond Farley

Growing up in burton was fantastic, all the children of the village would play together and spend their days wandering freely, only going home to eat. Just the way it should be. The local vicar at the time was ...Read more

A memory of Burton in Lonsdale in 1860 by Melinda Willan/Ne.Edmondson

I don't remember the Golden Wheel being a cafe, but I do remember that they did their own baking and, as a special treat, I was sometimes allowed to have one of their pound cakes. They seemed like enormous domes of heavy cake, wrapped in greaseproof paper - I could make one last all the way home.

A memory of Merstham