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I was a little girl who was adopted to Cecil John Keeler and my first visit to Petham was as a 5yr old. My Granny Fanny keeler and had 5 sons. Dick.Ray.Ted.Cecil and Reg.Granny Keeler also had 3 daughters Daisy.Girlie and ...Read more

A memory of Petham by sjmurray278

I'm Elizabeth Eddy lived at 10a Maple grove memories of train line at back of house and great west rd factories sisters Jessie and Phyllis brother Bob went to Marlborough primary then Spring grove central, went to mission on Sunday anyone ...Read more

A memory of Brentford by elizabetheddy1515

I too lived in Evelyn Ave at No51 my Grandparents house. Also I was born in Evelyn Ave in the midwifes house. After 74 yrs I am unable to remember the number (in the 40s I think). I went to school at Meeching Primary. David Jones

A memory of Newhaven by daimargs1

I remember in the 1960s a little shop in Greenfield road run by Captain and Mrs Delano Osborne. I only vaguely remember the Captain, he died about 1957, but his wife carried on and died in 1969. My Grandfather ...Read more

A memory of Holywell by johnhaycock004

We lived at the corner of Cleveland St and Vittoria. My dad was a docker. Life wasn’t easy, but we had lots of mates and family in the area. My friends were the Hickmans from Vine St. Audrey Wilson Vittoria St. Pam & Lorraine Tomlinson ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by p_mmartchenko

I remember these 3 cottages before the top two were demolished leaving Clerks Cottage at the bottom. I remember the house being lit by gaslight, my father was always buying new gas mantles because he kept hitting ...Read more

A memory of Whitnash by david.jeffs1

I arrived in Leek, or more precisely Leek Brook, aged 4 in 1931. Later went to Miss Rainer's school. Father was sales manager at Joshua Wardle (later director). Many happy memories of Leek and its surroundings until I left for ...Read more

A memory of Leek by Guy Gorton

My first memories of life were living in Queen Street after being bombed out of our little house in Morris Street. My father had to go into the forces December 1941 and my only sibling Amelia had contracted diphtheria ...Read more

A memory of Withington by florence.swinton

we lived in a 2 up 2 down mid terrace house on the crags there was 10 kids 2 adults i dont know how thay managed but we had a great time growing up

A memory of Bolsover by gidg

I was taken to Greenacres in 1956 I hadn’t done anything wrong & was totally confused as to why I would be put there which dished out such cruelty. I’d had a terrible childhood & let down by Hampshire county council ! I arrived on the ...Read more

A memory of Calne by ggbreakspear