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My grandfather, Henry French, was the gamekeeper at Kirkham Hall. He lived at Whitwell-on-the Hill and I spent many good times with him. My uncle, Albert, was the postman at Whitwell and my father worked on the railway at Richmond, ...Read more

A memory of Kirkham in 1950 by Daviid French

My paternal grandparents, Ernie and Sally Featherstone, lived at 11 Burnsall Avenue, Heysham with their son Jack (my dad) during the 40s and 50s. My maternal grandparents, Sid and Olive Wilson, and their daughters Mavis (my ...Read more

A memory of Heysham in 1955 by Ann Featherstone

I was born in Rochester Dwellings on 1944 on S block, had some good times. I lived there for about 20 years and had some good mates there but have lost touch.

A memory of Walker by Robert Tannock

I used to live in Huntington, on the Oxmoor estate. We used to go to the dances held at the air base - they was really great. The American airman was based there before going to Vietnam, they done low flying over the estate and ...Read more

A memory of Alconbury in 1964 by Beryl Clark

Hi I was wondering if anyone may know of the Rees family, hopefully Barry? I met Barry at Pontins holiday camp in Morecambe. We became good friends and ended up working in hotels then went on to work in the Isle ...Read more

A memory of Harold Hill in 1964 by Denny Gill

I was a pupil at Stubbington House from 1953 ‘till 1958 and my step-father, too, was in the Navy. It’s extraordinary to read the memories of those whose names are now starting to come back to me, particularly Fogarty ...Read more

A memory of Stubbington in 1954 by Keith Maunder

I went to Albert Park school and then broughton modern and lived in grasmere st my name was Stamford then. We left when I was 15yrs old and came to Prestatyn as my Mum and Dad ran the Salford children's holiday camp. I have great ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1960 by Irene Crumb

RE: My Years at Warnham I attended Warnham court from late 1963 until Christmas 1966. I really enjoyed my time there and remember Tony Hitchcock, Lawrence Lewis, Linda Florey, Margaret Hardy, Marjorie Lee and vaguely ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1963 by Terry Ledain

I was born at 9 Markham Ave in 1941 at my grandparents home We moved to 98 Poplar Rd when I was a baby our house was on the corner of Edward Rd there was only 15 houses then the road was blocked with corrugated ...Read more

A memory of Skellow in 1941 by Irene Plant

A few months ago I started to try and contact "boys" who experienced Rope Hill School in Boldre during the forties and early fifties - but then sickness overtook my efforts and things ...Read more

A memory of Boldre in 1948 by Robert De Winter