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Birkenhead in the 1950s – it bears no resemblance to how it is today – it doesn't even look the same. Most of the places I remember are gone. The streets where I grew up have gone – the geography of the place has changed ...Read more

A memory of Birkenhead by mcgraa

Miss hopefully ' what I have to say will come as a surprise to you . If so I am sorry but it is all true Your father peter was a brutal cold heartless child molester I was one of is boys in the kids home he ran The ...Read more

A memory of Newnham by dogcatchermarty

I was actually born in Hyde in 1939 but moved to Bredbury in 1940 where Dad worked at Exors of James Mills until his retirement in the sixties. We lived at 5, Newlyn Drive off Bents Lane and I lived there until my marriage in ...Read more

A memory of Bredbury by enovert68

We had many picnics at the lakes, Parking was good with lots of places to sit and enjoy the lakes. There was a small wooded area to the left of the bottom lake and I remember running around in there with my brother ...Read more

A memory of Earlswood

My relatives came from Hatfield Broad Oak and Bush End . My grandfather was gamekeeper on the forest . I have pictures of him and his wife with 9 of their children . His first wife had 16 children . My grandmother ,his second ...Read more

A memory of Hatfield Broad Oak by Brian Matthews

This looks much like my Grand mother Phyllis Wright (1913-1995) Grandad did lots with boats, The Boy John being the boat to the right of the one she is sitting on.

A memory of Blakeney by Liz Shepherd

I was brought up in Chelmsford in the 1960s, mum being Iris Evans, who grew up in Alexander Road, Burnham, her parents were Henry and May Deacon. We used to visit the grand parents and us kids would stay there for weeks holidays. ...Read more

A memory of Burnham-On-Crouch by Willsmers@Gmail.Com Willsmer

My great grandparents Samuel and Emily Broome lived at 12 Bradshaw Lane, Parbold during the 1950s and until his death in 1960. They had 9 children, my grandmother Mary being their sixth child. Every Sunday, Broomes ...Read more

A memory of Parbold in 1959 by Linda Thornhill

Lots of memories of the MacCubban Shield Competitions with the Sandbank Troup - we won it several years in a row in the early/mid 60's - also the scout camps at Rashfield and farther away at Benderloch. The tasks we undertook such ...Read more

A memory of Dunoon in 1963 by Allan Melville

Several of my Tarbox ancestors were baptised at St. Mary's. William Tarbox, b. 1849 (wife Helen Pitt Cooke) lived on Broad Street and he worked as a weaver. He left for NYC in 1880, leaving his wife and 5 children in the workhouse! ...Read more

A memory of Kidderminster in 1880 by Carolin Ringwall