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Hi i have a colour postcard of "The Valley, Brendon" it is the same as this photo, it's a used franked card dated 15th June 1945. it has a sender address of Lana Doome Farm, Malmamead, Brendon written in pencil.

A memory of Brendon by johnturv

I was born in one of these houses, my parents moved into the house in 1959,. It had been damaged by a bomb in October 1941. We would walk down to Little Roke Road to get rolls from the bakers every Saturday morning and there was a green we’d play on ...Read more

A memory of Kenley by John Justice

The bottom part of this secen now lies under the Heads of the Valley Road. This is taken before the ‘old’ road was built, showing open fields down to the canal bank and the former Navigation Inn. You can see the ...Read more

A memory of Gilwern by Ian Wiggett

Delamere ws certainly a formative experience for an eight year old in 1955, I witnessed no overt cruelty as reported in some posts here, but merely a babyish regimentation by a few well meaning spinsters which was often usurped. ...Read more

A memory of Delamere by elgoog1223

My mother was a Woolley and she was born and brought up in Ashbourne where most of her wider family still lived when I was a child. I was brought up in Uttoxeter, my father's home town, but I was born at Ashbourne maternity ...Read more

A memory of Ashbourne by goodkell

The row of houses on the hillside is Holmclose, a row of council houses built after the Second World War, where I lived from 1950 to 1970. The large building in the foreground is Hinchliffe Mill JMI School where I attended until 1956 when I then went to Holme Valley Grammar School.

A memory of Holmbridge by Mrs M I Davies

When living in Bere Alston there were trains still running to Gunnislake over this beautiful viaduct. Made of concrete blocks which were made on site. It took four years to build and was opened in 1908. A wagon lift made of iron hauled ...Read more

A memory of Calstock by Sarah Cooper

I moved from Blyth to Seaton Sluice into a newly built house in Cresswell Avenue in 1957. Life as a child in the village was exciting; most days we would either play on the beach and harbour or the new ...Read more

A memory of Seaton Sluice by Stuart Mc Leod

I would love to find someone to talk to about my youth when I lived in Gateshead 127 Morrison st I went to rose st school from 1940/1945 got my first job at huewoods teams valley trading estate till 1950 if I get a reply from anyone ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by Albert Berger