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I returned to Eskdale this weekend after 60 years. Yes I was there in the very early years and the experience is still fresh (in some things today ) today. It was not a planned visit but, the welcome I got made me feel warm ...Read more

A memory of Eskdale by 330176

My roots in Kendal go very deep indeed, my Great Grandfather was James Dawson Garnett who was born there in 1851 on Lake Road and married Elizabeth Sherrin a local girl in 1871. Their son James Langhorn Garnett was my ...Read more

A memory of Kendal by Rob Beilby

I remember making the journey back and forth from our home in northumberland to visit my grandmother who was housekeeper here in I think (late 60s). Florence humble a little lady with a blue rinse! I remember as a ...Read more

A memory of Eskdale by kirsoppj

`A Memory of Violets' can certainly be an eye opener for same regarding the plight of young children in London during the late 1800's. This specific storyline deals with the young girls that sell flowers. It is an ...Read more

A memory of London by guardstogo.ges

I was born in HARLETON STREET off Battersea Bridge Road around the corner to Battersea Police Station. My grandparents llived there as young newly weds and grandma gave birth to 11 children in the same house. My father ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by sylviawitham5

I lived at 3 Briar Lane from birth in 1951 until we moved to Derby in 1962. I went to Forest Street primary and remember some of the teachers, Palin, Woodward and the evil head teacher Mr. Ackerley who delighted in ...Read more

A memory of Weaverham by steve

My Grandma and Granpa Burlong lived in the No 1 farm cottage which is next to where the milk churns used to be collected. Grandad worked the shire horses and was 83 yrs old when he retired having worked over 50 yrs at the farm. Not ...Read more

A memory of Paxhill Park by bennettalan88

Does anyone remember Broomfields Bakeries? They had several shops during the1930`s through to the 1950`s. My mum used to work in one shop in Croydon near the flyover and not far from Fairfield Halls, she bought the lovely bread ...Read more

A memory of Croydon

i used to go to Brid every year in the early 50s - early 60s . One of the highlights was going on the boats in the small boating lake - although we weren't supposed to 'bump' we often did although unintentionally - there was ...Read more

A memory of Bridlington by John Wigmore

My Grandfather was Henry Robson .The owner of the original business.I am the oldest of his six grandchildren.His partner was Gordon Porteous.I lived as a child at my grandparents house in Regent Road Gosforth.My ...Read more

A memory of Gosforth by sabaidee7