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Hi my name is Cliff Jones and I was born at Hengoed in 1946 I am one of five kids I was 5yrs old when we moved down to the village because our old house had been condemned .Our next port of call was Almond Avenue in Gobowen I ...Read more

A memory of Gobowen by jones.clifford42

Following research regarding my Grandad, Alfred Robert Howlett I have a photograph of Wattlefield Rangers F C season 1913 - 1914 with some names on the back of the photo. Back Row L-R 1) Assistant ...Read more

A memory of Wattlefield by timsell50

I recall my grandmother, Florence Peyton, who lived in Little Horton Lane writing a poem about the Slum Clearance and High Rise Flats Programmes of the early 1960s. The poem was ...Read more

A memory of Bradford by michaelpeterpeyton

I was born in Carshalton 1954, i have fond memories of an ice cream shop in Sutton High Street back in the late 60s early 70s, the ice cream was out of this world does anyone know what this shop was called. Gill Pickett

A memory of Sutton by gillian.pickett54

my mum lived here way back in 1932? she lived in the valley with family. her father worked down the mines. visited this valley cant remember when but those days you left back door open for neighbours who popped in. she was the only person from all friends passed the test for national service .

A memory of New Tredegar

When I speak about the Shah of Persias visit to Makepiece Road in the early 60s, people dismiss it as another bit of nostalgic claptrap. I was however watching his visit from my bedroom window at 33 Makepiece Rd., as he and his ...Read more

A memory of Bracknell by vivien.philip

I spent most of my childhood years growing up in Cooper Road, Dollis Hill, London. Back in the late 1960's I always felt a strange and eerie atmosphere when I would walk into my parents house, once the front door was closed, I ...Read more

A memory of Willesden

In 1949 I and a friend cycled out from Eastcote, just trying to reach beyond the urban sprawl. I know we came to West Hyde. What lead us to the banks of the Grand Union Canal, I fail to remember. About half a mile or so, we came on an ...Read more

A memory of West Hyde by Peter Giles

Roger... After reading your recollections of the Woodsend Road I hope you don't mind me adding to your list of memories. It fair to say before I start to write we do know one another and by now we both have a lot of ...Read more

A memory of Flixton by yumapair6

I lived for a very short time with my gran in Liverpool 8, now infamously Toxteth. She lived in two flats on Parkway off Princess Parkway. She was a nurse and walked to the hospital so it must have been nearby. Think it was near ...Read more

A memory of Toxteth by jdb_jacqueline