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I grew up on the estate near Kirkby pit known to locals as Little Wigan. It was a great place to live where everyone knew each other and I know peaple say you didn't have to lock your door in days gone by, but down ...Read more

A memory of South Kirkby in 1973 by Lee Spencer

I was born on the Trope Colony Estate in 1956. In 1959 we moved into Colington House, Collyhurst Flats, these flats we called London Flats ands what a shame when they started to sink in the mid 1960s, the reason being ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst by Colin Blaney

I purchased Outlands in 1987 for £70,000, it was and still is my dream home with so much potential, we are still on generator and spring water, the river Camel with salmon and trout fishing is on one boundary and a stream on another ...Read more

A memory of Bodmin in 1987 by David Newton

Hi, I am Joan Bean, formerly Edwards. I lived my childhood and teenage years at Market Crescent. The things I remember as a child are standing on top of the railway bridge and letting the steam of the railway engine blow all ...Read more

A memory of Wingate by Jim Bean

I grew up in Stanhope Heath...went to junior school and Lord Knyvet's, hen Ashford Grammar. I remember the farrier, the gravel pits, the"Iraqi place". My brother and mother are buried in the cemetery. My friend ...Read more

A memory of Ashford in 1958 by Graham Moyse

I was born in Gateshead Tyne & Wear. When I was about ten years old my Dad got a job in the pits and we moved to a new housing development in Carway. All of the families came from outside of Wales to work in the pits. I went ...Read more

A memory of Carway in 1964 by Margaret Wilkinson

I lived in Tollers Lane, Old Coulsdon and would regularly go to the Marlpit Lane rec' to play rounders, football and hide and seek around the memorial. There was a hole in the chain-link fence behind the memorial which gave ...Read more

A memory of Coulsdon in 1957 by Richard Everest

Boston were on a roll in the 1955 F.A Cup. They beat Derby County 6-1 at Derby. In the next round we where drawn away to Tottenham Hotspur; great excitement filled the town. Special trains were laid on, to take the ...Read more

A memory of Boston in 1955 by Bob Marriott

I was born in 1928 at 20, Cotsford Crescent, the third son of a miner William Holmes. All his brothers were miners and myself and my brothers worked underground. I remember Lumleys shop as it was not far away and Mr. Lumley refused to ...Read more

A memory of Horden in 1930 by Albert Holmes

I am writing on behalf of Frederick Beck, aged 87, whose mother was Mary Kernick (nee ??) whose family lived in 262 Johnson Street, Wingate. It was a family of seven children. Names recalled are(oldest to youngest) Ben, ...Read more

A memory of Wingate in 1920 by Brenda Gower