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My grandfather was Harry Baxter Darnell, he had a bungalow on the Warren. My mother, brother Donald and sister Vera stayed there during the 2nd world war. My mother was Nellie ...Read more

A memory of Gronant in 1941 by Sandra Mc Cabe

I lived in Bassaleg from 1941-45 and attended Bassaleg County Ssecondary Grammar School. My Friend Hazel Williams and I used to walk to Allt-yr-yn lido for a swim in the hot weather. It used to take us the best part of an ...Read more

A memory of Allt yr Yn in 1944 by Hettie Marsh Jones

I remeber rugeley I was born there.garden view terrace.moved to birch lane when I was 4 a brand new house number 22.started raven hill school then went to nursery fields when it was first built.oh happy days.live in yorkshire now

A memory of Rugeley by vonvonb

spent a few years off and on in johnston whilst working at the milford haven refinery always stayed at a local pub and spent many happy evenings putting the world to rights whilst in the bar with sally and carol. Am now recently single again but ...Read more

A memory of Johnston

My memories of Vigo camp Meopham My memories of Vigo are somethings I will never forget. I was born in Chatham, Kent in 1948. For reasons unknown to me, we ended up in a Vigo camp. The Nissen hut we were in must have been ...Read more

A memory of Meopham by champersmk

We used to deliver sidecars and boats made at paddy ravens to pride and Clark stockwell London.

A memory of Cheshunt by p_nichol

Actually Shane Fenton/ Alvin Stardust original name was Bernard Jury(Hope I spelt that right). My brother went to school with him at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Mansfield. Sadly now a ...Read more

A memory of Mansfield Woodhouse by dallison44

We lived in Warwick Road Ealing W5 from the very early 1960s. I remember a real French onion seller doing his rounds on a bicycle and blind first world war veterans selling matches outside W H Smith. Also the final years of real ...Read more

A memory of Ealing by Timothy Robertson

My brothers and I would cycle from Borth to Ynyslas sand dunes from where we could see the village of Aber Dovey nestled on the other side of the estuary. We were told that on a clear day if you listened carefully you would ...Read more

A memory of Aberdyfi

I am the dark haired young man sitting upright in the boat in the bottom left hand corner of the photograph taken in 1961. The boat was the Judith Mary built by Percy Mitchell for my late father, Spencer Clarke, in Portmellon in 1949. ...Read more

A memory of Gorran Haven by graham.jsclarke