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My Father's parents Patrick and Catherine Donnelly, went to live in No 3 Alpine Terrace sometime in the early 1900s They were to have 6 children with my Father being the youngest. Granddad was a Miner and the family were ...Read more

A memory of Uddingston by Moira Jones

like you my sister was born at Semen's, in May 1944 with our family living in Bradford at the time. I was born in 1942, but on Killinghall Road Bradford and like you we have often wondered why Mum went to Ilkley for the birth of her second ...Read more

A memory of Ilkley by Pauline Butroid

My Dad wrote of his time at Hutton Residential School. This is what he wrote: September 1939 - January 1949 I was evacuated in September and on my arrival at Block 2, I nearly had my head knocked off by my cousin, ...Read more

A memory of Shenfield by sueblaxland

My memory is of Shotley bridge hospital in May 1960 I was four years old and had been born with a hole in the heart. I was token by ambulance to shotley bridge to have my heart surgery. There was no children ward in the ...Read more

A memory of Shotley Bridge by stevie21055

Have just come across this site by accident, and was amazed by the number of names I recognised from my childhood. I lived at no.82 celandine road from about 1953/54 until we moved to Fullerton crescent about 1965 approx. My name ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon by tinker3110

Does anyone remember the Harringtons who lived on Enid Street. After the deaths of their parents the newly married Esther Withers (the eldest daughter) and her husband Tom took on the five children orphaned and raised them with their own baby ...Read more

A memory of Splott by ddjlhb

I moved to sedgemoor road in 1958 and stayed there or nearby until 1992 before moving to sully, my absolute best memories were made living in that street. as boys we used to play hoops flicking a byciycle tyre over the ...Read more

A memory of Llanrumney by hegartysw

Sat Jan 13th 2018, at 11:26 am jinxymoomoo1967 commented: my mum lived in Portmanmoor Road she grew up there i believe her door number was in the 200s maybe 244. her maiden name was Williams. my grumpy was known as one eyed jack and my nan ...Read more

A memory of Splott by jinxymoomoo1967

My name was Moira Davies and I lived at number 6 Bryn Crescent , I went to Markham Mixed School until 1957 when I was 15, Miss Jones was the teacher of the babies class , I remember Mrs Powell and Duncan Pembry and also Mr Morgan who taught ...Read more

A memory of Markham by moiraelms3

In 1955, just after my brother was born, we moved from West Ham to Forest Gate (Norwich Road). I was 8 years old and starting a new school was traumatic to say the least. My elder sister was at Plaistow Grammar School, so it did not ...Read more

A memory of Forest Gate by r.harcourt187