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My name is Brian Wilson, I was born in 1940 down Fen Drove now called Sykemouth Drove, Kirton Holme. Down this drove were farms, small holdings and houses 12 in total, today in 2016 only 4 remain. Ist farm on the left ...Read more

A memory of Kirton Holme by John Brian Wilson

As a little girl, my mum would walk with us to Stillingfleet - quite a few miles. We went to see a lady named Granny Scott. She had my mum to stay after she had ...Read more

A memory of Stillingfleet in 1930 by Audrey Richardson

As children, my two brothers and I would go to visit Nannan (my paternal grandmother) at Wells Bottom Farm, near Sowerby Bridge, Ripponden. We would stop at the Blue Bell Inn for a drink of pop, the highlight of the long car ride ...Read more

A memory of Ripponden in 1960 by Angela Garcia

Cycling over Kew Bridge I turn left towards Brentford. I feel anticipation of passing through an interesting town. First on the left is the Gasworks. I get a liitle bit of soot in my eye. I pause at the big green gates ...Read more

A memory of Brentford in 1959 by Nick Beard

I moved to Thetford from York when I was 2, my father bought a house in St Marys Road. I used to wake up to the smell of freshly baked bread from Barretts bakery. The bells of St Marys Church would ring out every morning at 7. My two ...Read more

A memory of Thetford in 1950 by Carol Boreham

Life for a child in the village of Worle in the 1950s was exciting, parochial and safe. Our parents did not lose sleep over thoughts of us being molested. Children were more likely to be in danger from their own recklessness than ...Read more

A memory of Worle in 1956 by Raye Green

I lived as a child in Down Road, Alveston (at Barton Cottage - now demolished) from 1959 to 1964 and have great memories of Thornbury. Having no car in those days the family would march down the hill into Thornbury to Mass on ...Read more

A memory of Thornbury in 1959 by Paul Martin

I was born in Park Royal Hospital in Dec 1948. I remember Woolworths in Wembley town had an exit on a corner of the high street and there were trolley buses all round. We used to shop for toys and games in George Arthur's which seemed huge to ...Read more

A memory of Wembley in 1956 by Janet Cockman Nee King

We moved to East Ham from Bow when I was about 3 years old. I lived in Clements Road  there was Mum and Dad, Nan and Grandad and my brother. I went to Lathom School, where I met my first love. I also remember Mr Cordwell and ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1956 by Derek Burg

I have very fond and happy memories of Borth & Dol-y-Bont. Most of my childhood school holidays were spent in the lovely village of Dol-y-Bont where my grandparents, Nan and Pop Pallister lived. They originally ...Read more

A memory of Dol-y-Bont in 1975 by Jerry Pallister