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I lived at High Barmston Farm down the Waterside and had a fantastic childhood there before moving to Alnwick when I was 11. In the 1950s there were loads of houses down the Waterside and Coxgreen. Sadly not much remains ...Read more

A memory of Washington in 1951 by Jean Potts Atkinson

I remember Ann Varley as she was then called. I was a mate of Peter Simpson who lived on Queens Terrace & I lived in Custom House Lane. Peter's grandfather was called Potts & was the landlord of the Steamer Hotel. ...Read more

A memory of Fleetwood in 1947 by John Foulds

My father was born in South Petherton. I think his father's name was Charlie Potts, they lived in Compton Road as far as I can remember. I used to love visiting Somerset as my uncle and aunties had farms where I could help (or ...Read more

A memory of South Petherton by Michael Saunders

Our family lived at Jackson Brow in Pott Shrigley. We were living in No. 2 when the war was declared in 1939 and we listened to this on an old Lissen radio which required two dry batteries and one wet accumulator to run. A year later ...Read more

A memory of Pott Shrigley in 1940 by Wilfred Jackson

I lived in lovely Lower Slaughter in 1991 along with my children's father.  How we came to live in such a beautiful place was pure luck.  We had applied for jobs in nearby Adlestrop and with the jobs came accomodation, Manor Farm ...Read more

A memory of Lower Slaughter by Jane Mac Callum

Went to Church Minshull School 1940 -44.Two classes two teachers.Miss Upson And Miss Potts (Lottie) Education was probably basic but we learned our 3Rs Lotties sister was the post "man" and must have had a very ...Read more

A memory of Church Minshull in 1941 by John Moody

I lived in Junction Road, Romford from 1946 until 1954. We lived in the last house but one next to the Railway and Railway Bridge. There was a long drive leading to the bridge which was slightly uphill or downhill whichever way ...Read more

A memory of Romford by Mary Hill

My parents moved from Essington to Cheslyn Hay in 1960. We briefly lived in one of the cottages in Hollybush before moving to Low Street. I remember Harry Bates selling fruit & veg from his horse & cart and people ...Read more

A memory of Cheslyn Hay by andyandjan35

I was there from 1969 to 1972 I remember going to school just over the road from the boys house were I stayed and if you were good you could go home at weekends if not you had to go to church on a Sunday I can only remember a few of the girls ...Read more

A memory of Styal by Steven Talbot