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Boy, that pic brings back old times, I worked on the building of that bridge and the demolition of the old transporter bridge. I was born in Runcorn in 1942, Stonehills Crescent.

A memory of Runcorn by John Millward

I remember working on the C & A store in appoximately 1964 I think, from start to finish, all the electrical work, it brings back many happy memories for me. Is it still standing? It was said a cinema stood there prior to C & ...Read more

A memory of Ilford in 1860

Wes Coulthard and me decided to go to the smoke to try our luck,this was early sixties. Wes had worked in London before for a building company called Higgs & Hill so we decided to give it a go as we had just been laid off. It was ...Read more

A memory of Newburn in 1964 by Jimmy Burrows

My memories were of the club trips, they would have been a lot of people's holidays. Our dad would have been a member of at least four clubs so that meant we got a trip to the seaside, a bottle of pop and a packet of crisps, and the ...Read more

A memory of Goldthorpe in 1960 by Lily Dorritt( Wassell)

Seeing Frank Golden being carried shoulder high by his team mates back to the pub after a successfull result thanks mainly to Jonty Raine who was a local star at the time.The Carnivals were great fun.Howden Juniors won the County Junior Cup a year or two later.

A memory of Howden-le-Wear in 1947 by John Todd

The best toast in the world was served by the two old ladies in the Town Hall swimming baths; then you'd come out and go in the library next door. Saturday mornings off to the shack at Brampton Manor, Peter Brewer was the youth leader there. ...Read more

A memory of East Ham in 1974 by Brett Jolly

I used to visit most summer holidays 1950/1955 to stay in West Street with my uncle and aunties and granny, name of Dance. I was friends with George Wadge, Derek Wilkinson, Joe Hackson, Matty Jaques. My cousin Willis still lives ...Read more

A memory of Perkinsville in 1953 by Jack Dance

I have lived in Hemsworth all my life from being 4 years old and I remember a family called Farrel - one was Mr Jack Farrel - the others were Percy Fillingham, Trevor Morrison, Alec Garbutt, Jim ...Read more

A memory of Hemsworth in 1950 by Jack Palmer

There are only a few things I remember about being billited to live with a lovely family Mr. & Mrs Hood and their two sons Trevor my age ( six) and Keith a couple of years older. Both the Hoods were artists . Their ...Read more

A memory of Ashtead in 1940 by Denman Lalonde

I was also at Heswall Children's Hospital between 1969 to 1973. I also knew Denise O'Gorman and a few others including Anne Fay. Every couple of yeas I go back and visit the town and my old school in Pensby. I have some very fond memories ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1997 by Bill Ryan