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I lived in Venterdon in the house opposite Dingles yard from 1951 til 1960, and six mornings a week steam rollers would start trundling out from 8am. At that time Venterdon consisted of a single file of houses right up through the ...Read more

A memory of Venterdon in 1951 by Maureen Scott

Hi, I remember Willis's shop very well, my mother shopped there every day, and remember the Persian cat they had named Ration. I lived next door to Rosie's cafe and was friends with all the family. I also played over the pit, ...Read more

A memory of Penrhiwceiber by Rita Jones

My great grandparents are buried in Stoke Bliss Churchyard - Mary and Joseph Dallow. My grandmother was Ellen Dallow, and she was born there as was my mother, Brenda Watkins who is still alive at 91. My mother has many happy childhood ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Bliss in 1920 by Marilyn Maiklem

I worked at Alldays and Onions in Sydenham Rd. Anyone remember me - David Stokes, my dad was George Stokes, brothers Brian, Robert, sisters Brenda and Jean.

A memory of Sparkbrook by Dave Stokes

In my mind I'm thinking back in the year 2004. Where I had a sentinel picture of me wearing a white judo suit with an orange belt. In a group photograph with friends - I'm very young ...Read more

A memory of Stoke-on-Trent in 2004

We moved to Stoke Rd Blisworth 1975 six new houses were built opposite the post office,Mr & Mrs Freestone lived across the road they made us very welcome on one occasion Mr freestone removed a window when my wife locked ...Read more

A memory of Blisworth by bpdavenport1948

It was July/August of 1950 when I was sent here from my home town of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent at the age of eight, to convalesce after a serious post-operative infection. My first ...Read more

A memory of Woodhouse Eaves by Eric Brass

I was born in Gosport in 1929, my father was a long serving seaman in the Royal Navy and so our family life was all things navy - so Stokes Bay was a big part of our lives. I had three elder sisters who were ...Read more

A memory of Stokes Bay by Ronald Bennett

Immediately on the right here was Eton College's Rectors House (?), mum's mum was cook, she was a WWI widow with 5 kids and walked daily from a railway slum in Stoke Gardens Slough. When mum left school in the 30's at 14 and was too ...Read more

A memory of Eton by Dave Hill

My family come from the East End of London. My mum and dad took us on holiday from Chingford on a Grey Green coach to Stoke Fleming for two weeks, we stopped en route in Yeovil for tea.... My parents had booked a caravan ...Read more

A memory of Stoke Fleming in 1956 by Christine Jeffrey