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I, Ray Murphy, came across your site, re Shaw Mills, Yorkshire, U.K., as I was looking into events of my past life, for the benefit of my son’s Australian family, at the time of my 84th birthday, 19/9/35. I am the Patriarch of ...Read more

A memory of Shaw Mills by raymurphy1935

I have found a photograph from September 1936 of my Mother Lilian with 2 gentleman and 5 ladies standing outside a building, and on the back she has written Co op Villa, Corby. Some of the ladies are wearing white aprons. I am not sure what Co op Villa is? Does anyone know?

A memory of Corby by kay

Born on the 4th January 1939 in 14 Council Cottages, son of Jack and Francis Cole and cared for by my Gran and Granddad who lived opposite, I had super baby years, although Dad was away fighting. I can vaguely ...Read more

A memory of Four Elms by John Cole

I started here in 1971, we were in the technology block, Windsor house. I remember in the 3rd year my form teacher Mr Phillips ran away with one of the pupils and it made the Sunday papers. Mr Webb then took over. I left ...Read more

A memory of Corby by John Lambert

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 ...Read more

A memory of Uddingston by Moira Jones

I was the secretary to Derek Vink, the first manager of The Strathclyde Hotel when it opened. He'd come from being manager of The Black Boy Hotel in Nottingham and he and his wife and son lived in the flat at the top of the building. ...Read more

A memory of Corby by Pat Carlyle Aldaya Pat@Positivdesign.Com

Although I've spent most of my life living in Bolton-upon-Dearne I was born in Goldthorpe at number 9 Orchard Street. I had 3 brothers and 1 sister. I remember Little Harold (as they called him) who had a stall on the ...Read more

A memory of Goldthorpe by Terry Askew

Hello Peter. My name is Richard Abbott I know the Hart family very well. We lived at "Manor Woods" Hever Avenue. My dad was a serving Army Officer and bought our bungalow off a Mr ...Read more

A memory of West Kingsdown by r.abbott3

Mum and Dad were nurses, Dad specialising in psychiatric nursing. In the late 1960s, their careers took them to Jacques Hall and a post with what was then known as the Spastics Society. The Society had either bought or ...Read more

A memory of Jacques Hall by Nicolas Devonport

I visited Dungannon several times with my father who was born in the Lindesayville Cottages in 1923, his mother's family, the Stranaghans, lived at number 17 and my father lived second from the bottom end. The family ...Read more

A memory of Dungannon by Martha Warrander