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I, like my brothers, sisters and father went to the primary school in Tongue End, at the time I started Mrs Vantol was Headmistess but was later replaced by Mr and Mrs Gore, the school had around 30 children. Meals were ...Read more

A memory of Tongue End by Garry Baker

I lived here 1950ish, my dad worked on a farm which I think was called Coles Farm. I can remember the village school with a curtain in the middle. My dad's name was Mr Norman Charles Manley, my mum was Winafred Anne Manley.

A memory of Westwell in 1950 by Norman Manley

I remember in 1960 working as a conductor on the 'Western Welsh. My driver was Dai Williams, and my uncle, Danny Evans, was a driver, along with Ernie Sharrott. We had the best Solo card school in town, and I can say now ...Read more

A memory of Bridgend in 1960 by Terry Evans

I was born in 1936 at Concrete Cottages - Brampton. I would appreciate any photos of these old miners' cottages. My sister Margaret died there at the tender age of 10 years. My father was a miner at Darfield ...Read more

A memory of Wombwell in 1930

I am looking for any information or photos of Stanhope Cottage, Edith Walk, Malvern.  This cottage was a Licensed House and my Great Grandfather was the Publican.  He lived there with his family in ...Read more

A memory of Great Malvern in 1910 by Rachel Lavin

I hope I have the right Garndiffaith? My brother, Walter (Wally) was 13, my sister June was 10, and I was 4. We were evacuated from Birmingham in 1940/41 after our home was destoyed in the blitz. Wally stayed with a Mrs Cooper who ...Read more

A memory of Garndiffaith in 1940 by Peter Vaughan

Just found out that my Uncle John was brought up in Worthmans Cottage, he was born out of wedlock to my grandmother and he lived with his grandparents in the cottage. I don't suppose anyone remembers this family! Jill

A memory of Redenhall in 1910 by Jill Clarke

My family moved to Ashbourne in 1942 when I was 6. I went to school at what must have been the last of the old "Dame" schools run by an elderly lady called Ethel Hunter. The school was at the top of a big house in Church ...Read more

A memory of Ashbourne in 1943

Before being converted into a single house, probably in the 1960' or 1970s, there were three families living there, Mr and Mrs Feltham, Mrs May, and the Shears family. Before this, Mr and Mrs Cards lived there, and ...Read more

A memory of Broughton in 1940 by Thomas Dowthwaite

Some time in the 1980s, my mother Dorothy visited her gt-aunt Rhoda Wood (b1901), who had lived in the same cottage, 15 Chirbury Road, Montgomery, all her life, one of 10 children of Charles (b1849) and Ellen Wood ...Read more

A memory of Chirbury in 1900 by Gillian Morgan