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Does anyone know of Jean Laverick and her two sisters (Margaret and Anne) who lived in Holystone, Whitley Bay in the late 1940s? We were the NZ family who lived down the road and we played and went to ...Read more

A memory of Holystone in 1949 by Ngaire Atkinson

My family moved to WGC when I was 3, which means as I was born in 1955 made it 1958. I remember living in Howlands,Thistle Grove and Haldens, but one of my most vivid memories as a child (probably about 6 or 8 years ...Read more

A memory of Panshanger in 1964 by Peter Hamilton

I was born in 1931 at 73Maynard Road and went to Maynard Road School. On the outbreak of war in 1939 I was evacuated to Bedford, then later during the war to Leicester. Our house was bombed in early 1941 and we moved into 347 ...Read more

A memory of Walthamstow in 1930 by George Speller

I was stationed at RAF Thornaby from March 1954 until early 1957 when I was promoted and posted to RAF North Luffenhan in Rutland in preparation for the Suez campaign, which never came to be. Sadly, that air base ...Read more

A memory of Thornaby-on-Tees in 1954

It was a real pleasure to read the contribution about a memory of Herons Ghyll Roman Catholic School and I was also happy to see that the contributor felt the same as I do about that wonderful school. When my parents ...Read more

A memory of Heron's Ghyll in 1962 by Tony Meads

I was born in 1940 and my grandparents lived at 10 Queen Alexandra Hospital which was in a row of terraced cottages, just above the main part of the hospital. My grandfather worked there, I think on the nursing side. ...Read more

A memory of Cosham

My dad Ron Newell owned this garage from 1947 till 1954 ,when he sold it to Shell Petrol. He brought it from my uncle, Bert Croad,who was an old truck(lorry) driver who used to drive from ...Read more

A memory of Hardwick by Martin Newell

i grew up on the Barnet Way- the flats on the corner of the fairway, we attended Courtlands school Mr Bateman was the headmaster- and i still see my first teacher from 1970 in Edgware, near the music shop i ...Read more

A memory of Mill Hill by john.filthyangel

Does anyone remember the name of this hotel. I stayed there when I was doing a short course for a bank in 1967? Anyone remember staying there then. It had a very fancy name. I was a bit home ...Read more

A memory of Teignmouth by brenda.redford

I was 6 weeks old, I was told by my Mam, when I had my first holiday at Fitties Camp. So that would have been some time in August/September, as I was born in July, 1961. I don't remember my first few ...Read more

A memory of Humberston Fitties by Vicky Ogden