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At the age of 11 we moved here & a group of us could always be found (gambling our pocket money at cards) on the steps in the photo. It always amazed us the number of tourists who would enter the close asking if ...Read more

A memory of Edinburgh in 1957 by Ian Tant

My maternal grandparents lived in Talbot House at the end of Scotch and Pritchard Row (Elizabeth and George Reed) my paternal grandmother lived in Blandy Terrace Robert (dec'd) and Mary Elizabeth Stephens. I used to live ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1955 by Yvonne Smith

Hi All, I am researching my great-grandfather and family, any assistance or info would be greatly appreciated. Balwins - shoe/bootmakers Hilda Longhurst, then Hilda Symes, and Charles Symes of 1 Keymer Terrace. York Cottage Charles Symes was a Parish Counciller. Regards, Martin

A memory of Keymer in 1900 by Martin Cooper

I've visited the old place several times and where I was born and lived has gone! I was born at no.1 West Terrace in 1950, then moved across the road to Gladstone house on Station Road. My dad, Reg Wright, had a printing ...Read more

A memory of Hesleden in 1950 by Wendy Wilson

My first memories were of Krumlin where my mum worked at Krumlin mill as a piece burler & mender. (I remember the boiler house at the mill with the big steam engine that turned all the ...Read more

A memory of Triangle in 1953 by Martin Wood

I was born in Alexandra Terrace in 1960 but have lived in England since the early 1960s. I have only returned twice for family reasons since but still fondly remember the harbour, fish market and especially morning rolls. My father lived on Barrasgate Road and my mother on Finlayson Street.

A memory of Fraserburgh in 1960 by Malcolm Mcdonald

Nearly all my holidays were spent in Kingston Winslow, in the 1950s. I was brought up in London, but would have loved to have lived in K. Winslow. permanently. My family were the Becketts, and ...Read more

A memory of Kingstone Winslow in 1950 by Linda Soudan

I was born in Dartford in 1951 and lived at 16 Cobham Terrace from about 1958. We used to collect empty lemonade bottles from neighbours and take them on our trolley to The Railway Tavern to get a penny back on the empties! Miss Loveland lived next door and had a little whippet called Flossie.

A memory of Greenhithe by Mary White

I was born to Michael and Mary Murray (nee Williamson) at 79 Reather Street - a long terrace street running between Rochdale Road and Oldham Road about a mile and a half from the city centre. I remember going to Osborne Street ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst in 1950 by Margaret Cooke

My parents Leo Landy and Mary Casey, then engaged, were coming back from Petts Wood in the evening when the bombs started falling, they began to run, but my mother started having hysterics and my father had to ...Read more

A memory of St Mary Cray in 1942 by Mary Vandervell