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Apart from a weekend visit to see a football match some ten years earlier I had never been to Glasgow so you can imagine that it came as something of a shock to be offered an attractive job in the city in 1975. My ...Read more

A memory of Glasgow in 1975 by John Howard Norfolk

In the 50's / 60's I remember visiting Aunty Agnes , Uncle Trevor and Derek Hughes who I believe were relations of my Mum's. Uncle Trevor was in a male voice choir ..... Aunty Mary, the sister of Agnes lived in Llysfaen with ...Read more

A memory of Rhyd-y-foel by Pamela Bellairs

I am Reg Bright, born in Roman St, Seaforth. Moved to Thornton around 1951,courted Sheila King, Muspratt Rd, Seaforth 1953 ish, married her 1958. We now live in Bardsey near Wetherby - moved here in 1967 for the company Chadburns ...Read more

A memory of Seaforth in 1953 by Sheila/Reg Bright

I too grew up on the Peartree Estate and have memories of all that Christine remembers. I saw my very first pig at a small farm at the rear of Uplands Green, I think the farmers name was Mr. Duval. I too attended to St Joseph's school ...Read more

A memory of Rugeley in 1954 by Miriam Lawrence

Born in 1947, I grew up on Babington Road, Streatham. I remember the Home Guard a few houses up and Robin Hanson and I would play on the search lights left over from the war when we were four or five. There ...Read more

A memory of Streatham in 1960 by Paul Chandler

My previous memories caused quite a bit of interest and several people who either knew me, or the area got in touch. I thought I would add a bit more to those memories. I mentioned how close we were to the bombing range ...Read more

A memory of Blissford by Nevile Chalke

Maybank was a large house, formerly a doctor's surgery, situated off St Anne's Road, in Aigburth. I was in "digs" there with the Jones family (Ron & Nell and their children Peter & Helen) in the 1960's. I met Peter at Cardiff ...Read more

A memory of Aigburth in 1964 by David Lougher

I was born in 1941 and as a child, lived at Park Head Row, Birdsedge. There was little traffic then and we used to play hopscotch on the main road. Around the age of three, whilst swinging on our garden gate, I vividly remember the ...Read more

A memory of Birds Edge in 1944 by Janice Haigh

I started work for Mr and Mrs Judge at Nordham as a groom for Ballymore, a racehorse who had broken his leg. I spent a happy year riding this wonderful horse, many miles all over the East Riding. I also had a ...Read more

A memory of North End

My father built most of the houses on Blaen-y-Pant, including our house, Bryn Dene. Initially there were houses built in 1937 on the Avenue, the Place and the Crescent. It was a private development of good quality homes. ...Read more

A memory of Blaen-y-cwm in 1947 by Vivienne Williams