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My twin sister Pat and I attended Brough School from the age of 5 years old, along with other children from Brantingham. We travelled on the bus to School every day, which stopped outside the Triton near the War ...Read more

A memory of Brough in 1944 by Jean Carr

Dear Tina, Re Bridge Cottage/House We re-named Bridge House when we bought it in 1977 to save it, as it was one of the few and oldest Welsh long houses in the area. It was boarded up vandalised and was about to be demolished to make ...Read more

A memory of Bedwas in 1977 by Carol Bright

I was born in March 1947. I believe it was snowing heavily! My mother and father ran their butchers business in the village and my Uncle Don had a commercial painting and decorating business. My Aunty ...Read more

A memory of North Somercotes in 1955 by Cheryl Clarkson

My father bought the house from Mrs Newman to renovate, before planning was obtained it was vandalised and set on fire.

A memory of Allt yr Yn by Jeff Hayward

I remember having a very nice meal in the Undershaw sometime in the 1990's - it's a shame that it closed down around 2004. The house was built for Conan Doyle in 1897 and this is where he wrote "The Hound of the Baskervilles" ...Read more

A memory of Hindhead by A Barbar

Joseph was my great-grandfather who lived at Tirbach Road. During his life he had much bad fortune. He lost a leg in an accident, his wife died at a young age and a daughter was drowned in the canal. According to a ...Read more

A memory of Ystalyfera in 1930 by David Thomas

I used to live in No 55 Cody Road in the prefabs, from 1948 until 1959. I returned last year (2009), I found the road our prefab was on the corner of Cody Road and Brookhouse Road. I remember we had a large area of grass in front ...Read more

A memory of Cove in 1953 by David Gibson

Well, Your uncle that made the lobster creels was a well known local man called David, he was know as Davitee, and yes his house was a large house where he lived and kept his lobsters in his bath when he caught them. He was a great man, ...Read more

A memory of Hopeman by John Main

In the late 1950s my parents had a small boat on the river here. My dad built it in the side garden of our house on the outskirts of the village. He painted it blue and named it 'Jeannie', after my mother. It had a small outboard ...Read more

A memory of Hoo in 1958 by Susan Cox

This view is instantly familiar! There was a sweet shop right there which was a favourite destination on walks into the village. I lived with my family in Hoo for two or three years in the late 1950s. My father was Eric Cox; my ...Read more

A memory of Hoo in 1958 by Susan Cox