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We lived on Fishers Lane, Pensby then moved to Barleyfield Road where my little sister was born in the front bedroom of no 1. We walked down to Greenbank Junior School every day, three little kids holding hands through fields of barley ...Read more

A memory of Pensby in 1967 by Debbie Ranson

I was born in Croydon (St Mary's Hospital I think) in 1948. We lived in St Saviours Road until I was aged approximately 5 or 6 when we moved to the West Midlands. We would always go back though and spend some of our summer ...Read more

A memory of Croydon by Jan Thompson

I grew up in old Denaby with my 2 older brothers. My mum had lived there from birth and still does to this day. In those days it was a real village community, unfortunately this has disapeared over the years, it is now a place for ...Read more

A memory of Old Denaby

My name is Kevin Mears, I lived in Wickford from my birth in 1958 until I got married in 1980. I shall describe my memories of Wickford in the 1960s and 1970s as a couple of walks around the ...Read more

A memory of Wickford by Kevin Mears

I was born next to the United Dairies and the tube station. At night I could hear the horses in the stables and the trains arriving and leaving at the train station. There were also steam trains that worked the siding ...Read more

A memory of East Finchley in 1950 by Barrie Barrell

Brought up in Blaenllechau, immediately after the WWII, life was not as complicated as it is today. Our playground included all the mountain behind us, Llanwonno, the woods and even the park. I delivered papers ...Read more

A memory of Blaenllechau by Brian Evans

As a child I loved walking the River Goyt. On the way there was a huge sort of building we called the 'giant's table', I never knew the history of it. I lived at Tangshutt Cottages. It was situated on Compstall Road, at the entrance to ...Read more

A memory of Romiley by Patricia Sheldon

I used to live on the London Road, two doors from St. Bernard's Convent, across the side road, in Mead Cottage. It was painted white. From 1945 to 1951 I attended Netherwood further down the London Road out ...Read more

A memory of High Wycombe by Zoe Hodgins

I remember Wareside so well. I lived at Morley Cottage just outside the village. I went there in 1937 with my parents - my father Jim McGowan and Mother Elizabeth.They both worked at Fanhams Hall for Lady Brocket. My mother then ...Read more

A memory of Wareside in 1940 by Shelagh Bunce

I went to St Wilfrid's Junior in Blyth. Great times, great memories. Rafts on the river at Cowpen, summer days up Humford and the hapenny woods. Days out at the Spanish City. Pit galas, the waltzer on the market place, ...Read more

A memory of Blyth in 1955 by Anthony Tolhurst