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I, Ray Murphy, came across your site, re Shaw Mills, Yorkshire, U.K., as I was looking into events of my past life, for the benefit of my son’s Australian family, at the time of my 84th birthday, 19/9/35. I am the Patriarch of ...Read more

A memory of Shaw Mills by raymurphy1935

Joseph Buckley my great great grandfather, was a photographer, known as Owd Ab from the Ben Brierley character. ​In Volume 1 of Ben Brierley's “Lancashire Stories”, is another short tale “A "Strike" Adventure or The ...Read more

A memory of Daisy Nook by bigcityfan

Someone thought the Umber Mine in Ashburton was at West Street but I know that it was at the End of East Street next to the Cottage Hospital which I think may have been called Eastern Road at that point. I used to live at East End ...Read more

A memory of Ashburton by Margaret Hawkin (Nee Aggett)

I went to live at 75 macadam square when I was 3 years old, in 1955. I went to Stanhope lines school at the top of middle hill. Then on to manor park school near north camp. The headmistress there was called Mrs Woolner. I ...Read more

A memory of Aldershot by phillips.linda

I spent the early years of my life in Cold Ash and Thatcham. We lived in a detached house on Cold Ash Hill called Midway. I believe it has since been renamed. The house was built by my grand father Alfred Gadd, the carpenter, ...Read more

A memory of Cold Ash by grahamfsmith

I could not believe it when I discovered this photo of 1 Fernville Terrace as it belonged to my Mum's parents George & Marion Pickup. My sister and I spent every Christmas and Easter there when we were growing up. We ...Read more

A memory of Stacksteads by Karen Singleton

Although I have never lived in Willenhall during the late 1960s I was stationed there for three years at the old fire station which I believe is now used as a library. I remember using the old swimming baths at the rear for training ...Read more

A memory of Willenhall by gjroyans

To ken Rosser Do u remember the galloway family we all lived on commercial road at the top of the hill from the square we lived a stones throw to aberbeeg school. My gran lived in woodland terrace. When webbs brewery and the hand bury ...Read more

A memory of Six Bells by Jill Galloway

My wife, Kitty Pearce, nee Jewell, was born at home, at No 2 Railway Terrace in Doublebois, in April 1947! Hopefully the photo will show how close to the main railway line, Penzance to Paddington she lived! There was a ...Read more

A memory of Doublebois in 1947 by Michael Pearce

We lived in 6 Promontory Terrace, which was on the border of Cullercoats and Whitley Bay, that was 1950 a time when the Fishermen's Cottages were just around the corner and we would have their Dressed Crab or the Wilecks as ...Read more

A memory of Cullercoats by arnoldlee44