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I remember living in Downs Road, Newcastle at about 3 years old (1944). We lived in a house opposite a green and the sea beyond. When my younger sister was only a few months old, for some reason the night before, my mother ...Read more

A memory of Newcastle in 1944 by Heather Graham

My father, Thomas Henry Williams, was born at 57 High Street, Troedrhiwfuwch in 1908. In his early 20's he left Troedy for Bristol, to look for work. It was in Bristol that he met and married my mother, ...Read more

A memory of Troedrhiwfuwch in 1947 by Roy Williams

My maternal grandma, Mrs Rowe, lived at school house as caretaker for about 40 years until she died in 1978. My mum Edith was brought up here, as were her sisters, Irene, Dorothy and Marjorie and her brother Alfred better known as" ...Read more

A memory of Cark by Jean Wood

Ted came to my house on his Mobile Scooter, stayed for a cup of tea, went back when it threatened to rain. We were both in Little Burstead in the 1930ties.

A memory of Billericay in 1930

Can anyone tell me when the Black Bull and the Cross Keys got pulled down to make way for the Roundabout and junctions of Kendry, Ardsley, Wombwell and Lundwood. It was at the Cross Keys where my wife and I, had our ...Read more

A memory of Wombwell in 1973 by Roland Mitchell

At the house where we lived from 1928 until 1935, (No 24 Barracks Road, Burnley, now called Cavalry Way), it was called a 'back to back' row cottage. It comprised of two bedrooms upstairs, one just about able to fit a ...Read more

A memory of Burnley in 1930 by Rowland Farrer

Hi Francis, I was born and bred in West Bank Street Salford, across the road from the Police Station on Regent Road (where the fairground was). I attended Regent Rd School from 1952 until 1960 ...Read more

A memory of Salford in 1958 by Bill Jolly

I came across this photo by chance, and it brought back a lot of memories when I lived there in the 1960's. I was born in Farnborough Hospital in 1952 and lived in Northlands Avenue until I was thirteen or fourteen? Just ...Read more

A memory of Orpington in 1960 by Peter Nolan

We moved to Woodside, Kirkandrews in l956. It was a boarding kennel and my father, Harold Brown, turned the l4 acres into a small farm. The school was two rooms, one heated by a stove and the other with ...Read more

A memory of Kirkandrews-on-Eden in 1956 by Marcia Kell

I was a pupil at the old school and remember the Coronation well. My teacher was Miss Tate and the older pupils were taught by Miss Aires. I remember the maypole and the toilets. I remember the layout of the classrooms, ...Read more

A memory of Tredington in 1952 by David Hines