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I was born in Carlton Road in 1937. Got bombed out when a landmine dropped down the road and we were evacuated to Clacton while my Dad worked down the Underground tunnel when his factory and the machines were moved away ...Read more

A memory of Gidea Park by Alan Stanley

I was born at 5 Bowen Terrace, Sept 42. My best friend's dad Mr Lewis was an engine driver on the trains at Brecon Station which was opposite our house. I used to ride on the footplate while he was shunting around the goods yard. I ...Read more

A memory of Brecon in 1942 by John Evans

I too, lived in the Triangle and have very lovely memories of Mr Sewter the milkman who sold the most delicious orange juice, which you were only allowed when ill. And don't forget the horse and cart, Mr Heather the farmer ...Read more

A memory of Lindford in 1953 by Jo Robinson

My maternal family have lived in Wray unbroken from the end of the 19th century to now. My mother was born in 1912, one of ten children; 7 girls and 3 boys. She was brought up in Glen Cottage on Main Street. They are a ...Read more

A memory of Wray in 1910 by Colin Barton

I left this school to go to Bridgend Grammar in 1967 having attened Pencoed Infants and then the Junior through my childhood. The house I lived in in 1967 was only a few yards to the right of where this picture was taken.

A memory of Pencoed in 1967 by Wayne Page

Does anyone remember Gibbs Tractors on the left-hand side, travelling from Staines to Hounslow? I am trying to trace Mary Gibbs, who was at Runnymede House School with me in the 50's.

A memory of Bedfont in 1955

I watched, with my young son, this wonderful Victorian building being demolished in 1974. Being such a huge Hotel, it became untenable. Part of it was, I recall made into flats, but after a time this apparently was not ...Read more

A memory of Sheringham in 1974 by Georgina Martin

I was born in that White Cottage that once stood at the top of Moreton Road and have many happy memories of it and old Upton Village. In the days before the Catholic Church was built, Gemmels Wood used to stretch from Moreton Road ...Read more

A memory of Upton in 1955 by Harry Hardy

Further to my message re my mum's birthplace at the barn; I also had a very dear aunt who ran a guest house at No.27 Castle Street. Aunt Mary and uncle Tony would look after my brother Brian and me in our holidays away from ...Read more

A memory of Warkworth in 1920 by Alan Lucas

My mum and her cousin have found memories of Talacre, summer 1965. They remember a small village where little people lived called the Hidden valley. All the houses were small and they remember small milk bottles on the ...Read more

A memory of Talacre in 1965 by Layla Abdoh