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My great grandfather was the village blacksmith from the 1870's until his death in Dec 1909. In 1925 my grandfather, Mr F G Flint, changed the blacksmiths to a small garage and Petrol station, he also ran ...Read more

A memory of Leigh by Roy Livermore

I was born in Preston Hospital in January 1955. I lived in Charlotte Street and went to St columbas School. I remember being sent to get me mams shopping at the Co op in coach road.I still remember her co op cheque number 4575 ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend in 1955 by Mary Mand

Mr grandparents moved to Uxbridge in 1957 or thereabouts when they took over, The Gardeners Arms in Park Road Uxbridge. The pub was a Harmans Uxbridge Brewery pub. I remember the old police house opposite and new some of the ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge in 1962

I was born in 1955 in a house in Upper Town. As a child I remember roller skating all the way down Upper Town and looking over this bridge into the river Waskerley.

A memory of Wolsingham by Judith Mcnair

We moved from Manchester to Earlestown in 1949. My father had taken the position of Transport Manager at the CWS (Co-op). We moved into the house at 1 School Street that was in front of the bakery, kitchens, stables ...Read more

A memory of Newton-le-Willows by Alan Gill

My father started working at the mill after leaving the army at the end of the second world war as he needed a place to live because my mother was about to give birth to me. It was unfortunate but at ...Read more

A memory of Sonning in 1949 by Barry Noakes

I started as a boarder at Homefield school in 1958. I was 10. Taggart was the headmaster, Amos was head of the boarding house. A bit of a religious fellow. Names I remember:Kamal Khimani, John Turner, Buckland, Daubney, Levy, Gerry Mitchell, Ray Green, Saunders, Wilmot-Wilkinson. Enough!

A memory of Southbourne in 1958 by Alan Wilkinson

In 1958 I was a pupil at Blackpool Grammar School for boys. It was in Raikes Parade. At lunchtime, some of us would sneak out of school and go down Church St and end up in Woolworths which was housed in that beautiful Art Deco building near ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool by Martin Stewart

I was an exchange student with the Arm Family of Upton Park. I have fond memories of this lovely family and their extraordinary manor house and farm from 1962. Marti Bell Wright Cabbage

A memory of Upton Park

Hi I was Maxine walker back then I used to go to joyce williams school of dance I started when I was 6 till 13 yrs as we moved we used to have the working men's club in barking and we also done all our exams there and ...Read more

A memory of Barking by goldilockaxine