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in the harbour at Porthcawl there were some times moored two fast patrole boats owned by the Royal Air Force and they were painted in the colours of the R.A.F. Occasionally they would go off on patrol manned by R.A.F crew I have seen them ...Read more

A memory of Porthcawl by Brian Neale

we lived at 15 relief st dysart in the early 50s moved there from kirkcaldy we had to move out when they started to demolish the place so sad it was great place to grow up in I was about six or seven yrs old when we moved there, ...Read more

A memory of Dysart

i remember my grandfather working in the security box at the entrance of folkestone harbour, i remember my grandmother would take me down to him during the morning to take his sandwiches, i would sometimes have to ...Read more

A memory of Folkestone by fagg.robert

my mothers father was william routh sharp who worked for many years in easington colliery as horsekeeper and lived in 11th st. his mother was sarah jane routh, easington and father william james sharp.william routh sharp ...Read more

A memory of Easington Colliery by Patricia Hopps

Browsing through the Book "I Remember when..." published by The Francis Frith Collection, I was so delighted to see a picture of The Quayside in 1896 at Salcombe, Devon. There standing proud above the quay was 'Harbour Lights', the ...Read more

A memory of Salcombe in 1890 by Pete Combellack

My memories are of living at 37 pickmere lane from 1969 age 7. My mum Beryl Owen still lives there now and I still live in Wincham. I will always remember the "bob bob bob" of the motor boats which I could here from my bedroom ...Read more

A memory of Pickmere by Antony Owen