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Bonfire Night Perils

Guy Fawkes Night could be quite hazardous, although I remember no one ever been seriously hurt, it was certainly a close run thing. Keith Bradley although not from farming parents had many relations whom were involved in farming ...Read more

A memory of Whixley by Nigel Ward Quick

Evaporating Memories

Wallsend is sliding down the slipway, to use a shipyard metaphore. Now just widswept open spaces, stand where the workman stood before. They've allowed all of the trades to die, and made the workforce unemployed. Now ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend by James Bridgewood

Childhood

Concerning Ricemans fire in Deal, Kent - Sunday 6th October 1963. Nightfall; I remember the incredible display windows, they were smashed and collapsing, a few people (including a guy who did some plumbing for my mum) managed to get some ...Read more

A memory of Deal in 1963 by Gaetan White

Busen And Parkins

I remember the old Bussen and Parkins in Mildenhall High Street burning down. I was only young then but have lived in Mildenhall most of my life. It was the night it burned down I was with my parents, coming home from visting my ...Read more

A memory of Mildenhall in 1968 by Irene Stockley

Creaton Sanatorium

I used to work in the Laboratory at Creaton Sanatorium. It was my first job after leaving Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby. I started in the Lab at Northampton General Hospital and was transferred to Creaton. I used to cycle to and ...Read more

A memory of Creaton in 1953 by Nial Reynolds

My Top Ten Memories Of Collyhurst

I also remember Christmas1948, going out the side front door and seeing everywhere were covered with snow. It were so cold but it were beautiful. Now bonfire night were somethink else, we held our bonfire top ...Read more

A memory of Collyhurst by Herbert Mc Hugh

In Bonnie Scotland

In Bonnie Scotland The road back to Campsie Glen Is a forty-year long tunnel of mist! Dug deep into the cut bedrock of memory, And neatly knitted in the multi-storey labyrinth Of pouring passions, in pounding poems!! ...Read more

A memory of Campsie Glen in 1965 by Dr. Feisal Esmael

Flete Maternity Home

My Mum and Dad often use to tell me the story of my birth. When my Mum went into labour she was taken to Freedom Fields Hospital, later that day (my Dad walked to the nearest phone box) phoned Freedom Fields Hospital to ...Read more

A memory of Pamflete Ho in 1953 by Janice Brewster

Whitethorn Morris Dance At Sidmouth

This view is little different from the one seen by Whitethorn Morris at the Sidmouth International Folk Festival on several occasions in the 1980's. We danced and I played my accordian for the Whitethorn Band on ...Read more

A memory of Sidmouth in 1982 by John Howard Norfolk

Hewson Street

Adding to yesterday's input about Hewson Street in Sheriff Hill; I remember it so well! From the west end, at the square where Billy Howarth had his coal business, I remeber Alan Freeland, and his mother 'Boxer.' Then 'Nutty' and ...Read more

A memory of Sheriff Hill in 1940 by Robert Hall

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