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Michael and Jimmy. I grew up in no1 Springfield Villa, next to Don and Vera and opposite Barry and Andrea. I have many happy memories of growing up there. I married in 91 at Dacre Church and my 4 children were christened there. ...Read more

A memory of Dacre Banks

Humble pie now massed produced wae shell and lid and meat enhoosed, I crave thy taste o succulent meat, just richtly spiced and warm tae eat, your crusty shell want break ma teeth, the bakers skill and guid Scots beef, black and ...Read more

A memory of Kilbirnie in 2014 by John Allan

Ronald Newell, my father, moved from Potters Bar to Hardwick in 1946. He bought Hardwick Service Station from his brother in law (Bert Croad), who owned it during the second world war. ...Read more

A memory of Hardwick in 1950 by Martin Newell

I remember my mother asking me to go Manner's Lane to the big house by the shore to buy a pint of shrimps - not many left by the time I got back! The smell of the mound of shrimp shells on the beach waiting for the tide to take them away.

A memory of Heswall in 1962 by Vivien Brearey

QUEEN ELIZABETH GRAMMAR AND DARLINGTON IN THE 40’s and 50’s I was born and lived for 18 years in Pensbury Street. Then Hargreave terrace. And grateful for the 1944 Education Act. Still. ...Read more

A memory of Darlington by Robin Matthews

Eyes closed I can recall at will... my childhood spent at Battle Hill.. As I walked amongst those tall tall trees, it stirred a thousand memories. The Steel Igloo, swings,and triple bars, the plough made out of twinkling ...Read more

A memory of Wallsend by James Bridgewood

Although I moved from Prestbury to Gloucester in 1966 when I got married, then to Somerset in 1967. Prestbury has always held a special place in my heart, I always call it my home. I lived in a small cottage in ...Read more

A memory of Prestbury by Pat Procter

Remember Mr Lockwood very well used to smoke a pipe and grow his own tobacco and lecture us on the evils of smoking. Big excitement when the older girls who slept in the annex were caught smoking and were moved back into the main building in ...Read more

A memory of Bacton in 1960 by Malcolm Foster

I was born in 1940 and my grandparents lived at 10 Queen Alexandra Hospital which was in a row of terraced cottages, just above the main part of the hospital. My grandfather worked there, I think on the nursing side. The ...Read more

A memory of Cosham

I lived in Goldsmiths Avenue during my childhood. We moved there when the build was finished in 1947. My father was a shell tanker driver. I remember being in bed one night when some of these tanks exploded. There had been a ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope by thestockies