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I was brought up in Eltham and lived at no 30 High St where my Mother & Father had a bicycle & sports shop.Everyday I would go across the road to the swimming baths, and at that time there was the ...Read more

A memory of Eltham by Ann Randerson

Although I have never lived in Willenhall during the late 1960s I was stationed there for three years at the old fire station which I believe is now used as a library. I remember using the old swimming baths at the rear for training ...Read more

A memory of Willenhall by gjroyans

I was four when my family moved from London to Manage the Rose and Crown in 1940. The Rose and Crown was then about four hundred and fifty years old. After six months there was a devastating fire which destroyed the whole of ...Read more

A memory of Ashbury in 1940 by First Name Last Name

Miss Welty was the infant school headmistress, elderly and eccentric, she was a dedicated and lovely lady. My teacher was Mrs Charlton of whom I have extremely fond memories. I also attended Fircroft Junior School, ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1958 by Peter Adkins

This is the parade of shops as l remember it from my childhood. I remember at the top of the parade, a butcher's shop, Leila the hairdresser (run by my friend's mum Joyce), which was next to the optician, a grocery store, the post office, ...Read more

A memory of Epsom in 1959 by Patricia White

As a child I was born in Oldcoates. I used to attend the school house in Oldcoates and always remember my teacher Ms Bridgehams, she is someone I will always remember. We used to have a roaring fire in the classroom with a big fire ...Read more

A memory of Firbeck in 1959

I was an apprentice at Sellafield in 1957 living in Seascale. In the winter months some of my pals and I would frequent the Scawfell Hotel, but go in the back entrance where we could mix with the young waitresses in their ...Read more

A memory of Seascale in 1957 by Ian Whitford

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

We called this "Ferry Lane",though the old chain ferry across the river Ouse formerly operated by Mr Atkinson was long gone even in 1955. The sailing Dinghys were left there by members of the Yorkshire Ouse Sailing Club and you can just see the ...Read more

A memory of Naburn by wgeastwood

I was about 3 when I traveled from Bagshot in England to Lumphanan to visit my grandparents, Barbara and Tom Davidson. They lived at Fernie Brae Cottage and were tenant crofters and wood cutters. My mother, Beth Davidson lived ...Read more

A memory of Lumphanan in 1950 by Liz Schultz