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Around about the time this pic was taken, I was 5 years old and my nan used to live in a house to the left of the picture. Her husband was head herdsman at Lord Ivor's dairy farm a little futher up the road. We (my brother, ...Read more

A memory of Eriswell by Jayne Lever

I was born in the front room of 9 Burns rd moxley in 1949. my earliest memory is of a street party to celebrate the coronation of the queen. I have many memories of playing over the fields behind the shops and houses ...Read more

A memory of Moxley by christine

I was born the third of four children in Breaston. Our Christmas's were spent with my Mum's sister's family consisting of Aunty, Uncle/god father and a male cousin 7 months younger than me who I mercilessly tormented ...Read more

A memory of Long Eaton by tina_l62

I lived at Church Farm, Longparish in the late fifties & early sixties. The farm was then a working farm and my father was dairyman. I went to the primary school just after it was rebuilt, the teachers were Miss Munday & Miss ...Read more

A memory of Longparish in 1957 by Robert Bolt

I was born in Collierswood Maternity Home, a very short time before it was bombed during the Second World War. The year was 1944. My family being homeless were housed in requisitioned properties in ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1944 by James Bonser

Hi All. Just wondered if anyone remembers the mission hall between WX &WA. We used to have a games night there on a Tuesday or a Thursday, (cannot remember which), you could only go if you attended the church on the ...Read more

A memory of Waltham Cross in 1956 by Norman Smith

I moved to Beltinge in 1948 with my parents and we lived at number 8 Churchill Avenue. At that time the avenue was a prefab estate and was a baby boomer child's heaven -,and there were plenty of us. I have many cherished memories of ...Read more

A memory of Beltinge by ned.jetwave

I was born in Cinderford in 1962 and lived there until the mid 1980s. Through my childhood the town centre around the Square (now called the Triangle!) was busy and prosperous with all sorts of shops, my favourites being ...Read more

A memory of Cinderford by Jeff Jones

My family lived in Stanner House, a lovely old house in Clara Vale from 1952 until 1964 - my parents moved there shortly after they got married in 1951. I was born in 1958 and can remember the house as if it was yesterday. In the 1800's ...Read more

A memory of Ryton in 1963 by Helen Mc Guinness

I also, was a student at Clare School in Brymton. I attended (if I recall correctly) from 1960 to 1963. The headmaster was Mr Robinson, some of the other 'masters' names were Mr Hemmings, Major Burns and Mr Gall. A ...Read more

A memory of Brympton D'Evercy by Nicholas Grover