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As children we went to Sunday school from an early age. As 'littlies' - not being old enough (under 5's) to concentrate on any serious bible teaching, we attended kindergarten in the Gertrude Bell Hall with Mrs Bailey - the ...Read more

A memory of Armthorpe in 1950 by Linda Norton Barker

I worked in the Hotel Continental in the very hot summer of 1976 with 3 friends. It was a glorious summer season and the sun shone endlessly, so we spent many lazy days (between work shifts!) on the beach. We danced into the early ...Read more

A memory of Mundesley in 1976 by Jennifer Morgan

My mother was born in Margate and we spent our holidays there from early 1950s-1970s staying with grandparents. Does anyone remember the puppet theatre in The Lido? I remember my parents taking me there when we were on holiday. I think ...Read more

A memory of Cliftonville by Linda Reynolds

My name is Lynda (Howarth) and I lived in Hulme from 1943 until 1953. My Mum was Edith Woods, and she married Stanley Howarth. My mum used to live in Mary Street and then we moved to Junction Street, after the war. I ...Read more

A memory of Hulme in 1943 by Lynda Drew

My family built and lived at Merthyr Mawr. My grandfather was a younger son, so left there when he grew up and married, to another Nicholl. However he managed the estate and when I was a small child we would regularly visit ...Read more

A memory of Merthyr Mawr in 1940

I was on The Anne White Wing for 18 months and loved every minuite. I remember nurses called Dennis Sidebottom, Karen Gullick, and Steve Eastburn. I used to go to the hospital school during the week and I think my teacher was ...Read more

A memory of Heswall in 1980 by Dianna Peers

My grandparents lived in Bryn Mynach Avenue (Beach family) and later my Uncle Fred & Aunty Doreen. My own mother had moved to London shortly after leaving school. My brother spent the war years in Ystrad and I have ...Read more

A memory of Ystrad Mynach in 1958 by Peter Dimond

I lived in Lucien Road for sixty five years until two years ago. My memories start when I was about five with my dear old dad taking me out on his barrow to sell firewood - I thought it was great fun. Also, my mum taking me to haylocks ...Read more

A memory of Tooting in 1948 by Jan Clark

Conclusion On my last visit it was hard to see where the village was. The small triangular field is now a park but it looks so small. The place I remember seemed so much larger than Small Park that is now there. Having been raised ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

I was born on 5th July 1948, we lived in one of the houses behind the Wheatsheaf hotel. Our neighbours there were the Wilcocks and the Browns. My Dad, worked as a driver for a furniture company and a coalman and I remember he ...Read more

A memory of Queensbury by Ian Turner