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Thanks to everyone who sent their memories of Newburn and Millfield, it brings it all back! I lived at 16 victoria terrace from about 1955 until it was demolished. I remembered how overcrowded we must have been in a one bedroomed ...Read more

A memory of Newburn by rosselross

We moved into a cottage in Little Chesterton where my husband had a job working for a pig farmer, it was a really nice hamlet to live in.

A memory of Little Chesterton in 1973 by Carol Boreham

I lived at 12 Stanley Cottages, Lanes End with my aunt on several occasions, when my mother was ill in hospital. I loved the area, & made many friends while I was there. My mother was born at number ...Read more

A memory of Green Street Green in 1940 by Barry Edwards

I remember a large house that stood at the top of Upper Mill Street between the Clock Mill and my grandmother’s cottage; the family living in this house, I remember, all had red hair. The house was demolished in the ...Read more

A memory of Tillicoultry in 1953 by John Cunningham

My elderly grandmother lived in the last cottage at the top of Upper Mill Street opposite the Clock Mill. A brief description during the 1950’s might be of some historical interest. A small bedroom faced the front ...Read more

A memory of Tillicoultry in 1953 by John Cunningham

My grandmother’s next-door neighbour in Upper Mill Street was an elderly lady called Miss Hunter who lived with her brother. I remember Miss Hunter always wore a mobcap, headgear that even in those days seemed ...Read more

A memory of Tillicoultry by John Cunningham

In 1949 when I was four years old I travelled by train from Scotland with my mum to visit my Aunt Nan, her husband Tom, and their daughter Dorothy, who was also four at the time. Uncle Tom was butler to Lady Sybil Grant and he ...Read more

A memory of Epsom in 1949 by John Cunningham

I was born in the large house behind the van in June of 1932. At that time it was a private maternity home run by a Midwife called Nurse Bailey. My maternal grandparents lived in Plumtree Cottage, which is on the left of the photo ...Read more

A memory of Preesall in 1930 by John Isles

I remember the long summers swimming in the river ,and visiting my grandparents who lived in he do smithy cottage yr efail , there was no nicer place to be than in bettws

A memory of Betws-y-Coed

Memories -mrs roberts miss cook and her chow dog during the early war years they were second mothers to us all,village people were kind and helpfull ,mr pond the water bailiff gave me all the fishing tackle i needed ...Read more

A memory of Holdenhurst in 1930 by William Roland Pye