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My family and I moved from Elm Park in Essex to Scotland in the last weeks of 1948. My father, Leon A. Lalonde, had accepted a position as Chief Mechanical Engineer with John Cochrane and Sons, a construction ...Read more

A memory of Glen Affric in 1949 by Denman Lalonde

I am writing on behalf of Frederick Beck, aged 87, whose mother was Mary Kernick (nee ??) whose family lived in 262 Johnson Street, Wingate. It was a family of seven children. Names recalled are(oldest to youngest) Ben, ...Read more

A memory of Wingate in 1920 by Brenda Gower

My National Service was spent in The Alamein Band of The Royal Tank Regiment which for 3 seasons, 1949 to 1952 played at Bognor Regis for two months on the promenade bandstand in the afternoons and in ...Read more

A memory of Bognor Regis in 1950 by Alan Binns

My mother used to tell me about my grandad richard field he was a footballer in hes younger days and he used to play for norwich city football club He was allso the head foreman in doxford s shipyards in pallion But my mother told ...Read more

A memory of Sunderland by Linda Barella

I was born in Ilkley in Sept. 1940, my parents first residing at Ben Rhydding. After my birth we moved to a house in Valley Drive, living next door I recall to a lady called Miss Booth. From our rear garden ...Read more

A memory of Ilkley by John Goodacre

Mu aunt Cecilia Hood lived in Clarence Chare Newton Aycliffe. My Uncle was involved in building the clock in the centre of Newton Aycliffe. My cousin Terence Parnaby and his son Robin also lived in Aycliffe. As ...Read more

A memory of Newton Aycliffe

Entertainment The Men: Mostly the pubs provided a good range of entertainment with darts, dominoes and cards being played. Some men kept greyhounds or whippets for racing, but generally gardening took up a lot of their time, as ...Read more

A memory of Middle Rainton in 1945 by John Harvey

I moved to Lymm in 1955 when I was 10. My form teacher was Mr Whittle. I remember also Mr Low ( who I had a crush on) and Mrs Smith, who took us for needlework. The boys used to do gardening with Mr Low. Some of the others in my ...Read more

A memory of Lymm by Pauline Brown

Where Leeland Terrace comes out by Deans Gardens there used to be a public toilets before Leeland Terrace was extended. Next to this was a shop called Retlaws. It is now a Pizza shop. However in those far off days Retlaws ...Read more

A memory of West Ealing by Nick Beard

St. Andrews Church figured quite prominently in my early teens as it was my parish Church. Although not a religous person, I had to go the Church at least once a month as I belonged to 6th Uxbridge Scouts who were a Church Group, ...Read more

A memory of Uxbridge by Bill Crowther