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If it is the same Harry hargreavs I remember I use to knock about with him and he worked at the slaughter house that was on the Corner just where the mancunan way starts now, thats how ne came to be in the butcher game. .I lived in pine ...Read more

A memory of Salford by a.smith500

I so remember the 7777 club & the owner Clem Williams ....Clem would book my show several times through the year & I considered him a friend I used to love the rides in his old Rolls Royce ...I often ...Read more

A memory of Maesteg by steve.eagles1

In 1949 the Royal Links which had hosted Royals and the glitterati of the day was the first to fall to the contagious bout of fires which mysteriously began to sweep the area. Imagine that wonderful central staircase (with no ...Read more

A memory of Cromer by ronaldjackson08

In 1798 my Ancestor Thomas Baker was a boy of 6 years and was living in the village of Staple with his parents and younger siblings. Thomas Baker's eldest brother was ...Read more

A memory of Staple by Gemma Gemma

Of course everybody know this building as Taylor's. However not everybody knows that there is another floor above the restaurant level. It can be clearly seen in the photo. This was the location of Cannock's Freemasons Temple for many years and may still be so for all I know.

A memory of Cannock

On the left of this photograph is The Hoy & Helmet pub at South Benfleet, which was originally built in the 15th century, with later extensions. The ‘hoy’ of the pub’s intriguing name was a broad, ...Read more

A memory of South Benfleet by Julia Skinner

I was born near COventry in 1948 and we move to Olton in 1952. After I left school in late 1965 I got a job as a labourer with C Bryant & Sons on the new Solihull shopping centre, and a few weeks later head office ...Read more

A memory of Solihull by john

IT'S DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE OVER 55 YEARS HAVE PAST SINCE I WAS LAST IN PEN-Y-BANK. MY FATHER WAS A COAL GETTER IN MORGANS LEVELS, A HARD MAN THAT WENT BY THE NAME OF LEN THOMAS, OR BETTER KNOWN AS LT. I WAS ONLY 8 YEARS OF ...Read more

A memory of Pen-y-bank by rthomas

On the right of the photograph the second shop belonged to Arthur Sansom, the Newsagents and Confectioners. It has a sign board above the shop front: PICTURE POST. In the Easter holidays of 1959 at the age of 14½, I took my first ...Read more

A memory of Locksbottom

I was born in Seer Green over 60 years ago. It has,and always will be my first home. I have lived abroad for the past 30 years. I return to S.G. at least once a year to visit my mother and sister and enjoy the nostalgia of walking ...Read more

A memory of Seer Green by bob_4902