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I was born in 1949 and lived in Little John Street with my brother Bobby, dad Hugh and my mum, Jenny. Not that I remember about the day I was born, but I do have a lot of happy memories about The Crescent. Our next door neighbours were the ...Read more

A memory of Dundee in 1949 by Brian Jamieson

I remember spending part of school summer holidays here as my grandparents lived in the village, they were Robert John King and Florence Emma King, nee Stanton. I used to go across to the shop from their cottage on Main Street ...Read more

A memory of Maids' Moreton in 1966 by Margaret Holbrook

My Grandfather and Grandmother were married in this church. My grandfather John Booth was a rock manufaturer - the Exhibition Rock Company in Gorton Street. I saw the lights being turned off in 1939 when the war broke out. My ...Read more

A memory of Blackpool in 1920 by Gloria Steer Nee Monk

My dad was the manager of Payantake Stores in West Wickham High Street for many years (from 1959 onwards). It used to be where Oxfam is now. We lived in the flat above the shop. There were regular break-ins at Croft Radio, which ...Read more

A memory of West Wickham by Mary Atkinson

Trying to find anybody who may remember me from school or from Waverley Road, Hyde, also Lynda Bardsley from Astoria Hyde.

A memory of Hyde by Peter Jackson

I have fond memories of working at International Stores in the High Street, the manager's name was Mr Dodds.

A memory of Harlow in 1968 by Fred Fox

My father was a Cork man from Boherbue, he was known as the ploughman's son (my grandad was called the Yanks ploughman as he used to plough for some Americans I believe). My dad was Tim Fitzgerald, he had a brother Eddie who used to own the Woburn ...Read more

A memory of Cork by Kevin Fitzgerald

Ouch! Someone mentioned the old Library in William Street. On the way home from Langley Grammar a few of us used to go to the Library to do our homework before travelling on (me on the 460 to Wraysbury). Outside the Library was a ...Read more

A memory of Slough in 1958 by Terry Smith

I only have great sunny memories of Halifax as a child. A lot of these photos in the 1960's show the sunshine... just how I remember it. My granddad worked on the buses and in the photos he may have been on one of those! His mate ...Read more

A memory of Halifax in 1966 by Zoran Milovanovic

I would like to point out that the old school ,both Infant and Junior, are still standing, as yet .They are both in a sad state of repair. I too, have some real vivid memories, some happy and some, not so. I attended Eustace Street School from 56 - 61. I remember my first day at the school too.

A memory of Chadderton in 1956 by Les Crocker