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My name is Derek Hall, the brother to Martin Hall & Pamela Hall, we used to live at No 3 Eardiston View in Menith Wood in the 1960s with our mom Velta Hall. I am now 58 years old living in London with four ...Read more

A memory of Menithwood in 1965 by derekhall2006

Bert Price's Shop was at the top of our street - Church Street. Bert Prices' shop sold anything and everything. From household buckets and dusters to DIY tools, firewood, fire lighters and paraffin for the heater in our ...Read more

A memory of Davenham in 1970 by Lynn Quigley

I remember when I used to live in Gilfach Goch, Mount Pleasant, and the old settlement in the High Street. I used to perform puppet shows in the front room and charge one penny entrance fee, I spent the money in Leslie Belben's ...Read more

A memory of Gilfach Goch in 1952 by Brian Brown

I am trying to create the memories that I don't have of my mother Ethel Lewis who was born in 1924 and lived at 58 Mount Pleasant, Merthyr Vale.  I know she attended the primary school which is a couple of minutes' walk away. If ...Read more

A memory of Merthyr Vale by Gillian Baker

I have some wonderful memories of nights out in Consett in the sixties. There was a pub called the Masons Arms run by Kevin and Ina Kearney and the barmaid Jenny, I think. It served the most beautiful beer in the world or so ...Read more

A memory of Consett in 1966 by Michael Smyth

I am trying to trace my family history and I believe that my Great Uncle (Harry Parker) lived in Mount Pleasant Rd in Tottenham from the 30's through till his death in 1993. I have been told he was a Trolley & Bus driver and ...Read more

A memory of Edmonton by Richard Fitzgerald

I and several friends used to go fishing at Laleham some forty or so years ago and the memories are pleasant ones indeed. I seem to remember stopping off on the way back at a pub near turning to the river called The ...Read more

A memory of Laleham by William Eyers

Does anyone remember Tommy Lancaster - The Pitmans Champion Boxer - He was the Landlord of The Mount Pleasant Hotel Consett until around 1965 (ish)?

A memory of Consett

I used to live just down the way from this stile and went walks through Cally Wood firstly with my friend Pauline Ellett and later with my husband and grandchildren. It's a lovely wood and used ...Read more

A memory of Wordsley by Constance Phillips

My very first job while still at school was working at Harts Printers as a delivery boy. I delivered cards and packs of headed paper to a lot of the company's in S.W. My delivery method was by means of a large bike with a ...Read more

A memory of Saffron Walden by kkamzin