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My father, William Tom Stallard, was manager here 1946 to 1958.He was previously manager at the Btooklands Hotel, Sale, Manchester 1937 (?) to 1941.~ The youngest in the company. He married in 1938. He enlisted in ...Read more

A memory of Market Drayton by signsmurals

Our family lodged with a Mrs Cotter at XX Dartford Road during the 1940s.After leaving her home I used to visit her and often notice she had bruises on her.Then one day in 1946 we were in Margate on a day trip and the newspaper ...Read more

A memory of Dartford by johnrank

We moved into a brand new Council House on this estate at 8, Hillside Crescent about 1950-51 and lived there until 1960. Before that we were housed in a Nissan Hut in Yateley. My Dad was a ...Read more

A memory of Frimley Green by miss_devinette

My recollections of life in England really start from the time when the family lived briefly near Ascott under Wychwood, close to Chipping Norton, where my family had rented ...Read more

A memory of Chipping Norton by michaelpeterpeyton~

My husband Chistopher John Hill was born in Scarborough. His Grandma, Mary Gloyne, ran a small Guest House there 61 Ramsey Street, after her husband, Percy Gloyne, was killed two days before the end of World War 1. She ...Read more

A memory of Scarborough by Margaret Ann Hill

i was born in sisters avenue lavender hill 1948 spent my youth and adult years in battersea. spending many a weekend dancing in battersea town hall watching the news of the world darts championship. having a quiet pint in my ...Read more

A memory of Battersea by jcscott48

In the Fifties I discovered, or rather was introduced to, a coffee bar somewhere in Lemington, in Newcastle and this became the place to go! I don't remember what we drank - coffee? squash? I have no recollection. But what I do ...Read more

A memory of Lemington by Trish Bailey

My grandfather William, Bill to his friends was born in Markham in July 1925 but he was brought up in Blaina before eventually moving to Bargoed where he got married until he finally went into a nursing ...Read more

A memory of Blaina

I lived at 536 High Road, Leytonstone. It was a shirt factory where my father worked as a ban saw cutter; the shirts he made were for Beverley Hills and above the factory were the offices, and the floor above those was ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1956 by Carol Fynn

I was born in 1960 in Great Barr but moved to Dawlish Rd in 1964 until 1968 with my elder brother Brian. My mother, Irene, ran the shop and my father Dennis worked at GEC Witton. I went to Tiverton Rd School and we lived in the 'Mace' ...Read more

A memory of Selly Oak in 1965 by Paul Day