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The photograph shows the entry to Hell Mill Lane (sometimes called Riley Road) which runs along the valley of the Little Avon towards Ozleworth; to the right behind the trees is Wortley Farm, occupied in the 1940's by the ...Read more

A memory of Wortley by rontavender

trying to find out about my dads family who lived in alderbrook road no72 charles leonard rogers would like to find any family or relatives. d rogers

A memory of Balham by deniscrogers

My Dad Ivor James was the conductor of the Dorian Singers,they sang all over especially in Park Hall the old cinema,they also sang on the BBC radio.

A memory of Cwmcarn

My dad was born in Harcourt Terrace in Penrhiwceiber in 1910, his name was Wyndham Stephen Jones, he started in the mines then joined the Army. My grandad was also born there, as the rest of my Welsh family whom were coal miners. My ...Read more

A memory of Penrhiwceiber by Jenny Payne

This where I lived wih my parent's Anita and Les Franklin. We lived in, what was Dawes the breakdown people's shop, where the shop used to be (i think). That was my parent's bed-room, as far as I can remember.

A memory of Swanley in 1953 by Margaret Korzanowski

Dad recalled that when the USAF were based there, probably around 1955, maybe earlier, he'd decided to take a drive up the road that skirted the base to see if he could spot the new fighter ...Read more

A memory of Woodbridge in 1950 by Barbara Smith

My dad was known as Jack Bryant, although his real name was John. He lived in various parts of Acton with his oldest sister, Pat (who went to Lincolnshire to 'Land a Hand on the Land' during the war), Uncle Boysie (Albert), Uncle Terry, ...Read more

A memory of Acton in 1930 by Sorrel Price

Many years ago, I promised to buy Dad a drink in the "Labour In Vain" public house in Oldswinford, a hostelry that the family has talked about for generations. I had driven past it once before in the 1980s but at that time it ...Read more

A memory of Old Swinford in 1994 by Chris Skelding

Anyone who lived in North Motherwell during the 1950s may remember the single-storey, concrete-built insurance offices (long demolished) that were situated at the top of Fort Street adjacent ...Read more

A memory of Motherwell by John Cunningham

Ken Purcell (the mighty atom) called that because of his height worked as a train driver, the knocker upper woke him for early morning starts by tapping on the window with a long pole, no alarm clock for him, came home covered in coal dust, which was washed ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by chrisinspain2014