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I remember living in george st west on the new rows I can remembet the shops there were lots ; the co-op walter wilsons where my aunt worked there was a tv shop post office; sparks shop tben another I cant remember the name then bottom ...Read more

A memory of Coundon by johndobe01

In September 1948 the Morton family moved into a brand new council house at number 3 Coopers Close Chigwell Row. Our father Ronal Morton and his wife Evelyn with my brothers Andrew and Douglas, shortly followed ...Read more

A memory of Chigwell Row by fionaavalon

Born under a table in the front room of No.7 Hall Road on 16/7/1944 while an air raid warning sounded to herald the German V1s presence above. I attended Aveley Infants and Primary schools between 1949 and 1955 ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by ted.hunwick

I lived at Links Avenue, West Monkseaton between 1965 and 69. Went to Park Road Junior school next to what was then the cinema, and Spanish City. Ended up at Valley Gardens Secondary Modern. Names I remember from those days are, ...Read more

A memory of Whitley Bay by jvparkin

I lived in Remer St from 1941 to 1966. I remember;- Bonars farm , Mosses farm, Barnetts farm all on Remer St. Groby Rd residents, Percy Barnett, Arthur and Lizzie Badrock. Powells farm. North St Chapel Beeches garage Elliots fish and ...Read more

A memory of Crewe by morton_d_a

my grandma's uncle john silbon abbott was butcher at 111 clowes street , west gorton , he passed away in 1921 , are there any photo's surviving which may show the shop

A memory of Gorton by jongrobler

I remember moving from Caldercruix to the new scheme and it was great to have a bath in the house!!! They hadn't laid paths or put up fences but everyone was so pleased to get a new house it didn't matter. They started building more houses ...Read more

A memory of Plains in 1955

First Playgroup opened here by Judith Morton (Vann) in 1970, the Minister was a Rev. Jack Dowson, he also married us and baptisted our two boys (Richard and David), we owned the corner shop on Bushbury Road opposite where the entrance to the old Methodist Chapel used to be. Remember me?

A memory of Fallings Heath in 1970 by Judith Vann

The bus stopped in Wallace Street and we all piled on, Ann-Marie McCormack, Keiran O'Neil, Joseph O'Neil, Nora Brennan. Nora's Aunty Kate lived right next to where the bus stopped and if ...Read more

A memory of Plains by Florence Mc Donald

These were great times, hard up maybe, but we were happy kids, lots of snow in winter yet we still went 3 miles in the bus to Gretna High School. My first job was in Carlisle, 8 miles away, in Woolworths, I loved it, also John ...Read more

A memory of Mossband Ho in 1956 by Francess Jones Formally Daugh