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My Mother was Maggie Dresser, Her mother Mabel ?? was an Embleton. My auntie was Jenny Waugh. ( Peter Waugh) corner shop - John St? In the 1950's I went to Sacriston for holidays!! from South Yorkshire. We all knew that we had an ...Read more

A memory of Sacriston

I remember my dad asking me to go to the hotel in Annbank for his fags (funny how it was always at night), if it wasn't for the promise of getting a bag of crisps for going, I'd surely never go. This was the most scariest hotel, in the ...Read more

A memory of Annbank in 1963 by Alex Steele

My family moved from Monks Kirby to the Kennels near Morgans farm, Newnham Paddox in 1958/59 dad John, mum Marjorie sister Margaret, brother Sean and me Paul. We walked to St Josephs RC School, about 3 miles each way, My ...Read more

A memory of Newnham Paddox by Paul Quirke

I was resident in Plymouth up until 1963 when I moved to Exeter. However, between 1959 and 1963 I was a Red Cross volunteer at the Plympton Ambulance Station and did duties at weekends. The old Devon County Ambulance service ...Read more

A memory of Plympton by john.wickens

My Grandmother lived in South View. I live in Ashford Kent now, but back in the 50s when I lived in Beckenham Kent we used visit my Grandmother and Father. I many happy memories spending our two week holiday. On our visits to Scotland to ...Read more

A memory of Collingham

Born in Dunfermline 1951, initially lived in Cowdenbeath @ Terris Place wi parents / grandparents until 4/5. Moved to Union St and lived there until 1971 wi parents, 2 brothers, 2 sisters. When I married I moved to ...Read more

A memory of Cowdenbeath by tpg.theminerscfc24

My family moved from Monks Kirby to the Kennels near Morgans farm, Newnham Paddox in 1958/59 dad John, mum Marjorie sister Margaret, brother Sean and me Paul. We walked to St Josephs RC School, about 3 miles each way, My ...Read more

A memory of Newnham Paddox by Paul Quirke

I have recently been making an album for my father of his life story and he was saddened that we had nothing we could put in it of my brother who was taken to Bradford childrens hospital in November 1947 and died in January ...Read more

A memory of Bradford in 1947 by Mavis Hunt

I was christened here in April 1966. I was born December 1965 - lots of my relatives' funeral services have been held here and it was also where my parents got married in 1956. I now live near Caerphilly in South Wales. My ...Read more

A memory of South Kirkby in 1966 by Tracy Gurner

I was brought up in Tennyson Avenue off Sprotborough Road and at weekends in the Summer would cycle 20 or so miles all around south Yorkshire. If on the way to Conisbrough, Barnbrough or the River Don we would pass the ...Read more

A memory of Sprotbrough in 1950 by Terence George Flinders