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I lived in Deepcut from 1951 to 1959 in Ceylon Terrace, Blackdown Camp as a child in the army married quarters  My father had just been posted back to the UK after serving in Germany. There were about eight blocks ...Read more

A memory of Deepcut in 1950 by Sheila Walker

I was born in Dalkeith in 1936 and shortly after moved to 17 Gibralter Terrace, Dalkieth, Midlothian, Scotland. I was the fourth to be born and already had an older sister by 5 years and two older brothers. By the time I ...Read more

A memory of Dalkeith in 1930 by Mary Cumming

Hi, I lived at Lingdale at 27 North Terrace which was the last row of terraced houses near the shale heaps which were deposited from the iron ore mine which was situated in Stanghow Lane. The distance between the houses and the shale ...Read more

A memory of Lingdale in 1940 by George Searle

What do I miss about Pagham? Everything!! My love affair with Pagham began around the mid 1960s when my parents Marlene and Ray used to take me to stay at my great aunt's bungalow on the East Front Road - the second one in ...Read more

A memory of Pagham by Denise Rowbotham

The name is Gareth Davis, and my grandfather (Harry Davis) lived at No 2 Ivor (Ifor) Terrace in Blackmill, although I later lived in Bryncethin I used to travel with the local butcher Clive Heale back to Blackmill to deliver meat to homes ...Read more

A memory of Blackmill in 1957 by Gareth Davis

My grandfather Edward Dridge was apparently a fisherman of some note (3 boats), who passed in 1938. My father Earl,b. 1908-d.1981 was born in the home on Seaview Terrace. We have family pictures showing the home but I cannot locate ...Read more

A memory of Emsworth by Earl Dridge

In the 1950s every summer school holiday my parents used to drive up to Ackworth, drop us kids off with our grandparents and pick us up 6 weeks later. I loved every minute of it. Coming from the hustle and bustle of Portsmouth it was ...Read more

A memory of Ackworth in 1958 by Alan North

My family, James and Isa Lewis, brother James and myself lived in a semi-detached villa on Monifieth Road, Broughty Ferry opposite the school, for a period before and after the Second World War commenced. ...Read more

A memory of Broughty Ferry in 1940 by Alison Stratton

My Grandparents were Charlie and Mary Solomon, they lived in Timaru House on the main road. They had five children Bert, Les, Evelyn, Geoff and my mother Gwen. My Aunt Evelyn married Edward Williams who was ...Read more

A memory of St Columb Minor by Noreen Keenleyside

I grew up in and lived in Bensham for the first 26 years of my life, albeit the last 5 of those years were spent in the Merchant Navy as a sea-going engineer. My first school was Chester Place School which was across the road from ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead in 1940 by Noel Kelly