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My grandfather worked at kirkhammerton hall as butler for a while The family lived in laundry cottage He was Harold burns Before that he was valet and driver to colonel stanyforth and prince henry, duke of glos attending the crowning of sellasie

A memory of Kirk Hammerton by sindee.hastings

The Miner's Welfare (as it was known locally) gave a home to a wide variety of local activities. As a young teenager I attended weekly ballroom dancing classes on a Saturday morning,and an annual family pilgrimage to the ...Read more

A memory of Coalville

I Thomas Eskdale lived at castle park i had good time there,there was the burns,thomsons,massy,s if you lived in castle park you will know all that lived there from the 1950 and 1960.

A memory of Backworth by teskdale

I moved to Beltinge in 1948 with my parents and we lived at number 8 Churchill Avenue. At that time the avenue was a prefab estate and was a baby boomer child's heaven -,and there were plenty of us. I have many cherished memories of ...Read more

A memory of Beltinge by ned.jetwave

I attended Whitstone during the changeover from Secondary Modern to Comprehensive. It was quite a shock to me. I'd always been to small, private schools, & it seemed huge. I was also amazed & shocked by the bad ...Read more

A memory of Shepton Mallet by bru.enzer

Lived in derwent crescent, remember the miners club up the hill, the railway wasn't operational when I visited and my sister and I used to go riding along the old track. My mum Sarah (read) glasper used to play ...Read more

A memory of Hamsterley by ormonde1947

When we were young we used to picnic in the grounds of Hamsterly Hall it was private but our family always had permission as my Grandmother Ann Burns was on the staff when Lord Gort lived there. Lord Gort and Lady ...Read more

A memory of Hamsterley Hall by ianpatrick.burns49

My aunt and uncle, Christine and Alan Benning, have lived in Little Marlow all of their married lives. As children (and as adults) we visited our close cousins and aunt and uncle since we were born. The ...Read more

A memory of Little Marlow

I could not think of a better place to spend my early years than overlooking the old reservoir. My grandmother's timber cottage was one of eight built long ago, probably to house estate workers. Each cottage appeared ...Read more

A memory of Elstree by John Gates

I grew up in Stowmarket (Combs Ford end!). I remember Milton Road, etc, before the Relief Road cut the town in half! Saturdays used to see the town centre heaving with people - cars came through the main street ...Read more

A memory of Stowmarket by Karen Dack