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I was told that the Queen was in the area to meet the regiment that was in situ on Fox Hill when war broke out. Because the road up to the hill was in a bad state due to being just a track , the army put down a concrete road up one side and ...Read more

A memory of Ash by Linda Scard

I lived in the Red Bull from age 6 to 23. I have so many good memories, from playing in the surrounding countryside - the chalk pits, the clayhole reservoir, the woods, the ruined cement works etc. The village ...Read more

A memory of Eccles in 1951 by David Clifton

I remember moving to Pelton Fell at about the age of eight, number 9 Ferndene Avenue. The house was new and we were the first to occupy it. There was a small alley at the end of the street that led to the railway line. A ...Read more

A memory of Chester-Le-Street in 1954 by John Moffatt

We lived in Lindford when I was about 11 years old in 1972. My father was in the army and was based in Londmore, but we lived in the corner plot, opposite the farm, in Windsor Road. I have many very happy memories of ...Read more

A memory of Bordon by Jueli Barker

I was born in Lumphinnans Road but my childhood memories of growing up are in Station Road where the houses were knocked down to build Lochgelly School. My name is Anne Steedman, my mum & dad were Mary & Andrew. The girl ...Read more

A memory of Lochgelly in 1953 by Annie Gibbs

I was born in Grange Road but soon after my parents moved to West End Road, my grandmother lived at number 35. I attended Beaconsfield Road Infants School and my best friend there was Ronnie Cornwall who also lived in West ...Read more

A memory of Southall in 1930 by Hugh Putt

We lived at 121 Broxburn Drive until 1957, when we moved to 52 Foxglove Crescent. The prefabs were freezing cold in winter, but had all mod cons of the day. Our neighbours were Billy, Malcolm Campbell, the Sansoms, Brian Major, ...Read more

A memory of South Ockendon in 1957 by Elizabeth Campbell

I was born Joan Mary Waters and lived in George Street, which is now Greenway Avenue, Levenshulme. We had a fish and chip shop next door but one, and when I visited Levenshulme in 2005 I believe it had ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1954 by Joan Charrison

Living in Vine St, behind the Heaton Park Cinema, and going to the British 'Bulldog' school. My mum bringing me hot cocoa during recess time, passing it over the school wall. Going into Heaton Park when the sirens went, to the shelters ...Read more

A memory of Prestwich in 1942 by Muriel Neal Nee Mason

I was brought up in Williams Close in Crescent Road in 1962-1983. At top our road there was a old gothic house which I was looked after in as a four year old by a lovley lady called Mrs Murphy. I always ...Read more

A memory of Hornsey in 1974