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I remember visiting my grandparents in Auchnarrow. They lived in a small cottage. I am trying to trace ancestors and if anyone knows of any Lambs still resident in the area I would be grateful for any help. I think my mum might have been ...Read more

A memory of Glenlivet in 1971 by Lu Gallagher

My name is George Reese---and I am in the US. My relatives came mainly from Glamorgan, but a few from England. About 20 years ago, I started to research my family roots. My mother gave me a small Bible, ...Read more

A memory of Mountain Ash in 2008 by George Reese

In 1944, when I was six, bombs dropped at the end of our road in N. Mitcham (Caithness Road) rendering our home, and others, uninhabitable, and after spending one night at Woodland Way Community Hall we were ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1944 by Frances Innes

My parents (Eirwen & Haydn Williams) moved to Aberbargoed from Gilfach to take over the newsagents in 1967 next to the New Duffryn pub when I was 11. Being a Bargoed lad I was very apprehensive about moving over to "the ...Read more

A memory of Aberbargoed in 1870 by Gareth Williams

I remember the austere yellow building as if it were yesterday. There I dreaded the school dentist who was, by modern standards, a butcher. Like Susan's account we also went to the swings after a visit to the dentist although at ...Read more

A memory of Swinton in 1960 by Gordon Williams

I lived at 21 Rydal Grove and went to Southwark Street school in the 1960,s. Left in early 70's. My dad's name was Derrick Routhan he worked at Bairnwear then the NAAFI on Bottle Lane sadly he died in 1985. Remember so much about Old ...Read more

A memory of Old Basford by Janet Waldram

Yes Bob I remember the grocer and his guard goose. I lived at 81 Commonside East for many years, living above the sweet shop across the alley almost next door. The goose way a worry. Having returned a few years ago, much had changed ...Read more

A memory of Mitcham in 1957 by Ken Bedwell

I wasn't born in Disley. My Grandparents built a little wooden bungalow in a field owned by the Crabtree family. It was built before the war for holidays. Before that they had a big tent and all their family would go to stay. During ...Read more

A memory of Disley in 1950 by Hazel Bolger

I was born in 1953 and went to Bradley St Primary. I recall there were three girls who dressed the same; the Pearl triplets. I remember going on a school trip to Heathrow Airport and losing my souvenir cast metal model plane on the ...Read more

A memory of Uttoxeter by Robert Cooper

I was born in Hunterswood Farm Bungalow in 1948. The midwife was Nurse Caines. My mother was Kathleen Joyce Brown (nee Lintott) and father David Brown. I had then, 2 brothers, David and Leslie and my sister Susan. Twin ...Read more

A memory of Dunsfold in 1956 by Ann Kelly