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I was born at 22 Victoria Street, Harthill and went to Harthill Primary School. I lived with my mum, Mary Carson, and grannie and grandad Margaret and Jimmy Carson until we left for England about 1954-55. I ...Read more

A memory of Harthill in 1947 by Catherine Foster

i was born on the 11 april at cresswell maternity hospital my maiden name is shields i lived at 15 knowehead road i started school in 1957 mr john young was the headmaster and mrs dickson was the secretary my memory of locharbriggs is when i started school

A memory of Locharbriggs in 1952 by Janet Freeburn

My wife Christina Armstrong's (nee Brown) mum Phylis was born and raised in Wyke Regis, both of Phylis's parents along with many of her relatives are buried at this church. Chris's mum was raised at Park Mead Road, her name was Phylis ...Read more

A memory of Wyke Regis by Robert Armstrong

My parents moved from East London to Swindon and then to Wroughton in 1954. My parents were Pat and Geoff Leach. I am Janet (Leach - now Ford) and my sister penny was born in the maternity hospital in Swindon in 1958. My ...Read more

A memory of Wroughton

Hi, I was born in Wouldham, 3 Castle Street, in 1946 and my family moved away in 1949 but I had a memory of the house that stayed with me all my life. The memory is of a tree in the garden that had a swing that my dad used to push ...Read more

A memory of Wouldham by Kathy J Ordan

I have a dear friend who was born and raised in Wellingborough. I am Canadian and he moved here as an adult after teaching in Africa. Although I am not from Wellingborough, I have heard such wonderful stories about it. I ...Read more

A memory of Wellingborough by Anya Holloway

My grandmother was born in Bishampton 1891, Maggie Elizabeth Workman, daughter to Honeybourn and Emma Spires. Her aunt Sarah Spires donated a large sum of money to the church, there is a plaque to say. Honeybourn's father was George ...Read more

A memory of Bishampton by Ann Seedhouse

I was born in my grandma's house in Church St, didn't have a number in those days, when it did it was #13, which was good because I was born on the 13th. I enrolled at the Gamlingay Old School in 1946 in Miss ...Read more

A memory of Gamlingay in 1957 by Brian Hinton

I found this site through a link on another, which had pictures of old buses - http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/?cat=51 I commented there on some of the Yorkshire Woollen District Transport fleet, which my dad used to drive. I was born in ...Read more

A memory of Dewsbury in 1974 by Gordon Sharpe

My childhood memories are locked in Brynygwenin. I lived at Woodfield House this was a semi detached house. We shared a pump where we drew our water. This was, indeed, a luxury not having too far to collect drinking water. I was born ...Read more

A memory of Brynygwenin