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Too bad these old post boxes have been removed from most towns now - the red ones were such a cheery sight.

A memory of Windsor

My wife and I, were to go to the Alford Carnival where upon on going through the Turn style; still clutching the change given to me on paying for our tickets, there was a man which was stood some twenty feet away from the ...Read more

A memory of Alford in 1990 by Roland Mitchell

My mom and dad were married at St Leonards, in the late thirties - myself and my brother were christened there. My brother and I, were born at 81 Moseley Road .My brother and I, had many a good time playing behind the houses opposite. In ...Read more

A memory of Bilston in 1956 by Sandra Cherry

The area known as Dan Y Parc is probably better known as the property of the Sandiman Family. They had a very large house which they vacated in the 1950's, and the house was demolished at the same time. I know ...Read more

A memory of Dan y Parc in 1954 by David Palfrey

I came from Ludlow in 1944 to live with a great aunt & uncle (when I was 13 months of age) in Priestmans Avenue. I started school at The Grove and have many good time memories with friends of that time. As you ...Read more

A memory of Consett in 1947 by Patricia Cade

Hi, came across memories of Aveley by chance and found this very interesting as we were also the first to move into the experiment house, number 37 Central, and like you said was very cold. When we moved there there was no ...Read more

A memory of Aveley by Elaine Olley

My memories have a date range from 1958 to date. Although I was born in Irvine due to my mother needing urgent medical assistance I was brought up in a town that I grew to love and found easy to defend against anyone who barracked it. I ...Read more

A memory of Kilmarnock by John Stewart

As a child I was terrified of the churchyard, we had to walk past it to get to Wilson Way where my Nan Lizzie Grocott lived. It wasn't so bad in the summer but in winter when it got dark early we would get off the bus opposite ...Read more

A memory of Goldenhill in 1972 by Tina Stanyer

I have very fond memories of Caerau. I was born 1946 and I loved Caerau. We had real fun times in the summer picking whimberries and your mam making delicious tarts, families gathering on the mountain for picnics, spending hours on ...Read more

A memory of Caerau in 1951 by Diane Vincent

Yes I remember the school - I remember Miss McDermot & Mr Stevens & also Mr Cowie - he stayed at our house (The Coach House) in Blackdown Avenue one night during the 1963/4 bad winter as he could not get home - I remember ...Read more

A memory of Pyrford by Charles Dixon Payne