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I remember walking up village road with my brother, and going fishing at Christleton pit. I have lots of memories of the village of when I was a young child and growing up as a teenager before joining the Army, a lot of them ...Read more

A memory of Christleton in 1972 by Haydn Mayers

My favourite memory of living in Blackhall Colliery was of going to meet my dad from the pit baths, I used to sit on the top steps or swing on the hand rail waiting for him and listen to all the men sing, it was the ...Read more

A memory of Blackhall Colliery in 1972 by Dawn Marie Smith Nee Dowling

Born at Orsett hospital in 1950, I remember many things about Stanford. My father was from east London, my mother from rural Essex. They settled at no. 8 Central Road, just round the corner from Barclays bank. Stanford ...Read more

A memory of Stanford-le-Hope in 1972 by barry.halls

A memory of Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire. Interesting reference to Plant -a-tree-for-73 as I was the person who set this up. I also attended Milton School from about 1946 to 1950 when I passed a scholarship to ...Read more

A memory of Milton Lilbourne in 1973 by Raymond Pearson

I have a strange but lovely memory of Forest Coal Pit. Mum and Dad worked shifts when we were kids so dad would often take the four of us out and about on his own, but being a 70's dad wasn't so good at cooking or organising ...Read more

A memory of Forest Coal Pit in 1973

I grew up in Brotton from aged 5 to 20, 1966 to 1981, living on Marshall Drive the whole time. My sister is still there. School was at the old primary school at the top of the hill, daily 1/3rd of a pint of milk, ...Read more

A memory of Brotton in 1973 by Andrew Coverdale

I grew up on the estate near Kirkby pit known to locals as Little Wigan. It was a great place to live where everyone knew each other and I know peaple say you didn't have to lock your door in days gone by, but down ...Read more

A memory of South Kirkby in 1973 by Lee Spencer

After living in Jamaica and Barbados for some years, we returned and my father became priest-in-charge of Gratwich and Kingstone in the 1970s and early 1980s. I was the eldest of five. Our crumbling, ...Read more

A memory of Gratwich in 1974 by Ruth Gledhill

I lived in Campsall with my dad Joseph (Joe) Smith, my brother Terry and sister Jeanette. My father worked down Askern pit for many years till he retired at the age of around 55. He passed away in 2009 ...Read more

A memory of Campsall in 1974 by Graham Smith

My Mum Valerie Merrikin, nee Nichols, was born next to the old pub (recently knocked down) in Skeffington. Grandad Nichols worked at the hall and got the sack because he picked ...Read more

A memory of Billesdon in 1974 by Nigel Waterfield