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I certainly remember Stuchbery's and went there once a year for the new school uniform with its felt hat and navy knickers. A great institution. Then I married the son of the owner and we called our second child Robin Stuchbery Turner. ...Read more

A memory of Bridgend in 1860 by Rita Tait

Father William Duncan born, Bishop Burton was missionary among the Tsimshian of British Columbia.  He moved portion of the Tsimshian to Metlakatla, Alaska and this Canoe Project will be an ...Read more

A memory of Bishop Burton in 1860 by Terrance H Booth Sr.

Gosh, I can remember so well going to work with Mum on a Saturday and having pie & peas with Tizer (PIE TOMS). I would be sat on the floor behind the stall, counting buttons while Mum was serving on / or having a natter. Lovely days.

A memory of Bradford in 1860 by Carol Butterfield

I believe the town got its name from the merging of the rivers Mole, Ember & Thames (forming the shape of an eye - hence 'Moles Eye'. I was born at the Bearsted hospital in Hampton in 1949 and from Kingston in 1951 came ...Read more

A memory of West Molesey in 1860 by Brian Thomas

The above photo depicts Dorothy Connor (nee Step) aged 10, with her late Mother Elizabeth Step (aged 46) and her Sister, Florence Step (aged 21) having alighted from the 159a Bus which brought them from ...Read more

A memory of Caterham by Elisabeth Connor

I have few memories of my primary school which was in a private house in Croft Close a turning off of Marsh Lane, but I do remember being very happy there. This was during the latter war years. ...Read more

A memory of Mill Hill by Ron Sargeant

My parents, who came to England from India in 1955, when I was 3 months old, moved to Southall in 1959, from Whitton, when I was 4. I remember Southall Broadway at that time-there was actually a saddlery business there! C. ...Read more

A memory of Southall by Sandya Narayanswami

My Dad did his army training adjacent to Baglan during WW2. The hastily built barracks did not have enough bathroom facilities and asked local residents for permission for soldiers to have a bath in their houses. A super-kind ...Read more

A memory of Baglan

I clearly remember arriving at 'Ellerslie' a large detached Victorian house situated in the suburb of Edgerton near Huddersfield. The house had been used as a nurses' training ...Read more

A memory of Huddersfield by Molly Brearley

I was brought up in Dysart, first in Howard Place then the High Street, where my mum and dad still live. I remember all the shops that were there in the 1960s when I was a little girl, the little wool shop where you could buy odd ...Read more

A memory of Dysart by Karen Dunn