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I lived in Wellis Avenue from1968 until 1979 and I think we we were the very last family to leave the flats in Ardwick Green before they wre demolished. We were the Connolly family, Our mam was Lucy and I was the youngest of five ...Read more

A memory of Ardwick by elizabeth.connolly120

I was born at 12 Ashwood Avenue on Peel Brow estate Ramsbottom in 1952. My father after being demobbed from the eighth army in 1945 had always and continued to work in cotton mills. In 1960 ...Read more

A memory of Stubbins by david

My earliest childhood memory of Camberwell is sleeping on the floor of one of my father's taxis during the Blitz of the 1940's. I will never forget the noise of those air raids.My father, Harry Blowes, had a taxi service ...Read more

A memory of Camberwell by kenblowes

Who remembers shopping with their mothers at Frank Joyce where the money was put into a cylinder and sent along a wire to the cashier who then dealt with it accordingly. The kosher butcher near the arch - can't remember the name. Betty's children's wear - Lyons teahouse etc

A memory of Golders Green by marilyn.freedman

I WAS SENT TO THIS HOME ,RUN BY NUNS . I WAS THERE APPROX 2 1/2 YEARS, RETURNING TO WATHAMSTOW IN 1944 MY MAIN FRIENDS WERE ROBERTA GREGORY, JEANNIE ASHMAN AND BARBARA GREY I DID NOT FIND IT A VERY HAPPY TIME. BUT ...Read more

A memory of Bryn Bras Castle by pamcottle

I attended Victoria Rd school and then redheugh junior school, my Gran Jane Turner lived on Derwentwater road and her family percy, Doreen, Elsie, Jenny and Florrie , my mam all attended lady Vernon school, sadly they ...Read more

A memory of Gateshead by colin.mitchell

The Miner's Welfare (as it was known locally) gave a home to a wide variety of local activities. As a young teenager I attended weekly ballroom dancing classes on a Saturday morning,and an annual family pilgrimage to the ...Read more

A memory of Coalville

One of the self-closing 'kissing gates' where the watercourse from under the Cattle Arch (St Helen's Grove) reaches the Trent. All the riverside land was owned by Nottingham Corporation (Stoke Farm or Bulcote Farm) ...Read more

A memory of Burton Joyce by mickytwolegs

Preedys was the main tobacconist in Wolverhampton and the Express Cafe at the bottom of Queen Street is where I used to go for dinner on a Saturday after working the Minors matinee film at the ABC cinema in Garrick street. There ...Read more

A memory of Heath Town in 1960 by Gordon Ford

I was 9 when we returned from Australia in the summer of 1967, we lived at 37 Farley Road after three different houses in Littleheath Road all belonging to friends of my parents, who conveniently were away on holiday by ...Read more

A memory of Selsdon by Martin Cooper