Memories
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Growing Up
I was born on the 24th of July 1929 above a shop next to a pub called the Rose of Denmark, in Hotwells, Bristol, very convenient for Father to wet his whistle and my head at the same time. Father was born in 1893, Mother in 1895. They ...Read more
A memory of Bristol in 1930 by
Asylum Road Arlesey
Alma Allen was born at home in Asylum Road, Arlesey, now called Hospital Road. They later moved in with Herbert's dad, Big Jim, who lived in the Gothic Farm House that was at the bottom of the yet to be built Lynton Avenue. One ...Read more
A memory of Arlesey in 1930 by
There Was No Smith
This is the title of my memoirs that I published in 2010. I was born in Woodside Nursing Home, Woodford Wells on 30.11.30. My father was Dr.David H Smith, a local G.P. and we lived at 22 Primrose Road, S.Woodford until ...Read more
A memory of Woodford Green in 1930 by
Farming From Horses To Electronics
My grandfather G. A. Smith took the tenancy of Springs Farm on Edingley Moor in 1931, when I was six months old. A builder by trade, and a sergeant in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry during the First World War, he ...Read more
A memory of Edingley in 1930 by
Living In Tanner Street Barkng
When I was four years old our family moved from Benfleet Essex to Barking. M y Farther took a position as Manager of a Corn Chandlers In Tanner Street, and we lived at number 81 next door. I can recall starting school at ...Read more
A memory of Barking in 1930 by
The Great Life In Waltham Cross
The Great Life in Waltham Cross Life in Waltham Cross started for me in 1936, I was six years old and my father had just completed 25 years of service with the Royal Navy, we actually stayed with my father’s ...Read more
A memory of Waltham Cross in 1930 by
Memories Of Old Church Pontefract 1929 1939 K. Atkinson
The formative years of my early childhood were spent at No. 39 Bondgate, Pontefract, which was one of a block of four small two-up, two-down houses situated immediately adjacent to the front ...Read more
A memory of Pontefract in 1930 by
Squire Browns Now Pontings
The thirties were the very early days in my life. My mother would take us up to Greathill where we would sit and have a picnic, not a lot to eat but a chance to play in the fresh air. We were all very happy ...Read more
A memory of Barton in 1930 by
Boys Camp
By kind permission of the Lord Ashcombe, the Holy Trinity Junior Boys Club, Wimbledon, camped for four weeks every year on Ranmore Common. Most of us were choirboys, so we augmented St Barnabas's choir for their services twice each ...Read more
A memory of Ranmore Common in 1930 by
Dodwell Lane Walks Along Dodwell The River Hamble
A group of us children would often after church on a Sunday go for a walk home 'the long way'. Yes, walking then was just wonderful. Our trek often took us along the river to the farm, before Ho- ...Read more
A memory of Old Milton in 1930 by
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