Memories

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Zeals

My mother Edna Long was born in Zeals in 1936 the youngest of seven born at westfield house which is no longer there and brought up in chapel lane she attended the village school and worked at the dairy in bourton she was married to my father in ...Read more

A memory of Zeals in 1930 by Della Oliver

Where Are They Now ??

i am trying to help my uncle find his friends from sutton road gorton , and trust road, my uncle ken cope, albert cope, mavis cope, brought up and lived for many years on sutton road, gorton, they were great friends of the dennon ...Read more

A memory of Gorton in 1930 by Susan Watkins

Wartime At The Grammar School

I was in the first intake of the newly built Chippenham Grammar School. When we arrived for our first day there were no chairs, as war had just been declared and all transport had been commandeered for the movement of ...Read more

A memory of Chippenham in 1930 by Joyce Holmes

Wartime

I was taken by my parents to the Odeon Cinema in December 1939 and heard the song 'There'll always be an England' sung for the first time. Whenever I hear this song today, it takes me back to the Odeon - I was 13 at the time. I was born in ...Read more

A memory of Watford in 1930 by Richard Hughes

The Ansons

My father Robin Anson, was the second son of Violet and Lawrence Augustus Anson. Lawrence was brought up by his grandparents who lived in one of the cottages opposite the Triton pub. His mother Beatrice, was a maid in Bridlington but ...Read more

A memory of Brantingham in 1930 by Kathryn Anson

Summer Holidays In Westgate On Sea

I wonder if anyone is old enough to remember Westgate on Sea before the war! Our family would go there every year for 2 weeks and stay at a guest house not far from where the railway crosses the road that ...Read more

A memory of Westgate on Sea in 1930

South Ealing Before The War

Does anyone remember St. Mary's school which was in South Ealing Road. I have tried contacting the church to which it was affiliated but have had no luck. As a child I attended this school and rememer teachers names also ...Read more

A memory of Ealing in 1930 by Margo Atkins

Scool Days

I went to a scool in Ardley just out of Cottred. We moved to Cumblow Green, Borlaces Farm, living in a first war army hut left over. It had an iron stove in the middle of just a large room, it used to get red hot on top, burning coke. ...Read more

A memory of Cottered in 1930

Picture Clarification

The picture, named The Parade, fails to identify The Parade. The window blinds that can be seen through the foliage to the left is where The Parade actually is. It's a short piece of road that held four shops, the first a ...Read more

A memory of Smallfield in 1930 by Bill Haylor

Old Hyde

I was born September 1930 and remember parts of Hyde that are long gone. I lived my early years in John St and remember Charles St and when it was finally demolished. The old shop opposite the Scala Cinema called Sammy Wilkinson, the old WW1 ...Read more

A memory of Hyde in 1930 by Harold Snelson