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I spent most of my summers camping in Bontddu at the camp site Tyddyn Du, with my Nan (Kate), Billy and my Aunts and Uncles. Every bank holiday and our two week holidays were spent there. Myself and my cousin Robert, must have ...Read more

A memory of Bontddu in 1975 by Keith Brown

I have just read about a memory relating to Emery Down Church and it has made me think about my childhood again. My grandparents lived in Northerwood Avenue, Swan Green in Lyndhurst and we regulary stayed there as children. ...Read more

A memory of Emery Down in 1978 by Wendy King

On The High Street, Neston as you look towards Liverpool Road with The Cross just behind you you may still be able to see two alleyways. One used to end in a shed ...Read more

A memory of Neston in 1975 by C Evans

When I was about 12 years old, with feet as thick as young, strong leather, my father, who was a pilot (Allan Dyson) and Nina (my mum, Nina actually) took us all from our home on a plot of land in Halfway House in the Transvaal (some ...Read more

A memory of Glasbury in 1970 by Kayte Dyson

I have fond memories of the High Street. Platts sweet shop, with the 1 penny, 2 penny and 3 penny trays of sweets. The motor bike shop, Rivetts, the florist Poachins, the jewellers Stillwells, the bakers on the corner at the Thatched ...Read more

A memory of Leytonstone in 1970 by Barbara Hafford(Nee B Ates)

I was brought up in Ecclefechan and attended Hoddom Primary School between 1968 and 1975. Teachers I recall were Mrs Dodds, Mrs McPherson, Mrs Davidson, Miss Kirkpatrick (Mrs Wilson), Mrs McBride, Miss Gibson (Mrs Redpath) ...Read more

A memory of Ecclefechan in 1975 by Douglas Murray