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Born in Hale in 1941, I have many happy memories of growing up in Hale. Weekly visits to the grocers (Burstons ?) near the railway station. Playing with friends around Bankhall Lane (lived at number 43) and the Bollin Valley. Went to Altrincham Prep. School, then on to Altrincham Grammar. Enjoyed Ware's Ice Cream when I was picking up milk from the bottling section behind the shop. David and Timothy Ware were ...see more
I was a cadet Nurse here aged 16yrs and a pupil nurse when I was 18yrs. Very happy memories
My husband is Billy Thompson (born 1942) grew up in Victoria Garesfield - he lived in the bottom Duckets - and worked at the pit there until it closed down. We have just created a website to record his memories of Victoria Garesfield - for anyone interested the site is: victoriagaresfield.weebly.com Comments and/or additional information can be left via the site - we would love to hear from anyone who wants to share their memories of the place.
My earliest memories of the Heights are going to Sunday School and the library on King Street, along with visits to Krinks the barbers opposite Bank Lane for a "short, back and sides". I think there were 2 barbers in the shop, and they used to take it in turns to go behind a screen and brew up. Also went to Micky Price's on Bolton rd. for a scalping sometimes. I remember going shopping to ...see more
I recall with grea/t fun going on the 11 bus from Prenton to the New Brighton terminus behind floral pavilion. We then walked to the fair with Crompton train, got a ticket for the airplanes,swingboats and the little trains, round the little run it does,great fun followed by a wagon wheel and lemonade on the old pier ,followed by avisit to the zoo at new brighton indoor fair ground edge.Lovely family outings.
I am researching for a book and need any information on Haywards of Enfield. Who were glaziers and manufacturer of iron goods. Of particular interest are the years between 1934-36. Any information no matter how small e.g where their factory was sited, would be a great help. Thank you John
I moved from Wandsworth to Orchard Ave in Hackbridge in about 1979/80 (my parents still live there). It was a bit strange for me moving from a high-rise flat to a house with a garden. Behind the house was the 'Rec' and mullards factory which is now a school and houses. I attended Hackbridge school and if i remember rightly my first teacher was Mrs Bright. After leaving in 1983 i attended Carshalton High School For ...see more
I worked at the railway station at Hiwaun, for a few years before moving to work at Shrub Hill Station, Worcester. I think that the Station Master was a Mr.Boult/Boulton. It is a pity that the trains do not run any more on that line. In the days when I worked there you could go anywhere in the country by train, Swansea and West Wales, Pontypool Road, and connect with trains to wherevever you liked. The last time I was in ...see more
These steps led to my parents garden which had belonged to the church, but was sold to my parents with the house Bredune which I believe was the vicarage. I lived there for 12 years.
During shool holidays circa 1959 my pal Sean Gates introduced me to the world of battery chicken farming at Major Gregannis a small farm somewhere in Carlton ave,if my memory is correct,just off the Nyetimber Lane end. A gruff sort of chap with a funny sense of humour was Maj Gregannis ,(believe ex Indian Army)our job was to remove and replace the brown paper sheets between the stacked cages that ...see more
I 78 and lived in yateley all my life married sue Coles and I lived in cricket hill my grandad owned the cricketers new curly pace the nevils
I remember a fair bit about this place and the people who were there. Boys were Demo Bennett, John Cunningham, Nick Fosco, Aloysuis Gamotea, Bendon Slattery (who went to Stoneyhurst) Phivos Petrou and his bothers (I think they had a hotel in Bournemouth), Daryl Grant, Augustin and Gonzalez Diaz, Simon Slater . Jamie and Katie Mumford who were day pupils. I don't remember many of the girls but Karen Naylor, Susannah Mathews, ...see more
We as a family would go to Walton on the Naze and stay at Barkers Hotel from 1960 (when I was born) until 1976 (when I went to work) every Whitsun. It turned out that my Grandparents also used to go to this hotel from the early 1950s. So I knew the place very well, I remember with much affection Miss Heatherington who was the Lady that ran the Hotel for Mr Barker, every time we went there my Mother ...see more
I lived on Flimby Brow with my mum dad and sister Vivenne I remember Annie Cars sweet shop and the three sisters. At Flimby school was 'Old Bessie' Hamilton and head mistress was Miss Downs I remember the vicar Kelly Pompom and went to school with John Brown, John Peel, David Farrel, Ian Robly, Stanley Dickinson butcher's son Roger Scales and John Mason. Playing rugby and football on the Rec, swimming, cowboys and indians ...see more
Flavia's starlet Quex rd. Beckford School Broomsleigh Street then Harben School Kilburn. School dentist Kingsgate road (frightening) Grange Park. Saturday morning pictures Cricklewood with the organ playing.Fish and chips Mill Lane mr and mrs Greening. Joplins the tobacconist corner of Mill lane and Broomsleigh Street. Express dairy. Mr Bowler the watch and clock ...see more
How lovely to read these memories of childhoods in Gretna. We (the Cains) lived in Douglas Place and then moved to Victory Avenue. That was in the fifties. The circus used to be held in Mackie's field behind us. My mother would collect the elephant droppings for the garden which embarrassed me. I remember the school. Wasn't Mr Munro known as Killer Munro? Apart from the belt at school, Gretna was a good place to be as a child. ...see more
Hi, I remember the pet shop but not the name of it. It was in Fir Road I think. I bought all my first animals from there, tortoise mice, rabbits and hamsters!
Hi, I remember the Friday night dances at St Luke's but at 15 I wasn't allowed to go but my cousin Kate Smith from Crosby Manor went. she was always swooning over the groups like The Crying Shames and B B King.
I remember the coal being delivered to my Nanas house in Kingswood Avenue but not any names you mentioned as I was only around 10 at the time. I remember Jumps Dairy in Endbutt Lane (from where I first tasted yoghurt (Ski) and Hannons sweet shop then green grocers later.
I remember the Gem. My aunty Silvia lived a few doors down from there .I went to St Lenards School in 1953. We lived with my aunty who lived at 39 Princes Terrace .We then moved to West Parade on the sea front.There was a little shop near The Light Railway that used to sell small pots jam and if we had been good my cousins and myself were allowed to chose one to have for tea.
I met Frida on vacation in Douglas Isle of Man around 1946. I was from Glasgow in those days. Young love ran rampant. Frida cried when she headed home to Sutton Coldfield and I to Glasgow. As they are wont to say in Scotland - I loved her so much I almost told her. But we wrote a lot and I made a trip to see her. Her family were fine, but her friends were disappointed, I felt, since I couldn't possibly live up to the ...see more
I remember the Jowett car site becoming International Harvesters who made tractors and I went to work there in 1966 in the time study office. They were good tractors and it's a shame they stopped producing them. My son still has a model of one of the tractors so it could be valuable in a few years. Now the site has Morrisons supermarket.
In 1969 I,remember my husband and myself being managers of Morrelis Coffee bar in the high street. Taking the baby for a walk down the old harbour in the summer,and listening to the band on the Leas at weekends. Went back a few years ago and didn't recognise the place. Everything changes and not always for the good.
I went to see Helen Shapiro who topped the bill with the Beatles as an accompanying act. I sat on the front row and hadn't heard of the Beatles then. Wish I'd got their autographs!!
My great grandmother lived at 14 Newbiggen Street, just on the righthand side of this photo. A couple of the stories I know about the place are: The doctor would come from Saffron Walden to see the Thaxted people and then send the prescriptions over on the bus. My great grandmother would then have people sit in her front parlour and wait and she would take the precription delivery and administer itmto the ...see more
hi my mother may joyce johns lived in greenford Jeymer drive, she had one older brother george and younger brother robert. I believe her parents ran a post office they were stanley and ida. My mother had a disability but everyone put it down to nerves in those days. If anyone remembers her please contact me she passed away late last year. regards her daughter .
I was born in Southgate and schooled at Arnos Grove Sec Modern. My earlist memories of Wood Green are of my father and his brother working together on the Trolly buses out of Wood Green Garage. My mother used to take my brothers and me to meet dad at lunch times when he had a weekend shift to work, We'd catch his Trolly bus that would take us along to Winchmore Hill where to get some extra lunch time he ...see more
I came to Barnstaple in the year 1940, from Plymouth 24 hours, so I was told just before Plymouth was heavily bombed. I lived with my Mother at number 5 Gaydon Street with a lady I came to address as Aunty Rose, my Father at the time was stationed at an RAF airfield not far from Barnstaple . Now what I can remember is; just across the road, a ...see more
Born in the North Mid like most people my age (1931), I lived my first 25 years at Tottenham Hale, at the end of Brograve Rd., facing the Station Green. The green had a nice fence around it before the war when hundreds of people crossed the green on their way to the Lebus Furniture factory that was on the other side of the railroad tracks. Ferry Lane started at the Hale and went east, through large ...see more
joined the vindi earlypart of 1947,with a friend from north shields named bob Watson. we were catering boys . after doing early part of training both of us posted to the offices dining saloon, a cushy job. the first few weeks we slept in the barrack huts,then down on the ship.one officer ha d a delight in delite in getting you out bed at 3am todo pt.mainly if it was raining. my first ship was ss cherryleaf an old rfa tanker I served for 23 years befor looking for pastures greener.more later.
My wife, Kitty Pearce, nee Jewell, was born at home, at No 2 Railway Terrace in Doublebois, in April 1947! Hopefully the photo will show how close to the main railway line, Penzance to Paddington she lived! There was a grassy, wooded area opposite the terrace, where all the local kids would play! Dens were built between the trees, & rope swings, even little fires were made to cook sausages etc on! How a ...see more
I lived beside the canal on Doncaster Road Manvers for the first 15 years of my life, i have just returned after 50 years, big change! does anyone remember Saint James restaurant at the bottom of Sandy Mount where payment was made with bakerlite tags which were bought at the door? Remember the Malt Kilns, glass works, Mr Browns farm, Grand and majestic Cinemas, Empire Hall and many more.
This was the year I was born, as everyone was in those days, in Tredegar. I came home with my mum and dad to our house in Commercial Buildings. Both my mum and dad were from the village where my paternal grandfather had once owned the greengrocers next to the post office and my maternal grandmother lived in Ashvale. I also had relatives in West View and Rhiwderin Syr Dafydd, where my grandfather and great aunts ...see more
I have so many memories I dont know where to start,1 I will always remember is Kate Irvines shop especially at xmas the way they decorated the shop window with xmas goodies & getting excited I always wondered what it looked like thru the back into the house lol also the half pence,& 1 pence trays ect or even just gettin a 10p mixture. During the summer we would walk to kateswell and drink the freezing cold water ...see more
My Grandmother, born Jesse Fisher in Corringham around the 1900s married Arthur Percy Clarke of Gainsborough and gave birth to my father Phillip Arthur Clarke in 1920. They lived in Church Road/Path? and then from 1930 Sandsfield Lane possibly no. 29. My Grandfather worked as a lathe opperator at Marshalls after the first war. I am visiting Corringham this week and would like to track down ...see more
My great Uncle Gilbert Gosden is shown as previously living at 16 Prairie Road according to the passenger list of the Balarand on 14.02.1936. He was emigrating to Australia that day.
Manchester the war.... then to Blackpool. And into Red Rose Cottage in 1950, Grandmare how she held us all together, what a lady Nellie Booth was her name... We started off with eight of us living in the cottage, and we all had to go and get the water from a tap at the shop, hell of a task in winter as you can imagine.. I remember one of my task,s was to beet the bed with a stick to rid the field ...see more
Lived at 10 Church Place from 1948 to 1952 before emmigrating to Canada.Attended Freuchie Primary School. Head Master was Mr.Doig,had a daughter called Christine,her best girlfriend, Elizabeth Pratt. School chum lived across the street,Neville Drummond, older brother, David still lives there with wife called Jennifer. Father was the village Baker. Remember getting our hot morning rolls(Scotch baps) delivered every ...see more
My mother ("Molly" Tonks) was manageress at the Salters Hall cafe. I used to roll napkins and silverware for her after school. We lived in the flat above. We traveled to America on Cunard White Star's Britannic in late November. I am seeking information about the school I would have attended then, at age 8, as I have no information and would appreciate knowing more about life in Droitwich at that time. Thank you very much.
Being born in Boundary Road, listening to the yells from West ham on a Saturday, the old Co op butchers and grocery shop, Brampton school/ park, the bakers, the milkman with a horse, playing in the street, calling car coming when we were playing ball. The Swings, the Jazz, Maypole, my sister really going high on the Maypole, the man to keep an eye on us at the swings, the park keeper, the shed, Oscar, ...see more
Hello, this isn't my memory, but that of my grandmother, Jenny Jones as she was then who, as a young girl, was working in service on Ffrwd Farm in Maesycymmer. She was friendly with both of the brothers and in particular with Dai. I have some letters and poems sent to her by both young men and am about to go on holidays to France and Belgium. I have located both of ...see more
After all these years of thinking just my imagination, only to find I was not the only one to suffer abuse at this terrible place. AH the good old days when children were seen but not heard, 50+ years later is a little to late. I hope and pray other victims find some peace of mind.
Is there anyone who remembers creeds at cherry orchard road. Or worked there Between 1947 to -1961?
Does anyone remember paper jack he was often seen in wangle park
Help someone, I am looking for any info on the above. My father worked there as did his brother before the war and I am unable now to find any photos or history about the place, of course it has been demolished now but I would love to know in what conditions my father worked in and the lay out of the yard. Regards Carol Smith
I was born in croydon 1929 I was christine finch then . Went to croydon parish church School and then to croydon British girl's school in scarbrook road is there anyone who remembers that school.
It is probably a long shot but I wonder if anyone recalls the name Thomas Perigo. He was baptised in Sydling St Nicholas in 1822. His parents were Richard and Elizabeth Perrigo (spellings vary). They originally came from Kent and were farm workers. If anyone can shed any light on it I would be most grateful and can contact me via this site. Thank you in anticipation.
I was born in Pluckley in1954. My family have lived there for four generations. My great Grandmother Bessie Masters came there from Northiam and her daughter Abbigale Annie Manser (her mum married twice) married my grandfather Ernest Walter Perigo who was the village postman and came from Bethersden. I have tracked the Perigo family back to Dorset and Hawkhurst. My dad went to the village school and was a ...see more
We moved to Kilburn from Chapter Road Willesden in 1947 and I lived there until I left home in 1965. I have clear memories of walking through the old market to St Mary's school in Granville Road and my favourite stall was the eels. I went on to the Gordon Memorial School and in school holidays was given 2s and 6p To go to the pie and mash shop in the market as a treat to have my dinner, and where they ...see more
1954-55 we used to stay in a Wooden Bungalow on the cliff top, it was called Bay View and there was also a small, (Tiny) chalet in the front garden . At that time , the cliff edge was possibly 15 metres or so from the bungalow and there were steps cut into the cliff face to get down to the sands below.
"the first supermarket" to me it was a good paper shop to work for except for the weeky echo we had to do ontop of the normal morning round,those papers put together could hardly get into any letterbox. but i was there for seems years because i saved up for my first real hi-fi stack system so cheers
Eamon used to deliver milk on his cart by taking milk from his churn into your jug. His horse used to stand outside the pub till about 3 , then find its way home virtually on its own.
My name then was Peter Pronger my two brothers used to work at Nightingale Farm it had a lot of pigs in those days, I remember Mr Podmore he was attacked by a Boar and was badly injured .Also Mr Young ( Bill Young ) My brothers were George and Roy Pronger they also lived at Honnington farm down Vauxhall lane It also belonged to Nightingale Farm I was only 12-13 years old those days but we had some good fun on the farm
My mum Jane Deal was born in West Ham on the 7thJune 1926 and later moved to East Ham 185 Central Park Road on the corner with Ladysmith Avenue. She lived there with her parents Jane and Arthur Deal. and her brothers Arthur and George and her sister Joan who still lives in Langdon Crescent.Her father worked for BICC as did her brothers. She used to tell me stories of what she got up to. She used to return jam ...see more
I remember the shops you speak of I remember the Flynns bakery..They had a holiday home on the isle of Sheppey and they took me with them one summer..late sixties..the youngest son was (i think) Phillip... Carole Langley( Hanmer) Hengist Road
In 1962 I started as a first year in the New Secondary school on Bruntcliffe Lane. The Headteacher was Mr Standeven and the Headmistress Mrs Mawson. Mr Peel was Deputy Head. I was Erica Norgate and my friend at school was Janet Talbot. Others that I can remember are Steven Todd, Peter Draper, Chris Reekie, Edwina Speight, Helen Billyard, Pat Sykes, Beverley Barraclough and Maureen Bennett. Lovely memories of ...see more
Mr Grandfather Fred Dunn had a Milk round in Bruton, His cows were in Ladywells and his Milk round was known as Lusty Dairy not sure of the year he started he also had cows in Lusty. He used to take milk round in a can with a Dipper to houses before he bottled at our house. Milk went through cooler and was then taken out to houses. His son Maurice took over and he had Coombe Hill Farm He finished in 1954 then a Mr Edwards took over for a time after that another Dairy came to Bruton.
I can remember the dorms wit fold up canper beds and forsed to have a sleep in the a3ftfrnoons I didnt know what I was there for, my parents would not tell me. I was there for about 3 weeks and my sur name at the time was Phillips. I would like to know more, so any info about the early 60's at this horible place let me know. My number is 07871636099 . Thankyou for reading this.
Does anyone remember the Guest House,holiday home for Sunday Schools etc, in Fairbourne, right opposite the beach, just a quite road,and a cafa up the road,we were allowed to go in,, I was 10 yrs old at the time, but went there with Havagal House, which was a sunday school, Brownies, girl guides, etc, a lovely place. It was in Hatchett street, nr summer lane, aston Birmingham, We had some wonderful holidays in Fairbourne, must go there again, to see how it has changed.
I can remember being taken to Ashford on Christmas Eve and visiting Rabsons toy shop in Middle Row It was a magical place for a small child and I gazed at all the toys in wonder. I can remember anxiously asking my mother whether we would be home in Pluckley before Father Christmas came!
I was born on Elliot st in dec 1944 in 1945 I was placed in an orphanage in a convent in facit where I spent about two years. I would love to find out about this place,i think it may have been called mount pleasant but I ca'nt find any information about it,if anyone was there at any time or,can give me any information please help.
I grew up in 18 church street until 1955/6, when we moved to 69 Holts Lane it was a brand new house at the time, then in 1962 "I was adopted", and we moved to 47 field avenue Hatton also a brand new house, a new 'name' for me, my granmother Mrs Ada Gent stayed behind in 69 holts lane. It was a great place to grow up in Tutbury, Cowboys hill the Weir fields, Miss brace's pond up ludgate street, Newt racing. And of ...see more
Hello, After a long telephone conversation with my nan I would like to try and find out some more information on her family for her. They lived in nether wallop around 1941 to we are not sure when. It was her mother and father and her two brothers and a sister Douglas John way Lilian Barbara way The children were John Jane Joan and geoff. Lilian who we think was known as Barbara was killed in a ...see more
My Grandparents Mr and Mrs Childs owned the Fox Pub in the village during the second world war. My mother Sheila lived with her grandparents there. It only had a tiny bar and was opposite another larger public house so do not know how they made a living. Took my Mum to see the place about twenty five years ago before she died and it was being completely overhauled. It was no longer a public house but a private ...see more
Would like to hear from anyone in the rothwell children's home approx 1950 The house was in charge of a miss snow My brother and I spent a pretty miserable time there
I grew up in chadderton born in 1945 mellow street then moves to Leslie ave bus driver with Oldham Corp then to Canada played drums in a oldham band in the 60s toured with the Hollies Kinks Moody Blues as a back up group they where The Deltas trying to find Bob Higgins our bass player plus looking for a EP we made also played with D&TheDa,s played in the Bulls Head in Oldham looking for ...see more
Does anyone remember sometime in the 1960s when shops used to hide objects in their windows that weren't supposed to be there, and if you found them you won a prize? Thanks x
Does anyone remember any competitions held in Welling where shops placed objects discretely in their window(that wouldn't normally be there) and if you found them you won a prize. Sometime in the1960s. Thanks
Does anyone remember Halesowen street, oldbury 1948 around that time was a tyre shop owned or run by a mr albert clarke,, he and my mother lived above , I left when I was 2 years old , but I retuned 2008 and part of the road had gone. Has any one a photo or did anyone know him, did he live nearby or return, I would love a photocopy of this building or street view of it , I did find street, but tyre shop not showing, his full name was albert William clarke, hopeful Thankyou.
Although I put 1963 as the year my memory related to, my memories relate to between 1958 and 1968. Gwespyr was to me the perfect, safe, place to grow up in. We as children would in the summer holidays play cricket until gone 10pm, go herding cows in the Park, play in the ww2 buildings in the park, make dens in the rocks. Please get in touch with me if you remember what I do.
I can remember the fair, it was brilliant, can also remember playing in the fields all day. Going up to the hollow oak further up the fields, also playing in the fields further along Woods Lane in the brook, getting soaked and plastered in mud before health and safety was such a problem. There were several rope swing over the brook if I remember correctly, suppose they were lethal really, but great fun.
My family and I lived at Manor Farm from the early 1970s into the 1980s. My father worked on the White family farm and the farmhouse came with the job. Although I felt isolated at times, it was a magical place to grow up, steeped in history and close to nature. I could fill a book with my memories of growing up there so I will just mention a few of my favourite things. The trees had a special place in my ...see more
I was born at St James's hospital in 1952 and lived in Derington Road Tooting, early 1960 moved to Barringer Square Tooting Bec. Attended Franciscan junior school then Hillcroft school Tooting Bec. Then worked as an apprentice electrician with a company call DAW installations in Croydon. Alway remember as a kid in November in the underground (tube) doing, penny for the Guy and spending the money on ...see more
I worked at Queensland service station and would like to know if anyone has any pictures of the garage Mr Moore was the owner and Ron Dixon the manager. Ron owned the garage in later years had good times there. Doug Kitley
Hello I am researching for a book and need any information on a Dorothy Morgan who was born in !925. She was saved from drowning in Forge pond in Tredegar in Aug 1932. I don't know if she lived in Tredegar or was visiting during the school holidays. Any information no matter how small would be appreciated. Thank you for your time John
I went to all three of these schools and left st.james about 1952.I read the comment from Hilary Leopold and remember her,we were in the same class at one time.I remember Irene Butler,Maureen Sexton Joan Whte and Kathleen Oates.Kathleen and I e-mail each other,she found my name on an irish site when I was doing my family history.In my church magazine on Sunday there was a note stating St.James ...see more
My grandfather Harry Poole lived at Jubilee Cottage Fradswell for many years. He has gamekeeper to the Congreve family at Chartley Hall and a succession of others after Sir Geoffrey Congreve was killed at the end of WW2. I have my grandfathers diaries which records life on the estate and many of the people who lived there between the wars. He and wife Nellie (nee Jones) are buried at Gratwich church.
We lived in St Vincent Road, went bottling collecting bottles left on the beach and got the deposits back from the kiosks on the beach front, the some, the mean buggers only gave us half when they realised we were making a few bob, however we beat them by taking all the Macphersons bottles back to the plant in St Andrew Road, they paid full price and sometimes you got a couple of part ...see more
My family lived in Emes Road quite near to the Heath and I went to Brook Street school. Like all the other people who have shared their memories I also remember that time with great fondness. All the shops on the Heath and the people who worked in them were so different to the shopping experience of today. They were like family friends The Corner shop Nunns the butchers, Marshells, ...see more
The amount of people i have asked do they remember Ivor street in the old hulme, no one seems to remember it ,it was at the back of chorlton road and stretford road, we lived there from 1956 to 1962 when they started pulling down the old houses.