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Plymouthian Edward (Ed) Vosper's second wife, now Mrs Doreen Skidmore was interviewed in March 2009 and recalled that my grandfather (Ed Vosper) used to work for the Bayly Estate in Plymouth. He worked in the Estate Office ...Read more

A memory of Teignmouth in 1930 by Colin Vosper

I can remember going to the Premier, you would buy your ticket at the kiosk then a young lady would tear your ticket in half and all the halves she collected were put in a bag. After the first film she would take the bag on stage, then someone ...Read more

A memory of Enfield in 1930 by Owen Belsham

Please does anyone remember a shop owned by my grandparents in this area, under the name of either BROADHURST or APPLEYARD? I would be very grateful if anyone could recall the names. Winefred Broadhurst was my grandmother born in 1900. Thankyou very much. debasket42@aol.com

A memory of Royston in 1930 by Mervyn Broadhurst

Castle Square in the 1930s was the terminal point for a bus service to Beddgelert run by the Brown Bus Service. Memory has it that the bus ran every two hours or so and had a garage (now a mountain-climbing gear retailers) ...Read more

A memory of Caernarfon in 1930 by John Owen

I was born in the School House in 1935. In my childhood days I remember spending time at the Smithy, pumping the bellows. Hill Ridware was my first school to which we went by road by the Chadwich Arms, or down a long ...Read more

A memory of Hill Ridware in 1930 by Joseph Hammond

Miss M E Foster is shown on a Pathe News news reel on her poultry farm in Frimley Green sitting amongst her hens. She then starts her motorcycle combination to go and deliver the egss to the station. The title of the news reel: 'Miss M E Foster'. Miss Foster was a distant relative.

A memory of Frimley Green in 1930 by William Leetham

My father James (Jim) Staples was born in 1925 and grew up on Feenan Highway Tilbury.  (He died in 1998.)   He fought in the Second World War as a Royal Marine. He emigrated to NZ in 1952.  His siblings were Fred, Elsie, Ivy and Stan. ...Read more

A memory of Tilbury in 1930 by Deborah Wheadon

I have a vivid memory as a 9 year old of coming across in West Glebe a large circle of men one Sunday morning, who were laughing and shouting. They were playing an illegal game of 'pitch & toss'. A lookout must have sent a signal for ...Read more

A memory of Corby in 1930

I remember going to Burton Races in 1938 and1939. I cannot remember whether they were held after that but if they were, I was there.I remember pestering the bookmakers and hanging ...Read more

A memory of Burton Lazars in 1930

This shelter/seat was built by my grandfather, Ezra Dowsing Cotton, in I believe the 1930s to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of George V. At least I think so. As a child I thought it was in memory of those who fell in the ...Read more

A memory of Yoxford in 1930 by Peter Collett