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My godparents from Hotspur Street were the above family who, I was told, gave a home to my father aged 13, on the death of his father, in the Great War in 1917. My grandfather was Tailor of Tynemouth who paraded grandmother in the ...Read more

A memory of Tynemouth in 1930 by Jo Smart

I was born in a house called 'Little Heath' in Chapel Lane ,South Littleton in 1934. I have many memories of my childhood before the family moved to Suffolk after the war in 1945 I stared school in 1939 at ...Read more

A memory of South Littleton in 1930 by Beryl Balls

My father, Eric Gray born 1925, lived in Laughton Common can remember a saying he used when he was at school - Anston water rats, Dinnington Bugs, Laughton Commoners will bash their lugs. Can any one else remember this saying or ...Read more

A memory of Dinnington in 1930

I was born in 1936 so I am probably one of the oldest people with fond memories of Barking. I first went to Gascoigne School and can remember having to practise wearing a gas mask during the war- horrible smelly rubbery ...Read more

A memory of Barking in 1930 by Pamela Purnell

I was born in the large house behind the van in June of 1932. At that time it was a private maternity home run by a Midwife called Nurse Bailey. My maternal grandparents lived in Plumtree Cottage, which is on the left of the photo ...Read more

A memory of Preesall in 1930 by John Isles

THIS IS A LONG SHOT BUT IS THERE ANYONE STILL LIVING THAT REMEMBERS MY GRANDFATHER WHO WAS A RAG AND BONE MAN IN SALTBURN IN THE 1930'S. OR DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY RECORDS OR PICTURES OF GEORGES CAFE, IT IS NOW THE POST OFFICE ...Read more

A memory of Saltburn-By-The-Sea in 1930 by Sharron M Ontes

The first house on the left in the photograph is No 1 Jubilee Road, and the house my parents moved into in 1931. I was only five years old but quite well remember other building going on as the road ...Read more

A memory of Broughton Astley in 1930 by Reuben Reynolds

In the early thirties I lived with my parents in the lower flat inTuskar Street. We safely played outside the house with local friends. Maze Hill Schoolwas in danger of closing and my Mother was asked if I could go to ...Read more

A memory of Greenwich in 1930 by Bunny King

This picture brought back memories of the Regaters that were an annual event, and the Lairs on the Orwell .We lived in Kings Way my father worked at Mann Egertons on the Electric House top of LLoyds Ave.

A memory of Ipswich in 1930 by Leonard Osmond

My name is Christine Jackson (nee Poole). I lived in Middlesbrough, until the age of thirteen, when in 1972, my family migrated to Perth, Western Australia. We lived in Pallister Park until 1968, when we moved into my ...Read more

A memory of Middlesbrough in 1930 by Christine Jackson